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By Andrew Beatty and Mikhail Flores/AFP • May 09, 2022
Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt, Ferdinand Marcos Junior looks set to complete the family's remarkable comeback
By Allison Jackson/AFP • May 05, 2022
The $2.2 billion plant became a monument to the greed of the Marcos era, and was left dormant after the dictator was toppled in 1986
By Mark S. Cogan • May 03, 2022
The Japanese Prime Minister's visit to the Kingdom will mark the 135th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries and an opportunity to strengthen regional cooperation
By AFP • Apr 25, 2022
Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, according to preliminary results
As the Candlelight Party emerges as the first unified opposition in years, the Kingdom’s political reality could prevent a legitimate campaign
By Fiona Kelliher • Apr 22, 2022
ASEAN's youth share their perspectives on the war in Ukraine and how digital connectivity is driving the generational gap but bringing global events closer
By Amanda Oon • Apr 07, 2022
Freedom House research finds the race for the archipelago’s new president is beset by attempts to control and contort online information
By Kian Vesteinsson • Apr 05, 2022
Roughly a million Rohingya lived in the Rakhine state of Myanmar before many of them were forced to leave during a 2017 military crackdown
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 21, 2022
A Cambodian court sentenced exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy to 10 years in prison over an alleged plot to topple strongman ruler Hun Sen
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 17, 2022
The nation’s strategic position in the Indo-Pacific provides bargaining power with the US and China
By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan • Mar 07, 2022
A pair of activists offer differing visions of reform and disruption while sharing a goal to change the Kingdom’s political future
By Jack Brook and Fiona Kelliher • Mar 04, 2022
Cambodia is left with two major election backers: Japan and China. Both countries view the Kingdom as a source of natural resources and market for export, but while Japan lags behind China in investment and access into the Kingdom, it has a broader strategy
By Mark S. Cogan • Mar 02, 2022