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By Alastair McCready • Sep 03, 2021
In late-July, the US-funded CambodiaCheck project would be launched to counter misinformation surrounding the Kingdom. Less than a month later, the fact checking initiative would be cut short, standing accused of spreading the very thing it set out to counter
By Jessica Mudditt • Sep 01, 2021
Resistance leader Dr Sasa is frustrated the international community has not recognised Myanmar’s ousted government. But a crucial upcoming vote by the UN General Assembly on the country’s legitimate representative offers hope of symbolic victory for the opposition
By James Chin • Aug 31, 2021
As Malaysia marks 58 years of independence as a federation on August 31, Professor James Chin writes that the country today is going through a midlife crisis, suffering from identity issues caused by the rise of political Islam and the ideology of Malay-Islamic supremacy
By Mark S. Cogan • Aug 27, 2021
This month, a top-secret document emerged in Thailand. It revealed not only a list of 183 people deemed enemies of Prayut's military-backed government – among them a monk, a journalist and two 15-year-old girls – but also a paranoid state's long-standing urge to purge 'unThai' elements
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared he will run for vice president next year to continue his "crusade" against drugs and insurgents - a move driven by fear of criminal charges, critics says
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 25, 2021
US Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Vietnam today on the second stop of her Southeast Asia tour. But with geopolitical considerations guiding affairs, Amnesty International's Carolyn Nash says the region's many human rights issues must not be ignored
By Carolyn Nash • Aug 24, 2021
Former deputy prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed as Malaysia's new prime minister with a scandal-plagued party, reclaiming the leadership lost in 2018
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 20, 2021
Malaysia's king met political party chiefs Tuesday as the hunt began for a new prime minister, a day after the last leader resigned
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 17, 2021
Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin and his government resigned after criticisms over power-grabbing amidst coronavirus outbreak, throwing the country into fresh political turmoil
By Sam Reeves and M. Jegathesan/AFP • Aug 16, 2021
Last weekend Myanmar activists in the US marched to the White House calling for lawmakers to formally recognise the NUG, shut off the Tatmadaw’s international sources of revenue and reassign $1 billion in assets to the provisional government
By Ryan Anders • Aug 12, 2021
As Singapore marks 56 years of independence, Joshua Wan turns back the clock to a time when ethnic relations in the city-state were more fraught, revisiting and comparing two race riots in the 1960s as he draws insights for maintaining peaceful relations today
By Joshua Wan • Aug 10, 2021
Last week, Brunei's Erywan Yusof was confirmed as ASEAN's new special envoy to Myanmar, in a move towards finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis. But a middle-ground candidate from the autocratic sultanate, his appointment offers limited hope for progress
By Hunter Marston • Aug 09, 2021