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Mak Yong in May: Sembah Guru

Julia Mayer recounts watching the ancient North Malaysian dance-theatre known as Mak Yong.

Questions about international conferences in Thailand in 2017

Thongchai Winichakul asks important questions about upcoming academic events.

The cost of castration in Indonesia

Is Indonesia's new castration policy ethical?

A parasite in democracy

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Muhammad Beni Saputra discuss the implications of Indonesia's mainstream media being controlled by oligarchs.

Pakatan Harapan electrocutes itself

Manjit Bhatia writes on why the Sarawak poll results mean the death of Malaysia's opposition coalition.

Gazing over the horizon

Nicholas Farrelly suggests that Myanmar’s biggest changes are probably still to come.

The TPP and Vietnamese workers

Angie Tran explores what the the US/Vietnam Labor Side Agreement means for workers' rights in Vietnam.

Colonial Burma, history and phillumeny

Andrew Selth discusses how matchbox labels provide a glimpse into the culture of colonial Burma.

The future of the EU-ASEAN relationship

Carlo Filippini on the key differences between ASEAN and the EU and the relationship's trajectory.

Washington’s pivot to Southeast Asia

Why the US needs to strengthen its economic ties with Southeast Asia.

Indonesia’s anti-corruption drive (part two)

The second part to Jeremy Mulholland's series on the rise and ruin of the KPK