An influx of new ideas might boost rural and coastal sectors, but unemployment looms large too.

The palace is working to fill leading army positions with its own faction—the Red Rim Group.

Mahathir may be losing traction among rural Malays, but grassroots polling data from GE18 shows such support was never straightforward.

International terrorist designations are fuel for Duterte's war on communist organisations.

Recent narratives shift racist stereotypes of gold-digging mail-order brides.

At the heart of the Family Resilience Bill is the message that the family unit is responsible for its its own poverty and challenges.

Data analysis strongly suggests correlations between COVID-19 and the commission of political violence, but the causal mechanisms driving these trends are less clear.

Nick Cheesman talks to the authors of a new book on the "limited liberalism" that allows the tolerance of some minorities in Myanmar, and the exclusion of others.

Will the current push for amendments lead to a fairer and more participatory constitution?

Teeming with the greatest fish species biodiversity on the planet, these seas are under threat from large and small scale illegal fishing compounded by lax law enforcement.

Behind the student protests for reforms to the monarchy that are shaking the century-old foundations of Thailand's political system.

Instead of implementing tough trade restriction measures that affect ordinary Cambodians, the EU and US should reconsider its approach to engaging Cambodia on human rights.

Modern techniques to block online criticism of Thailand's monarchy are paired with the familiar stirring of royalist-nationalist sentiment.

A split has emerged in the Indonesian disability rights movement over the new Komite Nasional Disabilitas.

Myanmar must face its second competitive election in the context of a global recession and under the shadow of a ruthless pandemic.

The meaning of pluralism in NU cannot possibly have a single and monolithic meaning.

Despite consensus that local organisations make aid and development more responsive and effective, implementation lags.

Persistent adherence to the written rules makes Mynamar's vulnerable to authoritarian tendencies and threatens a fragile democracy.

Asylum seekers' silence, which the regime cannot recognise as an expression of vulnerability, is reason enough for Acehnese fishermen to deliver protection.

The COVID-19 crisis tested the boundaries of federal-state relations when decisions from the centre were not received well by state governments.

During the pandemic, “immodest” or ungrateful receiving by the poor has been strongly denounced both by the state and middle-class donors.

After COVID-19, Australia will want to step up in the region...especially where the lessons and relevant technology can be generously shared.

Does Islamist rule in lower branches of government affect relations between religious groups?

Hydropower dams in Cambodia generate extensive processes of commodification and extraction, feeding the country’s vast shadow economy.