By Ses Aronsakda • May 20, 2021
Phnom Penh is at a development crossroads – not yet carved up by major expressways, but with the potential to move in that direction. Future Forum researcher Aronsakda Ses urges authorities to stop and consider a more human-focused urban plan, before it's too late

By Agence France-Presse • May 19, 2021
As Indonesia's security forces mount a military crackdown in Papua, two of their soldiers were killed on Wednesday May 19 in an attack authorities blamed on Papua rebel groups

By Allegra Mendelson • May 19, 2021
With continued talk of a federal army within Myanmar’s anti-coup opposition, ethnic armed organisations in Shan state, among the country's most powerful and potentially vital to a successful resistance force, are held back by mistrust of the unity government and one another

By Andrew Haffner • May 18, 2021
The capital’s growth has been centuries in the making. In this compilation sourced from libraries and other digitised collections, cartographers mapped the expansion of the city from a riverside settlement to a modern metropolis