Southeast Asia

Five years after the National League for Democracy won in a landslide, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party fails to live up to its name.

With humanitarian aid and internet services restricted, the conflict-torn state could soon face a public health disaster.

‘Under Beijing’s Shadow’ lays out in compelling detail how China is working to dominate the region.

For those in the borderlands, the recent landslide in Kachin state is a symptom of the government’s empty promises.

Hanoi’s strong position on China and COVID-19 success bolster its status.

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.