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By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 23, 2018
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah lodged a complaint with the Jakarta police force over a post on an Indonesian Instagram account, which they said "harmed and defamed" the monarch
By Paul Millar • Jan 01, 2018
Backed by China, Prime Minister Hun Sen has entered 2018 triumphant from his decades-long struggle with the West – and set the stage for his succession
By Paul Millar • Nov 22, 2017
From commanding almost half of the popular vote in Cambodia’s 1993 elections to barely a footnote in the most recent ballots, Funcinpec’s resurgence as a tool in the government’s fight against the opposition is a bitter reminder of how far they've fallen
By Madeleine Keck • Nov 15, 2017
Prime Minister Lee says that Asean must remain steadfast in confronting emerging security challenges, such as North Korea and the South China Sea
The anti-corruption campaigns of Vietnam’s Communist party always feel like inscrutable performance pieces – symposiums on the merits of female modesty held in strip clubs. They just don’t make sense, given the business model. Even as the party oversaw decades of massive economic growth, it…
By Calvin Godfrey • Oct 11, 2017
With Vietnam's only independent recording studio as their home base, artists Ngoc Dai and Mai Khoi are starting a musical rebellion against the Communist party
By Bennett Murray • Aug 04, 2017
Sustained peace and sunny economic predictions are worth celebrating, but Asean can’t afford to ignore its problems, argues the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Miguel Chanco
By Miguel Chanco • Aug 02, 2017
The city-state's first family has become embroiled in a bitter fight over Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy, and the prime minister’s son, Li Hongyi, has been pegged as next in line for the throne
By Paul Millar • Aug 01, 2017
Six years after handing over control of Myanmar, the former dictator’s corrosive spirit still haunts the nation's politics
By Sean Gleeson • Jul 18, 2017
A year after the assassination of popular political analyst Kem Ley, Southeast Asia Globe reviews the key events in one of Cambodia's great modern tragedies
By Colin Meyn • Jul 10, 2017
Cambodians took to the polls on Sunday to vote for their local leaders, polls that offer an indicator of what is to come in national elections next year. Southeast Asia Globe selected the stories that capture the key takeaways
By Will Feuer • Jun 05, 2017
Lim Cheavutha stole Cambodia’s media crown when he launched Fresh News. His story reflects stark changes in the ways Cambodians get their news – and who delivers it
By Colin Meyn • Jun 02, 2017