The end of an era for Vietnamese labour journalism

On the demise of Người Lao động

The backlash against NU’s religious diplomacy

The organisation’s ties with neocons and illiberals abroad angers the grassroots

Bangkok’s election puts policy competence over ideological cleavages

Chadchart represents the gradual detachment of city politics from national divides

ณ จุดปะทะทางอุดมการณ์: การปลูกฝังและการต่อต้านในหลักสูตรรักษาดินแดน

นี่คือการแปลบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาอังกฤษดั้งเดิม

20 years of New Mandala

Editors reflect on the site's role and thank those who had a hand in bringing it to this special milestone

The Timorese women’s movement continues the struggle

Confronting patriarchs, donors, and generational divides

Buying, boycotting, and the politics of modernity

Nationalism and consumer culture in colonial Southeast Asia

Vicente L. Rafael (1956–2026) in memoriam

John Sidel honours his contributions to the study of Southeast Asia

City of renewal

Notes from the temporary Singapore Art Museum

Buyer beware: fakes, forgeries and fraudsters in Myanmar

A thriving market in counterfeit art and gems

Returned, but not home: Teuku Umar’s Qur’an

On the unfinished business of restitution

Indonesia’s new state capitalism shrinks its future

Statism isn't synonymous with developmentalism

Indonesia’s war on waste

Shifting blame to society and away from industry

Moral economy and the Dutertes’ political durability

Rethinking the emotional foundations of populism

A reckoning for Thailand’s liberals

How the People’s Party failed its own cause

Officially unofficial: the black market in Ne Win’s Burma

At the peak of the socialist era, the market found a way

The “Muslim daughters” of Indonesia

Islamic schools forged anticolonial resistance and modern Muslim womanhood

The cost of ‘low-cost’ local elections in Indonesia

The national elite grows weary of local democracy

Book review: “Rethinking ourselves”

Does Malaysia's prime minister practice what he preaches in his new book?

Some thoughts on colonial legacies in Indonesia

What best explains the economic gap with the metropole?