Srettha Thavisin has been removed as Thailand’s prime minister after less than a year in power.
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It’s déjà vu in Thailand as the country faces a familiar political crisis.
Nguyen Phu Trong addresses Communist Party deputies in Hanoi in 2006.
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Leader of Vietnam’s Communist Party died on July 19, 2024. Among those who paid tribute was US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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From being banned on planes and hotels, to being considered a delicacy – the durian is truly perplexing. What’s behind its polarising nature?
Philippine troops watch as a missile hits a target during a live-fire joint U.S.-Philippines exercise.
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US Marines and Philippine forces are taking part in joint military exercises just 100 miles off the southern tip of Taiwan.
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Australia is expanding trade and investment with Southeast Asia to improve regional prosperity and global climate security. Here’s what to expect at the April 15-16 green economy summit in Vietnam.
A tourist on National Elephant Day in Thailand.
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Even self-proclaimed ethical tourism programs can widen economic gaps and harm communities they claim to protect. Here are a few steps you can take as an ethical tourist.
Tributes left at a memorial for Flaco the owl in Central Park in New York.
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Owls, once seen as harbingers of death, are now celebrated in popular literature and culture in North America and Britain.
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Southeast Asian leaders have made clear their priorities this week. Some want more focus on climate change than geopolitical competition.
A Thai foreign worker tends to an agriculture field in Beersheba, Israel.
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The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
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The prime minister said ‘there is so much untapped potential’ in the region of 650 million people to the north of Australia, but ‘not unlimited time.’
Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.
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Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
Gearing up for the election.
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As many as 204 million Indonesians are registered to vote in what will be the world’s largest single-day election in 2024.
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How should Southeast Asian countries manage algorithmic biases that often unfairly affect minority ethnic groups and women?
Members of the rebel Ta'ang National Liberation Army standing guard in Shan state, Myanmar.
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Beijing is losing patience with Myanmar’s military, as well as its influence with resistance groups.
A gilded statue of the Buddha at Wat Phanan Choeng Temple in Thailand.
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Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond to the concerns of those who worship them.
The aftermath of U.S. bombs in Neak Luong, Cambodia, on Aug. 7, 1973.
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A Cambodian scholar who fled the Khmer Rouge as a child writes about the legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100 on Nov 28, 2023.
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South-East Asia is anxious about the Ukraine war’s impact on regional economies. For New Zealand, that presents more pressing geopolitical priorities than confronting China.
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New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
Myanmar’s seat was left empty at a recent meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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As current chair of the regional body ASEAN, Indonesia is tasked with resolving a conflict that has killed thousands. Progress has been slow.
Actor Margot Robbie blows out a candle on the cake to celebrate her birthday during the pink carpet event for the movie ‘Barbie’ in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2023.
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Once the context of cultural and territorial appropriation by China in Southeast Asia are understood, Vietnam’s ban of the Barbie movie isn’t surprising.