Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 22, 2017 • 3 min read

Laos president visits Cambodia amid border dispute

By Logan Connor • Feb 22, 2017
As tensions along the Cambodia-Laos border flare, Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith is due to arrive in for a two-day state visit

Southeast Asia • Feb 16, 2017 • 3 min read
DPRK and Southeast Asia

Assassination of Kim Jong-nam highlights Malaysia’s close ties to North Korea

The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean despot Kim Jong-un, in a Malaysian airport brings into focus Malaysia’s deep ties with North Korea, but also threatens to damage the long-standing relationship between the two countries
By Euan Black • Feb 16, 2017

Southeast Asia • Feb 16, 2017 • 4 min read

Sizing up the shadowy leader of the Rakhine State insurgency

As Myanmar’s security forces continue their crackdown on the nation’s Muslim Rohingya minority, foreign-born fighter Ata Ullah is leading a group of insurgents in guerrilla warfare
By Paul Millar • Feb 16, 2017

Southeast Asia • Feb 13, 2017 • 8 min read
1MDB protests

‘Why should we be afraid?’

Malaysian students, long encouraged to stay obedient and play by the rules, have found their voice in response to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal that has gripped their nation
By Kate Mayberry • Feb 13, 2017