Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 06, 2017 • 3 min read

Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘Ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression’ for crisis in Rakhine State

By Euan Black • Apr 06, 2017
Facing mounting criticism for failing to speak out against human rights abuses against the Rohingya ethnic minority, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave a rare public defence in a wide-ranging interview with the BBC Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a ceremony for the National Health Plan (2017-2021) at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 March 2017. Photo: EPA/Hein Htet

Southeast Asia • Apr 05, 2017 • 3 min read

Malaysia extends controversial security law that allows for 28 days of detention without charge

Malaysia’s House of Representatives voted to extend the law for 5 years amid a debate over whether it’s a necessary tool to combat terrorism or an aggressive assault on civil liberties Bersih Chairman Maria Chin Abdullah looks on during the Bersih 5.0 rally press conference at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17 November 2016. She was arrested and detained under SOSMA the following day. Photo:EPA/Fazry Ismail
By Euan Black • Apr 05, 2017

Southeast Asia • Apr 03, 2017 • 5 min read
DPRK and Southeast Asia

Why is Southeast Asia so nice to North Korea?

The recent assassination of Kim Jong-nam on Malaysian soil is the latest in a long line of unforgiveable actions by the hermetic nation. It’s time for Malaysia and its Southeast Asian neighbours to boycott this rogue regime
By Aidan Foster-Carter • Apr 03, 2017

Southeast Asia • Mar 29, 2017 • 4 min read

Is Cambodia's property market set to crash?

As well as heading Cambodian, Lao and Myanmar operations for power tool giant Bosch, Andre de Jong is chairman of the Real Estate and Construction Committee of Eurocham Cambodia. He discusses Cambodia’s real estate boom, health and safety issues in the industry and developing Cambodia’s picturesque coast
By Paul Millar • Mar 29, 2017