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Amid Hope and Despair, Myanmar’s Civil War Enters Its Fifth Year

As the conflict drags on, politicians and “irritating voices” emerge from the liberated rear.

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Cambodian PM Says Government Not Behind Lim Kimya’s Assassination

Hun Manet urges calm as investigations into the killing continue in Thailand.

24.01.2025 10

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Pol Pot’s March Into Phnom Penh, 50 Years On

Historian Henri Locard explains how Cambodia's communists differed from their counterparts in Vietnam.

16.01.2025 6

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Listening to the Geography of the Moon

Andrea Rubbio and Virginia Bones are gaining international recognition as the indie band Geography of the Moon, which they formed as a duet eight...

31.12.2024 4

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When Hollywood Comes to Cambodia, with Nick Ray

Nick Ray has spent almost three decades in Cambodia where he established Hanuman Films with his wife Kulikar Sotho and they have since worked on...

23.12.2024 10

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Myanmar and China: An American View with Michael Martin

Michael Martin, adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., returns to Beyond the Mekong amid...

11.12.2024 20

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Cambodian Journalist Killed While Covering Illegal Logging

A Cambodian journalist has died of a bullet wound after being shot while covering illegal logging in this country’s remote northwest, sparking an...

10.12.2024 10

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Myanmar: Situation Update with Paul Greening

Is China preparing to put boots on the ground to protect its investments in the country?

21.11.2024 6

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The IMF Sends Laos a Reality Check Over Its Finances

The country's public debt is unsustainable, while inflation sits at 25 percent and the kip continues its freefall.

19.11.2024 1

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Keith Richburg Discusses Trump 2.0, China, and ASEAN

The veteran Asia correspondent is expecting another “carnival of chaos” after Trump returns to the White House.

13.11.2024 2

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Trump’s Victory Will Test What’s Left of ASEAN’s Resolve

Calls for an ASEAN reboot as the “Goldilocks” era comes to an end.

08.11.2024 1

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Melody Mociulski on Taking Myanmar’s ‘Intrepid Paths’

A trip down the 1970s hippie-trail led the American author to a lifelong relationship with the country and its people.

07.11.2024 3

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Talking ASEAN Supply Chains With Chris Catto-Smith

A logistics specialist discusses economics, poverty and the nuts and bolts of climate change in Southeast Asia.

30.10.2024 1

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Massacres of Civilians Are Becoming a Tragic Norm in Myanmar

The military has reportedly killed another 25 people, including women and children, in retaliation for resistance gains in Sagaing Region.

25.10.2024 1

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A Very Cambodian Purge That May Not Include the Highest of the High

Elites are saluted as an award-winning journalist is sent to jail.

18.10.2024 30

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Inside Myanmar with Jason Tower of the USIP

What happened in Myawaddy as the junta saddles up with China.

30.09.2024 7

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Malaysia’s 1MDB Scandal and ‘The Siege Within’

A new book by Leslie Lopez details the unfolding of Malaysia’s greatest financial scandal.

24.09.2024 1

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Am and Steve Sandford: Witness to a Myanmar Genocide

The journalists discuss the Rohingya persecutions: How did it start and when will it end?

14.09.2024 4

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To Lam Signals No Honeymoon for Vietnamese Journalists and Dissidents

Nguyen Vu Binh was jailed for seven years over a YouTube post, a simple signal that more of the same is to come under Lam’s tenure.

11.09.2024 1

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Tamil Refugee Self-Immolates in a Melbourne Suburb

Church groups hope Pope Francis takes notice of asylum seekers during his upcoming visit to Papua New Guinea.

02.09.2024 2

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Sean Turnell on Myanmar, Civil War, and Reform

How the "best laid plans" of Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government went awry.

30.08.2024 1

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Nic Dunlop on the Importance of Photography

The veteran Bangkok-based photojournalist takes aim at the World Press Photo awards.

26.08.2024 1

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Myanmar’s Rebel Militias Redeploy Towards Mandalay

Anti-regime forces aim to take the former royal capital by year's end.

15.08.2024 4

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UNESCO to Investigate Alleged Rights Abuses at Angkor Wat

The rights group Amnesty International says more than 40,000 people have been forcibly displaced.

31.07.2024 1

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In Myanmar, An Impossible Election Is in China’s Interests

With the country's state of emergency due to expire at the end of the month, the junta plots its next move.

29.07.2024 8

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