Southeast Asia

Video-sharing platforms have experienced a “remarkable” growth spurt so far this year.

Trong had dominated Vietnamese politics since 2011. Now attention turns to his successor, former security minister To Lam.

Military drills involving the People’s Liberation Army in Laos are designed to enhance China’s fighting capability in Southeast Asia.

A conversation with Lars Olsen about Cambodia’s hybrid tribunal and lessons for prosecuting war crimes elsewhere.

The sudden announcement confirmed longstanding rumors of Trong's ill health, and locks in Lam as his successor.

Domestic politics are part of it, but the real problem is that macroeconomic conditions are not favorable for Thailand’s export-heavy economy.

Rohingya are not asking for special treatment – they are asking for the most basic human rights that have been denied to them for far too long. 

It appears that the Ulu Tiram attack was inspired by Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, but the suspects were not formally affiliated with or directed by the group. 

Where developers build Indonesia’s vast nickel-processing plants, surrounding forest disappears twice as fast: “The damage to the environment is devastating.”

China and the Philippines have created such emergency telephone hotlines at lower levels in the past to better manage disputes.

Here are the three main contenders to take the post when President-elect Prabowo Subianto takes office in October.

Late last month, 16 senior JI figures announced the group's dissolution, and said they were “ready to actively contribute to Indonesia's progress and dignity.”