Southeast Asia

A new Human Rights Watch report details how hundreds of convicts were beaten, forced to carry supplies for the military – and clear landmines with sticks and forks.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s backers say it’s time for her to meet the public. She’s been attacked once by junta supporters. Could it happen again?

The first stage of Cambodia’s Case 002 is over. But will Hun Sen stamp out the prospects of more people being held to account?

The Kachin people, marginalised by the Burmese government, are willing to fight for survival. Is China the only hope for preventing all-out war?

The demonstrations over the past several weeks in Hanoi over a maritime dispute with China may have been small. But they were still unusual.

The landslide victory by Yingluck Shinawatra’s Pheu Thai Party promises to usher in a period of reconciliation. But the country is still deeply divided.

Thais head to the polls Sunday, with Yingluck Shinawatra’s party hoping to secure a clear majority. But would a coup follow a Peua Thai triumph?

The initial hearings in Cambodia’s Case 002 have closed. The lines of defence to be employed by the four accused of involvement in genocide are becoming clear.

Decades after the horrors of the Killing Fields, many Cambodians hope Case 002 can finally offer justice to the memory of those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

As tensions rise in the South China Sea, analysts are left wondering why China is suddenly pushing its territorial claims so firmly.

Relations have been transformed in recent years. But if they’re to get any better, Hanoi will have to start moving on human rights and democracy.

The latest spat between China and Vietnam looks dangerously close to escalating. China needs to take the lead in finding a solution.