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Photo: Pierre (Rennes) on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/equinoxefr/

Freedom and firewalls

Peeping through the "Ka-La" of Thailand and its single Internet gateway.

Photo: UN Women Asia & the Pacific on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/unwomenasiapacific/

Women and the vote

Will Myanmar’s election narrow the gender gap in politics?

Photo: Dino Ahmad Ali on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinoowww/

A war on words, a murder of memory

Dark days return to Indonesia, with censorship of its dark past.

Photo: Michael Coghlan on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/

Sex robots and the sex trade

There are dangerous and disturbing links between the sex trade and sex robots, writes Kathleen Richardson.

The USDP faces the people

Even after the ruling party eventually melts away, what will remain is the core of military power

Photo: Wikimedia commons

Consolidating control in cyberspace

Thailand's online battle for control of the nation's narrative is heating up.

General Suharto (second from left) and other army officers attend the funeral of their slain comrades in 1965.

Censorship and the forbidden past

Hamish McDonald reflects on the censorship of events marking Indonesia's 1965 massacre.

Photo by fabolousfabs on flickr

Youth and the vote

Myanmar's fountain of youth... careful it’s not Kool-Aid.

China and the vote

Like a dour brylcreemed uncle, Beijing will be warning Naypyitaw about all this change-y, hope-y stuff come 8 November.

Thailand's coup leaders; breaking the Internet since October 2015. Photo: Des Morris on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_mo-fo/

Southeast Asian snapshots

From slices of pizza in Myanmar to secession in Malaysia, Mish Khan brings you the silly and sublime from Southeast Asia.

Unsung heroes and the vote

Embassy staff helping, not hampering, Myanmar's vote.

Bamboo forest. Photo: Stuck in customs on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/

It’s time for a truly Asia-Pacific vision at ANU

Why Australia's national university must bite the bullet when it comes to humanities and social science.