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STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 08, 2022 • 7 min read

Analysis Indonesians are drawing a hard line on China

By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat • Jul 08, 2022
Public pushback against the Asian superpower’s South China Sea aggression, Belt and Road Initiative and Uyghur repression complicate relations

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 04, 2022 • 8 min read

Lawsuits Company tries to SLAPP away Malaysian forest advocates

By Fiona Kelliher • Jul 04, 2022
A coalition in Sarawak is speaking out against a lawsuit criticised as part of a ‘chilling’ corporate litigation trend designed to stifle investigations and complaints

Jun 27, 2022 • 6 min read
Analysis

Myanmar military reveals a brutal weakness

The planned executions of imprisoned resistance figures is an attempt to quell public dissent, but instead may hasten the violent regime’s demise
By Oliver Slow • Jun 27, 2022

Jun 17, 2022 • 10 min read
Human rights

Cambodia drops the gavel on activists

Outspoken attorney Theary Seng was among dozens of defendants to receive treason and incitement prison terms drawing widespread condemnation
By Brian P. D. Hannon • Jun 17, 2022

Jun 17, 2022 • 8 min read
Interview

Cambodian court cements loss of democracy

Human rights leader Sopheap Chak says she was not surprised by a Phnom Penh court verdict imprisoning activists in what she calls a government ‘show of force’
By Amanda Oon • Jun 17, 2022

Jun 13, 2022 • 9 min read
Diplomacy

America steps up engagement with ASEAN

The nomination of Yohannes Abraham as the first U.S. ambassador to the association in five years signals a renewed agenda and interest in Southeast Asia.
By Jack Brook • Jun 13, 2022