Politics

Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 02, 2022 • 7 min read

Analysis When it comes to Cambodia, Japan is playing the long game

By Mark S. Cogan • Mar 02, 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

Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 08, 2022 • 4 min read

Election Philippines kicks off chaotic election campaign season

By Agence France-Presse • Feb 08, 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

Politics • Feb 07, 2022 • 2 min read
Myanmar coup

Rakhine rebels clash again with Myanmar junta troops

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

Politics • Jan 28, 2022 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

‘Living in a dark era’: one year since Myanmar’s coup

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

Politics • Jan 25, 2022 • 8 min read
International relations

Cambodia may be Myanmar’s ASEAN saboteur

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

Politics • Jan 05, 2022 • 3 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar has ‘ingredients for civil war’: ASEAN chair

Myanmar has "all the ingredients for civil war", Cambodia has warned ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the crisis-wracked country
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 05, 2022

Politics • Jan 04, 2022 • 12 min read
international relations

ASEAN member states urged to form coalition in South China Sea

As tension increases in the South China Sea and the drafting of the ASEAN-China Code of Conduct goes ‘nowhere,’ half of ASEAN’s 10 member-states should unite and craft a framework that will manage tensions in the disputed waters, analysts say
By Carmela Fonbuena • Jan 04, 2022