Southeast Asia

Undocumented migrants and refugees are caught in the crossfire of Malaysia’s coronavirus response and a xenophobic backlash.

In Indonesia and the Philippines, military leaders are managing the coronavirus response—with lasting political repercussions.

With little faith in the government’s coronavirus response, many rural Cambodians are turning to the divine.

In Southeast Asia, the coronavirus pandemic has provided a handy excuse for a clampdown on free speech.

With the coronavirus now an excuse for inaction, the threat to the embattled minority is growing ever sharper.

In its delayed response to the pandemic, Aung San Suu Kyi’s government prioritizes the country’s ethnic majority.

Experts discuss the regional fallout of the coronavirus crisis.

Drought coupled with the coronavirus pandemic spells danger for food security.

The Cambodian prime minister is using the pandemic as cover to silence his remaining critics.

New data demonstrates a devastating effect on downstream water supplies that feed millions of people.

The country’s newest leaders should have jumped into action immediately. Instead, they wasted precious weeks jockeying over cabinet positions.

China’s poor rural neighbor says it has no cases. That’s unlikely to be true.

Eager to appease his benefactor in Beijing, the Cambodian leader is excluding China’s role from the Khmer Rouge narrative.

Amid the coronavirus crisis, the PLA has been missing in action.

The prime minister uses a shroud of democracy to counter dissatisfaction and thwart the opposition.

As the U.N. warns of a continuing risk of genocide, Myanmar should seriously consider the last 30 years and ask if its security policies are helping anyone at all.

Coalitions are forming in the face of threats to democracy and pluralism.

A new book looks at the China challenge for the United States—and China itself.