Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 09, 2013 • 4 min read

"We don't have naked groupies chasing us around, that's for sure"

By Jemma Galvin • Oct 09, 2013
Formed in Paris in 2001, Poni Hoax is a French electrorock band that will play at Phnom Penh’s Institut Français for one night only on October 20. Laurent Bardainne is the band's keyboardist and Nicolas Ker is their Franco-Cambodian vocalist

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 07, 2013 • 7 min read

The Melanesian delegation

By Paul Angelle • Oct 07, 2013
While West Papuan independence groups appeal for international recognition, Jakarta is fighting to retain control of the region

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 01, 2013 • 4 min read

Chain of command

By Sacha Passi • Oct 01, 2013
Hassan Taib is leading negotiations with Thai authorities over the country’s separatist south, but his influence over a fractured movement is questionable

Southeast Asia • Oct 01, 2013 • 7 min read

Facing a grey future

Myanmar needs to seize its momentum and implement resolute economic reforms if it hopes to support an ageing population
By Christian Vits • Oct 01, 2013

Southeast Asia • Oct 01, 2013 • 8 min read

Just for laughs

Have you heard the one about the Australian, the Englishman and the Singaporean who combined to bring international stand-up comedy to the region?
By Chris Swanicke • Oct 01, 2013

Southeast Asia • Sep 30, 2013 • 7 min read

In the name of God

Attacks by extremist Muslim groups have led the government to approve a bill that harks back to Indonesia's dictatorial past, but it is NGOs that might bear the brunt of its power
By Sacha Passi and Dene Mullen • Sep 30, 2013

Southeast Asia • Sep 27, 2013 • 4 min read

Just like a dream

The Eugenia’s colonial aesthetic ensures it stands out from Bangkok’s soaring crowd
By Massimo Morello • Sep 27, 2013

Southeast Asia • Sep 25, 2013 • 9 min read

Until the shoulders of the night give in

From English Romanticism to politicised Marxism, tracing the timeline of poetry in Myanmar
By Nathan Thompson • Sep 25, 2013

Southeast Asia • Sep 23, 2013 • 5 min read

East by southeast

What do the conflicting forces of slower Chinese growth and a more competitive Japan mean for the economies of Southeast Asia?
By Gareth Lewis • Sep 23, 2013

Southeast Asia • Sep 20, 2013 • 8 min read
Returnees

The other Cambodians

Ripped from their homes in the United States, the Kingdom’s returnees are determined to make the most of a raw deal
By Dr Heidi Hoefinger • Sep 20, 2013