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New Mandala's Philippines editor talks to Jonathan Miller about his new biography of the president.

Part two of Anon Chawalawan's compilation of the activist inventiveness that has survived the NCPO's four-year rule.

Apocalyptic portrayals of the country's future distract us from what its real problems are, and how to address them.

A forgotten cultural frontier reveals Indonesia's version of mid-century modernism

Trying out a more sophisticated measure of how religious intolerance varies across Indonesia's provinces.

The Myanmar-China relationship has a surprisingly volatile history, with much at stake for both parties.

While the royal wedding in the United Kingdom was partly extolled in Thailand as a symbol of the British monarchy's adaptability, the royalists’ perception of the Harry-Meghan wedding reflected a desire for their own monarch to be more absolute.

The persecution of one of the junta's most outspoken supporters, Buddha Issara, demands explanation

สี่ปีคสช.: สัญลักษณ์และประดิษฐกรรมแห่งการท้าทายอำนาจรัฐทหาร Activists never intended to use sandwiches during protests—it was the authorities themselves who seized upon sandwiches in 2014, making an unintended contribution to anti-authoritarian emblems.

Ben Dunant reviews "North Korea and Myanmar: Divergent Paths", which paints Myanmar and North Korea regimes less as outposts of tyranny and more as rational actors.