Southeast Asia

Will the visiting Thai leader be inspired by Benigno Aquino’s smooth accession to the presidency in the Philippines?

The Thai Red Shirts have the hallmarks of an insurgency. Does a book written by David Petraeus show how to resolve the issue?

Conservative and liberal Muslims in Indonesia are taking their fight for hearts and minds to Twitter. Is that good or bad?

Thailand’s Red and Yellow Shirts act like sworn enemies. But there are more similarities than they’d be willing to admit.

With Thailand’s woes, eyes have turned to Indonesia as a democracy model for South-east Asia. The censors could change that.

Noynoy Aquino looks set to be the Philippines’ next president, says Filipino lawmaker Mong Palatino. But will he be the last?

There’s more to the unrest than a rural poor revolt. Aubrey Belford finds a complex picture in the red shirt heartland.

Vietnamese hate the moniker, reports Luke Hunt. But their feelings about their big neighbor are a lot more complicated.

No Philippine president has ever won without US backing. So, who’s the secret US candidate this year, asks Mong Palatino.

Ben Bland reports that at last week’s assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, in Jakarta, it depends on who you ask.

The jungles of Indonesia’s Aceh Province seem fertile ground for Islamic militants. But not this time, reports Aubrey Belford.

The junta’s election preparations have a depressingly familiar ring to them. Phil Thornton reports from the Thai-Burma border.