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Bill to Raise India's Marriage Age Raises Furor
What’s With Filipinas and Porn?
Malaysians Save Each Other as Government Goes AWOL in Flood
Belated RIP for Indonesia’s Once-Feared Graft Watchdog
China Believed Using Singapore Media for Peng Shuai PR
Malaysia's Floods Expose Catastrophic Policy Failure
US Politics Slow Senate Ratification of Asian Envoys
Afghan Disaster Likely to Spread
Sarawak Polls More Than Just an Election Victory
Hong Kong Readies for an Electoral Charade
Indonesia Plays a Skillful Diplomatic Game
Innocents' Massacre Inflames Northeastern India
Opposition Stumble Gives Singapore’s PAP a Break to go for the Jugular
Big Plans for Vietnam's Vingroup
Jailed Macau Junket King Likely to Lose Russian Empire
With AUKUS, Washington Plays With Fire Down Under
Russian Nobel Peace Winner's Speech
BOOK REVIEW: Dispatches from the South China Sea: Navigating to Common Ground
A Courageous Journalist's Nobel Speech
Elderly Villager Arrests Backfire on Thai Government
Indonesia Cracks Down on Charitable Fronts for Terrorism
India Passes New Law to Regulate Fertility Industry
Vietnam's Communist Party Jails its Most Trenchant Critic
Malaysia's Najib Loses Criminal Appeal But Remains Free to Politick
The Challenge to Malaysia's Malay Supremacy Narrative
Hong Kong Under Beijing’s Heel
Beijing Power Struggle Enmeshes Ex-Officials, Beleaguered Property Companies
Blinken Visit to Jakarta a Sign of Rising Concern over China
Indonesian President’s Legacy on Line Over Omnibus Law
Cambodian Activist Monk Detained in Thailand Fears Deportation
Philippines' Presidential Sweepstakes Take Shape
Thailand's Troubled South Starts to Recover
Singapore's Succession Problems Continue
Peng Shuai’s Fine, Where’s Her Accused Rapist?
India Politicians Woo Increasingly Important Women Voters
Antimicrobial Overuse Creating Superbugs
K-Pop Comes to Philippine Politics
Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Denied Entry to Hong Kong
Philippines Starts to Get Act Together on Covid
Sri Lankan President Aligns with Nationalist Monks in Economic Crisis
Indonesia Pays the Price for Environmental Damage
Was Tennis Star Peng Caught up in Xi’s Power Politics?
ASEAN-China Summit: What to expect?
Malaysia's Opposition Coalition Must Radically Change to Survive
Hong Kong Tightens the Screws on Domestic Helpers
India's Farmers defeat the Modi Government
Hong Kong Starts Denying Visas to Foreign Correspondents
Bodies of Kashmir Victims of ‘Staged Encounter’ Finally Returned
Indonesia Blocks, then Unblocks Access to Asia Sentinel
Modi praised for climate reforms then upset Glasgow Pact
The Zimbabwization of Malaysia
Taiwan’s Exploited Domestic Helpers
Has Thailand's Junta Overcome the Protests?
Thailand: International Tourism May Take Years to Recover
China's Growing Troubles in Afghanistan
Thoughts of Chairman Xi Bode Ill for the Press
China Exports Its Dubious Traditional Medicines
Indonesia Tiptoes Closer to SCS Imbroglio
Obituary: Harvey Stockwin, 1933-2021
'Ketuanan Melayu' will Erode Malaysia’s Meritocracy
South China Morning Post May Come Under Beijing's Control
ACFTA Pact: Hardly Win-Win for ASEAN
Indonesia Restricts Press Coverage of Restive Province
BOOK REVIEW: The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong
Australia’s Defense Strategy Delusion
Malaysia's Crony Enrichment Plan
WWF Accused of Abusing Forest Dwellers
Vietnam Tests its Regional Chops
Japan Election Looks Likely Uneventful
No Cheers for Malaysia's Timah Whiskey
Beijing Power Struggle Sinks Red Princess’s HK Firm
Indian Art Auctions Maintain Pandemic’s Buoyant Trend
Indian Women Take on Drunken Mates
Trick or Treat: Najib and His Merry Band Could Go Free
Malaysia: Search For a Realistic Socioeconomic Strategy
Beijing Comes for Hong Kong’s Elite
Viet Leaders Find Former Envoy's Book Too Hot to Handle
Major Developments in Tuberculosis Fight
Costs Zoom for Indonesia's Delayed High-Speed Train
The Threat of Global Fertilizer Overuse
Famed Tourist Town a Test for Malaysia’s Next Polls
Ethnic Minority Killings Trigger Kashmir Unrest
The 'Trilemma' of Korean Nuclear Negotiations
Malaysia's Problem with Racial Tension
Duterte Says No Vendetta Against Nobel Laureate Ressa
India's Tata Takes On an Albatross
Did ‘Fake News’ Lead to 1965 Indonesia Bloodletting?
Malaria Vaccine a Revolution in Health Care
India’s Firecracker Ban an Explosive Issue
Pakistan Port City Erupts Against China’s BRI Project
‘Snowden Refugees’ Mostly Now in Canada
12th Malaysia Plan: Three Backward Steps
North Korea: Firing Missiles to Stay Afloat
As Duterte Announces Departure, Scandal Looms Among Aides
As Expected, Singapore Okays ‘Foreign Influence’ Law
Malaysia Introducing Harsh New Equity Restrictions
Vietnam's Shaky Truce with Covid-19
Singapore Sets a New Free Speech Trap
‘Shanghai Gang’ Seeks Xi’s Ouster
Cambodia’s Sand Dredging Scourge
Big Brother Coming to Malaysia?
China Forces Huawei Swap Via Hostage Diplomacy
Aukus: Restoring the Regional Balance of Power
Indonesia's Covid Cases Plummet
India's Relationship Changes With Biden's US
India Scooter Factory to Go All-Female
Did Chinese Hackers Penetrate Indonesia’s Spy Agency?
Taliban Struggle For Diplomatic Recognition
AUKUS: Is Australia the Big Loser?
Thai Ruling-Party Fissures Threaten Premier
Malaysia: Corruption Cripples Healthy SMEs
Indian Officials Destroy Invaluable Rhino Horn Cache
Hong Kong’s Belated, Cautious Waste Cleanup Bill
South Korea's Democrats Attack the Press
World Faces Calamity by Not Immunizing in Poor Countries
We are not Afghanistan, Taiwan says
Indonesia Begins Early Prep for Presidential Sweeps
East Malaysia Strays from the Capital
Major Wildlife NGOs Under Fire for Inaction on the Ground
China Roils Waters in Indonesia's Natuna Area
Singapore Aims to Cripple a Press Critic
Beijing's Cautious Stance in Afghanistan
Hong Kong's Hair Clip Rebellion
India’s Modi Accused of ‘Disneyfying’ Massacre Site
BOOK REVIEW: Paradise Lost: Mahathir & the End of Hope
China's Growing Influence Reshapes South Pacific
Navigating Chinese Podcast Censorship
East Malaysia's Tide of Illegal Immigrants
Crackdown on Asian Press Freedom Continues
The End of the Yale-NUS Partnership
A Malaysia Splinter Party Fights for Survival
Afghan Refugees’ Sad Plight in Indonesia
No Relief from Malaysia's Free Speech Crackdown
The Extension of Rodrigo Duterte’s Toxic Legacy
Hong Kong's Minority Students in Uphill Language Battle
Malaysia's Opposition Strategy to Return to Power
A Harris Pat for Southeast Asia
Singapore Ends its Experiment in Liberal Education
Vietnam, US in Cautious Dance during Harris Visit
Can Malaysia's New Government Survive?
Malaysia's Witless Opposition Flubs Reform Offer
Can the Taliban Contain the Jihadis?
Afghanistan's Panjshir Resistance Reemerges
Afghanistan and Regional Geopolitics
Canada Tries Secret Trade – Huawei Exec for Accused Spies
China, Russia Stumble on Vaccine 'Soft Power'
Indonesia Turns to China in Vax Desperation
Murky Waters in a Chinese-Paid Dam on the Mekong
UMNO Back to Power in Rebuilt Malaysian Alliance
Fate of Accused Canadians Hinges on Huawei Heiress's Extradition
A Wary Asia Casts a Dubious Eye at Post-Kabul US
Malaysia's Political Crisis Deepens
Afghanistan: There Never Was a Plan B
US's Post-Trump Southeast Asia Doctrine
Covid Drives Muslim-owned IG businesses in Hong Kong
Malaysia's Thin-Skinned Politicians
BOOK REVIEW: Hari Harilela: Made in Hong Kong
BOOK REVIEW: Nothing is Impossible: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam
Thais Increasingly Turn Against Prime Minister
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Louder
India's Poor Bear Brunt of Covid Crisis
Anwar Ibrahim Maneuvers for Power
Komodo Tourism Project Raises Local, International Hackles
The Forgotten Issues of Climate Change
Hong Kong’s Tempest in a T-shirt
Barriers Remain to Ending AIDS
US, Indonesia, Continue to Bolster Military Ties
Mahathir Seeks Another Path Back to Malaysian Power
UK’s New Aircraft Carrier Fails to Live up to China Seas Billing
Rajapaksas Turn Sri Lanka into a Family Affair
'Birdshot' Blinds Hundreds in Kashmir
Vietnam Tries to Fight Off the Delta Variant
BOOK REVIEW: Young Soeharto: The Making of a Soldier, 1921-1945
US Defense Secretary's Troubled Southeast Asia Visit
Chaos in Thai Home Food Delivery Industry
Is it Too Late to Stop Climate Change?
Malaysia Seeks a Covid-19 Endgame
Afghanistan: No Peace without a Clear Vision
Entry of Chinese Workers to Indonesia Spurs Anger
Malaysia's Premier Political Party in Decline
China Seeks Regional Help in Managing Afghanistan
US, Allies Pile Pressure on China
Covid and the Disaster of Philippine Education
India's Coercive Population Laws Under Fire
Saffronart Leads Indian Auction Results
Asia's Waters and Marine Life in Deep Trouble
Covid Widens Thai Class Divisions
Malaysia's Political Crisis Reaches the Boil
Women's Rights a Struggle in Indonesia
Modi, Looking For Reboot, Reshuffles Cabinet
Australia Opens Gate for Asean Ag Workers
Singapore's Controversial Internal Security Act
Could There Have Been Another Course for China?
NGOs' Sorry Record in Saving the Cambodian Environment
Elderly Apparatchiks Shun CCP Birthday Party
Xi Kickstarts a Jittery CCP’s Second Century
Asean Splinters Over Myanmar Condemnation
Modi Seeks to Shake International Censure Over Kashmir
China Pokes its Nose Into the Middle East
Pakistan Searches for Better US Ties
Indonesia's Covid Problems Reach Crisis Level
Sri Lanka Becoming ‘Sinhalese-Only Country’
Muhyiddin's New Tool to Shore up Power: University Boards
China Struggles With Costs of 1-Child Policy
With Apple Daily’s Death, Hong Kong Press Feels the Lash
Australian Government Goes After Whistle-blowers
Malaysia's Clinical Trials Quagmire
Consumer Giants’ False Promise of Plastics Cleanup
Chinese Himalayan Encroachment Raises Delhi's Concern
China’s BRI: Stalking Horse for Military Expansion?
Ho Chi Minh City Looks to Get its Own Back
Crisis, Pain, and Political Instability in Malaysia
Executives of Outspoken Hong Kong Newspaper Arrested
Indonesia Turns to Europe for Arms
Singapore's Islamic Council Faces Potential Corruption Charges
Duterte ‘War on Drugs’ Failing, UN Figures Show
Pandemic Cripples India's Working Women
Could China's 'Tigers' and 'Flies' Include 'Watchdogs?'
China Seeks to Mend Fences in Indonesia
Mystery Trip to UAE by Malaysia's King
BOOK REVIEW: The Chinese Communist Party: A Century in Ten Lives
Police Killing in Philippines Stirs Outrage
A Renowned Indian Artist at Work
The Chaos in Global Supply Chains
National Unity Government: Desperation Malaysia Ploy?
Manny Pacquiao Eyes Philippine Presidency
Malaysia Needs a Covid-19 National Blueprint
Hong Kong's Booming Migration Industry
The Plight of Malaysia's Indigenous Peoples
Indonesian Anti-graft Watchdogs to be Ousted Over President’s Objections
India's Kashmir Stranglehold Extends to Government Employees
Apple Daily Asset Seizure Ominous for Hong Kong Commerce
Malaysia’s Planners See Yet Another Mirage
China Seeks to Keep Afghan Jihadis in Afghanistan
Modi Lost in India's Covid Crisis
Could Lightning Kill 18 Elephants in a Single Strike?
Hong Kong’s Political Refugees Face New Perils
Outlook Grim for Hong Kong’s Democracy Advocates
BOOK REVIEW: Grandma’s Gangsta Chicken Curry and Gangsta Stories from My Hippie Sixties
Suspect Test Used to Boot Indonesian Graftbusters
The Winners From the US-China Competition
Thailand Tries to Tighten Screws on NGOs
Cambodian Government Uses Covid to Silence Critics
The Disgrace of India’s Women’s Health
Top Malaysian Cop Accuses Home Minister of Political Spying
Grim Reaper Waves Scythe at Singapore’s Flagship Newspaper
The Failed Promise of Malaysia’s New Economic Policy
Fears of Conflict Escalate in Indonesia's Papua
Hong Kong Racism on Display over Vax Demand for Domestics
The Coming Battle for Malaysia’s Heartland
A Lee Dynasty in Singapore After All?
Heads roll as China’s Xi tightens grip on Fintech Firms
Modi’s BJP fails to win West Bengal
A Beleaguered HK Press on Press Freedom Day
South Korea Between Two Giants
Developing Asia Begins Turnaround, ADB Says
India’s Modi Concentrates on Politics as Covid Rages
Taiwan Reassured by Biden’s Support
Malaysia’s Stolen Democracy: Local Government
ASEAN Delivers Toothless Warning to Myanmar
Indonesian Sub Tragedy Sends Several Messages
Sedition Threat for Activist Mocking Malaysia’s Queen
‘Miss Congeniality’ Starts a Filipino Revolution
Hong Kong Media Fall to Pro-Chinese Owners
Indonesia’s Ambiguous Rice Policies Hurt Farmers
Post-covid Greenhouse Gases Expected to Soar Upward, Report Says
Hong Kong’s Flag Carrier Cathay Hits Turbulence
India’s Women Farmers Find Their Voice
Afghanistan Fearfully Awaits Taliban’s Islamic Emirate
Beijing Shows its Contempt for its Hong Kong Commitments
Indonesia’s KPK Apologizes for Calling Singapore Spade a Singapore Spade
The Afghan War’s ‘Boat People’
Singaporeans Wonder Who Will Lead Them Next
Hong Kong Seeks to Stem Illegal Wildlife Trade
Hong Kong Hides Investors’ Identities from Public Scrutiny
India Debates Wages for Housewives
Cleaning Up the Scars of US War in Vietnam
Growing Crowdfunding Blunts Singapore Leader’s Libel Tactics
Five-Year-old Viet Protest Still Reverberates
Women in Indonesia Increasingly Joining Jihad
Hong Kong’s Electoral Changes Pass Power to Beijing
Indian artists focus on the drama of The Last Supper
US Social Media Giants in Trouble
Indonesia Ventures Cautiously Into a Defense Pact
Covid Explodes in Philippines as Crisis Mismanaged
India Covid-19 Cases Surge in Second Wave
Thai Authorities Throw the Book at Students
BOOK REVIEW: The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times
China-Backed Duterte Crony Gets Telecom Award
Singapore Opposition Figure Seeks Crowdfunding Against PM’s Libel Judgment
Reformers Seek to Block Duterte’s Dynasty Aims
Malaysia’s GLCs: Development Tools or Corruption Vehicles?
Southern Thailand’s Phantom Insurgency
China Sends Duterte an Ominous Present
Where are India’s Women Lawmakers?
Blacklisting US-Listed Chinese Firms Backfires
Indonesian Females Increasingly Oppressed by the Hijab
Indonesian Lawmakers Bulldoze Government to Okay Dubious Vaccine
Malaysia Fights the ‘Allah’ Case all Over Again
Southeast Asia’s Wildlife in the Age of Covid-19
China’s CPEC Hits a Pothole in Balochistan
Myanmar Crisis: ASEAN Reliability’s Final Test
Democracy Collapses into Repression in Southeast Asia
‘Longer Telegram’ Sets Up Unnecessary Clash with China
Human Rights Lawyer Takes on Hong Kong
Beijing’s Steady Drumbeat of Repression in Hong Kong
Bloody Sunday for Leftists in Philippines
Indonesian President’s Harsh Language on Imports
BOOK REVIEW: Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs
Thailand Increases Speed Limits to Cut Road Crashes
India’s Startups Thrive Despite Pandemic
North Korea in the Biden Era: Strategy and Trajectory
Jakarta Floods Again as Governor Dithers
Taiwan Formulates a Poisoned Shrimp Defense
The Wild, Woolly World of Cybercrime
Corruption, Inattention Mar Covid Programs for Indonesia’s Disabled
Poverty, Malaysia’s Hidden Crisis
Beijing Goes for Slavish Loyalty in Hong Kong
Singapore’s Coronavirus Bet Stumbles
World’s Losing Battle Against Fake Products
Japan’s Ruling Party to Women: Look, Don’t Talk
Philippines’ Duterte Loses Out to Two Iconic Women
Double Blow to Press Freedom in Malaysia
Indonesian Billionaire Tax Evader Tanoto May Duck Charges Again
China, India Back Away from Himalayan Standoff
Biden Administration Outlines a China Strategy
The Dark Side of Crazy Rich Asia
Power and Corruption within Malaysia’s Leadership
BOOK REVIEW: My Story: Justice in the Wilderness
Storm Clouds Grow for Asia’s Palm Oil Behemoths
China Removes Another Shred of Hong Kong Identity
Protesters Refuse to Back Down in Myanmar
SBY Dynasty Hopes Stumble on Nepotism in Indonesia
Juntas in Thailand and Myanmar
Rajapaksa Family Rule Undermines Sri Lankan Democracy
Citizen-night Cacophony Aftermath of Myanmar Coup
Billions Disappear from Formerly Hot Conglomerate Under Beijing’s nose
Vietnam Party Congress: Better Red than Right
Radical Government Plan to Reboot India
Malaysia’s Next General Election Could Reset Politics
China’s Luconia Shoals Gambit Part of a Larger Picture
China Militarizes Coast Guard in South China Sea
BOOK REVIEW: The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
BOOK REVIEW: Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise
The 15-Year-Old Who Taught Me About Suicide
Combating Vaccination Fear in Asia
Thai Hire-Purchase Firm Group Lease Faces More Chaos
Vietnam’s General Secretary Trong Maneuvers to Stay on Top
Turning to the Pharmacopeia in Indian Colleges
Pakistan’s Military Take Charge
Philippine Military Set Sights on Prestigious Campus
2021 a Testing Year for Thailand
‘Calamitous Year’ For Vietnamese Democracy
Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Needs Work
Trump Pardons Reach All the Way to Malaysia
No ‘Decoupling’: Taiwan Increases Economic Reliance on China
Sikh-Led Demonstrations Oppose Modi’s Crony Raj
Indonesia Plays it Safe in US-China Conflict
World Questions Whether China’s Covid Jab is Safe
Cambridge Adds Malay Studies Post
Mixed Response for India’s Massive Vax Rollout
Singapore’s NUS Press Accused of Ditching Thai Anthology Under Pressure
Helping the Earth Repair Itself
Malaysia’s PM Assumes Emergency Powers
Vietnam Moves to Save Mekong Delta
BOOK REVIEW: In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century
Re-Arrest Likely for Most Hong Kong Dissidents
BOOK REVIEW: Jakarta, History of a Misunderstood City
South Vietnam’s Flags at the Capitol Riot
New Highways Endanger some of Asia’s Most Precious Habitat
Hong Kong Crackdown Nets Lawmaker Claudia Mo, dozens of others
China: Manufacturing Consent in South Africa
Is Singapore Ready for an Indian PM?
Military Drawdown Forces Afghan Actors Into Political Embrace