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STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 22, 2013 • 5 min read

Censorship Killing them softly

By Chris Swanicke • Aug 22, 2013
Singapore’s approach may be more subtle, but its new internet laws echo the strong-arm tactics used by regional governments to silence free speech

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 20, 2013 • 6 min read

Indonesian Genocide Documenting death

By Dene Mullen • Aug 20, 2013
Described by some as genocide, the bloody purge of Indonesian ‘communists’ in 1965-66 is examined in a new documentary

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 19, 2013 • 5 min read

Propaganda Massacring the truth

By Philip Jacobson • Aug 19, 2013
A visit to Jakarta’s Museum of Communist Treachery, one of many institutions that present government propaganda at its finest

Aug 15, 2013 • 4 min read
Interview

Burn notice

In his new book, Squatters into Citizens, Dr Loh Kah Seng explores how the vision of a modern city was achieved in Singapore in the aftermath of the great fire of 1961. Here, he discusses the city-state’s public housing sector, its transformative effect on citizens and Singapore’s good economic fortune
By Dene Mullen • Aug 15, 2013

Aug 13, 2013 • 5 min read

Shaking up the party

Many Indonesians are hoping that Joko Widodo will spearhead a new era of clean politics once the current president wraps up his maximum second term in office
By Sacha Passi • Aug 13, 2013

Aug 09, 2013 • 7 min read

Hello, boys!

Modified motors and buxom beauties continue their age-old alliance at Southeast Asia’s largest customised car show
By Dene Mullen • Aug 09, 2013

Aug 08, 2013 • 5 min read

Crime and punishment

A tainted legal system is failing Cambodia's young offenders
By Sacha Passi • Aug 08, 2013

Aug 07, 2013 • 7 min read
Expo

Appreciating art

The annual Art Expo Malaysia represents more than just an exciting cultural occasion. Such events are boosting the region’s economies and attracting more investors than ever
By Jemma Galvin • Aug 07, 2013

Aug 06, 2013 • 9 min read
Buddhist extremism

The number of the beast

The anti-Muslim 969 movement is fuelling the fire of religious discontent in Myanmar
By Carlos Sardiña Galache • Aug 06, 2013

Aug 05, 2013 • 4 min read

Island paradise

Jakarta’s Ritz-Carlton is a perfect match for a country with big aspirations
By Massimo Morello • Aug 05, 2013

Aug 02, 2013 • 3 min read

Better with age

Chivas Brothers’ James Maxwell hopes to capitalise on Southeast Asia’s burgeoning love affair with Scotch whisky
By Rebecca Foster • Aug 02, 2013