Murray Hunter explores the development benefits of mud houses.
Unrecognized and unacknowledged, women monks are at the forefront in dealing with Thailand's social problems
It is time balance be put back into the issue of prostitution by focusing on the deprivation of entrepreneurial opportunity, rather than the issues of human trafficking and sex tourism.
Many, if not most Malaysians are unaware that Sarawak was indeed, if only for a short time, a fully independent nation-state before it joined Malaysia.
Murray Hunter argues that the long term solution to the problems in Thailand's deep south lies in enabling integration without the loss of cultural identity.
If rural development serves vested interests, it will surely be piecemeal, unbalanced and ultimately destructive.
A national unity government has so much to give Malaysia, but there are too many forces against this reality.
No electoral system is perfect and Malaysia's still has a long way to go. The role of the opposition is to keep pressure on the government.
Murray Hunter examines the prospects for peace in the far south of Thailand following the February 28 agreement.
The Pakistan-based Taliban are helping fund schools in southern Thailand, according to Murray Hunter.
The future prosperity of Malaysia will not be determined by who governs Malaysia but by how it is governed, writes Murray Hunter.