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The UN ‘30 by 30’ biodiversity strategy aims to set aside 30% of land as protected areas. New research shows these areas do support biodiversity, but big parks also increase it outside their borders.
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A new study reveals the major players and routes involved.
A school girl helps her family herd cows back home after school in the Prey Mou village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
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Around 33,000 child marriages took place in 2020 in Indonesia, a new report shows. This comes with more girls in Australia’s region dropping out of school and taking on more caring responsibilities.
US and Japan: an old friendship that needs renewing.
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On the surface, Japan and the US are firm friends. But there are some interesting dynamics at play.
Resistance to the military coup is hardening in Myanmar.
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Beijing is shaping as an important player in the international effort to resolve the political situation in Myanmar.
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After arresting Aung San Suu Kyi once again, the army is clearly not ready to relinquish control.
L'etat, c'est moi: Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen runs a one-party state.
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In 35 years as leader, prime minster Hun Sen has steadily undermined democracy in Cambodia.
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One of the world’s worst refugee crises is still unfolding, and conditions on the ground have barely improved.
Fighter? Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen.
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The measure of women’s political advancement isn’t the number of female leaders, but the changes they make to everyday women’s lives.
Malaysia’s incoming prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, waves a letter to the king.
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After 61 years, Malaysia has finally seen the opposition take control. What now?
Standing up against Duterte’s media crackdown.
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Rodrigo Duterte’s authoritarianism has progressed from death squads and martial law to cracking down on press freedom.
A deal done: the foreign minister of Bangladesh, Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali, visits Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Refugees’ rights are protected by international law. Why are the Rohingya being returned home?
Aung San Suu Kyi is sworn into office alongside her military counterparts.
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Once a beacon of democratic hope, Myanmar’s ‘civilian’ government is showing its true nature.
Duterte visits a police headquarters in Davao city.
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It turns out that the president of the Philippines is exactly who he said he was.
Out and about in Indonesia.
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The House of Saud’s recent efforts to push back against Iran have not paid off. Time to lock in some more allies.
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The world has waited hopefully for democracy to blossom in Myanmar. But the new regime looks much like the old one.
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From stubborn military rule to religious ‘mobocracy’, five young democracies show signs of slipping backwards.
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China may have more to gain from Trump’s rise than any other nation – but the risks of a miscalculation are enormous.
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Trade incentives and more inclusive union leadership could improve working conditions in the garment industry – particularly for women.
Seven countries in the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership hail from the Asia Pacific.
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Security and economic interests, in the guise of the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership (seven of which hail from the Asia-Pacific), are causing anxiety among US friends and allies.