Thailand

With the world on fire from Thailand to Nigeria, there wasn’t much talk of international affairs in the final debate of the 2020 campaign—and when there was, both candidates defended flawed approaches to North Korea.

Both the government and demonstrators are borrowing tactics from Hong Kong.

After a confrontation with the royal motorcade, the government is cracking down.

Authorities are struggling as protesters break anti-monarchy taboos.

To succeed, the protesters will have to overcome old regional and class divides—and new ones, along generational lines.

India is beefing up its island defenses as Beijing seeks a quicker route to the Indian Ocean.

The biggest rallies in years are risking the wrath of royalists eager to use the lèse-majesté law.

This week’s student protests are part of a backlash against a monarchist elite trying to erase Thailand’s democratic history.

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

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

A pop culture battle turned into a nationalist frenzy and a propaganda problem.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

Billions of dollars are at stake as Bangkok walks the line between closing borders and angering Beijing.

Trains and flights out of the central Chinese city have been canceled as the toll from a new coronavirus grows.

Popular newspapers are running copy straight from Beijing’s state media.