Southeast Asia

Insights from Alexander Vuving.

The "floating barrier" is intended to prevent Filipino fishermen from accessing Scarborough Shoal, a China-occupied feature in the South China Sea.

According to a new report by the watchdog Global Witness, the country remains the most dangerous place in Asia to be an environmental activist.

An Indonesian influencer was this week sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy under the country's infamous Article 156a.

The naval drill, now in its 30th edition, has grown more complex and robust as India and Singapore's shared concerns about China deepen.

In recent years, campaigns to save prisoners on death row have become more audacious in criticizing the country's authoritarian party-state.

The case, which the opposition Candlelight Party has denounced as politically motivated, is another early sign that the new Cambodian administration will be much like its predecessor.

Pannika Wanich, a former MP for the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, is accused of "ethical breaches" over Facebook posts she made more than a decade ago.

Several of the city-state’s NGOs are joining forces to highlight the overlap between climate and social justice, and the urgent need to address both.

Both ASEAN and its European counterpart have strong incentives to strengthen their cooperation on maritime security issues amid increasing Sino-American frictions.

Despite the obvious differences between them, the Indian and Indonesian leaders have strikingly similar backgrounds and policy objectives.

The reported expatriations shed some light on the compromises that preceded the landmark upgrade in the diplomatic partnership between Hanoi and Washington.