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By Paul Millar • Jul 19, 2018
Malaysia’s new finance minister, Lim Guan Eng, has stated he doesn’t care about being “unpopular” – but can Mahathir Mohamad’s new government fix the $250 billion deficit without abandoning campaign promises?
By Katrin Kuntz • Jul 19, 2018
Thailand’s military government wants to turn the chaotic metropolis of Bangkok into a kind of Singapore: tidy, sterile and easily controllable – and thus, a symbol of its power
By Paul Millar and Leng Len • Jul 12, 2018
The three million people across Cambodia who voted for change in the 2017 commune elections find themselves facing a difficult choice: the ballot or the boycott
By Anton Tsvetov • Jul 09, 2018
When the people took to the streets across the country in June, the Communist Party of Vietnam found itself facing a whole new breed of discontent that started over Chinese land leases and a new cyber law
Timor-Leste has named former resistance leader and president Taur Matan Ruak as the country’s new prime minister, ending weeks of speculation as coalition Change for Progress Alliance (AMP) organised its government following a 12 May election victory
By Sophie Raynor • Jun 20, 2018
The world’s collective gaze is fixed on Singapore this week, eager to see the outcome of US President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. But how will the talks affect Southeast Asia’s relationship with the volatile and secretive nation, which, despite international sanctions, still has active trade links with many of the region’s countries?
By Robin Spiess • Jun 11, 2018
Defeated by Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo in the 2014 presidential elections, Indonesia's controversial military strongman Prabowo Subianto is hoping to ride a wave of hardline Islamist sentiment all the way to the presidency in next year's elections
By Paul Millar • Jun 08, 2018
As the dust settles on Timor-Leste’s third election in a year, an unprecedented three-party coalition grapples with internal fissures and an uncertain future ahead
By Sophie Raynor • Jun 05, 2018
A passionate pro-democracy protest in Bangkok ended with the arrest of 14 activists railing against four years of military dictatorship
By George Styllis • May 22, 2018
Mahathir Mohamad, 92, has become the world’s oldest leader, edging out scandal-plagued Najib Razak.
By Southeast Asia Globe • May 10, 2018
Who is he? Born on the Irrawaddy Delta just three years after his nation declared its independence from the British in 1948, Win Myint’s own foray into political life came in 1988 when the then-barrister was swept up in the nationwide prodemocracy protests against General Ne Win’s one-party rule. Joining…
By Paul Millar • May 08, 2018
A new progressive party has promised to break the military's grip on power, but can the young billionaire at its helm win the hearts and minds of Thailand's rural majority?
By Paul Millar • May 01, 2018