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The funeral of Dr Apiwan Wiriyachai

Photo-journalist Nick Nostitz provides a significant account of a top Red Shirt's funeral

Jokowi fails his first test

The first cabinet for Indonesia's new, 'reformist' president, Joko Widodo, is striking for how bad some of the appointments are, writes Edward Aspinall.

Asylum seekers, refugees and Cambodia’s “national” interest

Scott Rawlinson looks at the paradoxical nature of Cambodia's approach to asylum seekers and refugees.

From Yudhoyono to Jokowi: Can Indonesia keep rising?

Amitav Acharya argues that Indonesia's new leaders have a strong foundation on which to build their foreign policy

Revisiting Cambodia’s peace

Sovannarith Keo looks at the persistence of violence and disquiet 18 years after the Paris Peace Agreement

Myanmar Special Economic Zones, Part III

In the final post in this series, Josh Wood turns his attention to the Thilawa SEZ, which has many essential ingredients for success

Myanmar Special Economic Zones, Part II

In this post, Josh Wood has a less than up-beat prognosis for the Kyaukphyu SEZ in Rakhine State

Myanmar Special Economic Zones, Part I

In the first of a three-part series, Josh Wood explains why Dawei should never have been chosen as a SEZ site

Another view of the Ramkhamhaeng inscription

D. Hellmann-Rajanayagam and Ruediger Korff suggest that a long, trans-regional story still needs to be fully told

The Embassy: A review

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly takes a look at a new Australian television show set in Thailand

In conversation with Rafizi Ramli

New Mandala's co-founder Nicholas Farrelly discusses the state of democracy and politics in Malaysia with an opposition MP

The perils of popularity

A Jokowi presidency is a win for Indonesia's democracy. But Indonesia got lucky by having Jokowi in the race, writes Liam Gammon.