Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 13, 2016 • 3 min read

New report shows horrors faced by Vietnam’s political prisoners

By Logan Connor • Jul 13, 2016
Vietnam's security forces are accused in a new report of badly mistreating political prisoners. Photo: EPA/Luong Thai Linh Political prisoners in Vietnam are regularly beaten, tortured and kept in solitary confinement, according to Amnesty International

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 09, 2016 • 6 min read

Hun Sen rules Cambodia through media-made 'cult of personality'

By Paul Millar • Jul 09, 2016
The Hun family's vast control over Cambodia's media has silenced opposition and created an airbrushed view of the PM's party, a Global Witness report has found

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 07, 2016 • 6 min read

The hardest part of running an NGO: knowing when to leave

By Weh Yeoh • Jul 07, 2016
With more and more donors pulling out of Southeast Asia, international NGOs must have a clear strategy to hand over what they've built to local people

Southeast Asia • Jul 06, 2016 • 9 min read
Referendum

Draft Thai constitution threatens to cement military might

Thailand is writing a new constitution for the 21st time in 84 years, threatening to wrest democracy from the electorate and into military custody
By David Hutt • Jul 06, 2016

Southeast Asia • Jul 05, 2016 • 4 min read
Portrait

Philippines' vice-president Leni Robredo's rapid rise to power

In a few short years, Leni Robredo has ascended from relative political obscurity to become the Philippines’ vice-president. But with a hostile premier and a slim majority, it could be tough at the top
By Daniel Besant • Jul 05, 2016

Southeast Asia • Jul 04, 2016 • 5 min read

Cambodia's ruling party hammers opposition as election looms

Cambodia’s opposition leader is in self-exile, his deputy is facing questionable charges and civil society leaders are behind bars. So what is behind the country’s political turmoil?
By Sophal Ear • Jul 04, 2016

Southeast Asia • Jun 29, 2016 • 3 min read
Poets

Top five: Southeast Asia's best poets

From embracing the avant garde in Myanmar to exploring Balinese strictures, the region’s best poets are often a bold voice in opposition to the status quo
By Paul Millar • Jun 29, 2016

Southeast Asia • Jun 24, 2016 • 7 min read

A slow road to end abuse of Indonesia's migrant workers

When an Indonesian migrant worker wound up on death row in Saudi Arabia, her case seemed hopeless. Help arrived from an advocacy group but, for many others, appalling treatment remains a daily reality
By Nithin Coca • Jun 24, 2016

Southeast Asia • Jun 23, 2016 • 7 min read

What’s in store with Rodrigo Duterte?

With a week to go before Rodrigo Duterte becomes president of the Philippines, we look at what can be expected from him on the foreign and domestic stages
By Daniel Besant • Jun 23, 2016