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By Agence France-Presse • Mar 21, 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 17, 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 Aristyo Rizka Darmawan • Mar 07, 2022
The nation’s strategic position in the Indo-Pacific provides bargaining power with the US and China
By Jack Brook and Fiona Kelliher • Mar 04, 2022
A pair of activists offer differing visions of reform and disruption while sharing a goal to change the Kingdom’s political future
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
The nation’s president Duterte needs to balance domestic interests with maritime security and relations with China, the US and regional powers
By Nafisa Halim • Feb 16, 2022
Candidates hit the hustings for the three-month campaign season in a chaotic and colourful charm offensive aimed at wooing millions of voters typically more interested in personality than policy
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 08, 2022
Myanmar rebel group claims junta troops breached ceasefire in the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 07, 2022
The dispute reaches back to the 19th century, and was close to provoking war in 1947 between France and China
By Stein Tønnesson • Feb 07, 2022
Across Myanmar, anti-coup protesters defied a junta order with a silent strike and clapping protests to mark the first anniversary
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 01, 2022
A year since the Myanmar coup, the country's latest junta is struggling to contain the backlash unleashed by its power grab, with daily clashes and swathes of the country outside of its control
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 28, 2022
The Kingdom’s 2022 chair of the regional group offers chances for fresh engagement or continued discord over the military junta
By Drake Long • Jan 25, 2022