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Southeast Asia
Timor-Leste Remembers Indonesia’s Slain Human Rights Hero
By Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya
Timorese victims of Indonesian occupation speak of murdered human rights defender Munir Said Thalib.
Another Indonesian Financial Crisis? Not Quite.
By James Guild
Indonesia’s rupiah is nearing levels last seen in the Asian Financial Crisis. Here's why this time is different.
Facebook May Have Doomed the Political Career of Myanmar’s Top General
By Daniel Combs
A Facebook ban on Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will have major ramifications.
A Satellite View of the Rohingya's Plight
By Matthew Wells
Images of one Rohingya village in Myanmar and one Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh before and after the crackdown.
A New Era for Hun Sen’s Cambodia?
By Luke Hunt
The election outcome all but completes the country’s transition to a one-party state.
China's Stake in the Myanmar Peace Process
By Mark Inkey
Why is Beijing providing funds for ethnic armed groups to join a government-backed peace conference?
Compounding Trauma: Indonesia’s Abortion Law
By Aisyah Llewellyn
“The abortion law in Indonesia makes it almost impossible to protect women.”
Lombok: After the Earthquake
By Agoes Rudianto
The powerful earthquake left at least 131 dead in Lombok, Indonesia.
Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last
By Tom Fawthrop
The cost-cutting and lack of oversight that led to the dam's collapse plague other hydropower projects across the country.
Terrorism in Asia: The Global Village Effect
By Neil Thompson
How extremists in Asia are feeding off each others’ unrelated conflicts.
The World’s Last Whale Hunters
By Claudio Sieber
The Lamalerans still hunt whales the traditional way -- in a wooden boat, with a harpoon.
Cheering Cambodia's Strongman
By Philip Heijmans
Despite an intense crackdown on dissent, Hun Sen's supporters turned out for a mass rally ahead of Cambodia's elections.