Southeast Asia

Recent arrests have sparked fears that militants may be eyeing a Mumbai-style attack. Foreigners would be the likely target.

The devastating floods in Thailand are a reminder that climate-related challenges are here to stay. The government needs to act boldly.

Years of school-taught nationalism has complicated efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the South China Sea dispute. Time to try the legal route.

Pol Pot’s surviving lieutenants are about to get their day in court. But will a much-criticized process be able to bring Cambodians the justice they’re searching for?

If Barack Obama wants to ensure opportunities, jobs and a safer world for the United States then there’s nothing more important than his trade mission to Asia.

Central Bangkok has escaped massive flooding that has so far claimed hundreds of lives. But with high tides to persist for a week, locals are still preparing for the worst.

Despite facing a well-armed Indonesian Army, many West Papuans are determined to fight for a greater say in their future. William Lloyd George travels to the jungles of West Papua to meet the rebels.

Thailand’s political elites are struggling to cope with the concept of a popular mandate. But Thais are increasingly demanding accountability.

Laos has vowed to be drug free by 2015. But the Somsanga ‘treatment centre’ offers a glimpse into a world of abuse, beatings and suicide.

Flooding in Thailand has already claimed at least 250 lives. With Bangkok under threat, things could get worse, reports Simon Roughneen.

The idea that the United States should abandon Southeast Asia to China is misplaced. Asia isn’t another Georgia, says James Holmes.

The factionalizing of insurgent groups is jeopardising a ceasefire that ended decades of civil war in the southern Philippines, reports Luke Hunt.