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Protesters step on posters of Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing during a rally to mark the second anniversary of the military’s 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Tokyo, Feb. 1, 2023.

Signs of desperation as the Myanmar junta rotates commanders

The rotation will bring in new commanders showing even less restraint in targeting civilians to please the junta.

Move Forward Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat attends a press conference following the general election, at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, May 15, 2023.

Thai opposition pulls off a rout, but the loser may take all

The titular character in Pema Tseden’s film “Tharlo” talks with an officer in a rural police station in this scene from the movie.

Remembering late Tibetan film director Pema Tseden’s ‘weighty’ life

Viliame Gavoka, leader of Fiji’s Social Democratic Liberal Party, speaks during a press conference following a party meeting in Fiji’s capital Suva, Dec. 19, 2022.

Journalists in Pacific island states face uncertain times

2023-05-10

Members of Vietnam’s parliament attend a session voting to approve a cybersecurity law in Hanoi on June 12, 2018. The law helped silence criticism of the government on social media.

ChatGPT and unwritten truths in Southeast Asia’s autocracies

2023-05-09

This image grab from a video shows the aftermath of the Myanmar junta’s shelling and airstrikes on Pa Zi Gyi village, Kanbalu township, Sagaing region on April 11, 2023. Nearly 200 civilians were killed in the attack.

Myanmar junta targets health, education facilities to undermine shadow government

2023-05-07

ASEAN Secretary General and Foreign Ministers, except Myanmar prepare to pose for a group photo during the 32nd ASEAN Coordinating Council meeting in Jakarta on Feb. 3, 2023.

Myanmar, neighbors including Thailand hold Track 1.5 dialogue without ASEAN members

2023-04-29

Supporters of the opposition Candlelight Party rally for the upcoming local elections in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in an undated 2022 photo.

Cambodia’s opposition should use its wilderness years to recover its base

2023-04-25

In this image grab from a video, a building burns in the aftermath of the Myanmar junta’s shelling and airstrikes on Pa Zi Gyi village, Kanbalu township, Sagaing region on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

Commentary: The world must not let another Myanmar war crime go unanswered

2023-04-12

Vietnam's new President Vo Van Thuong takes the oath of office during the National Assembly's meeting in Hanoi, March 2, 2023.

COMMENTARY: What's next as the dust settles after Vietnam's leadership turmoil?

2023-03-12

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