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A view from the Ipoh main street on the Tiger of Jelutong.

Dirk Tomsa wonders if hope triumphed political sense in his reading of Indonesia's 2014 election polls.

Can the Malaysian government implement the much needed economic reforms?

The curse or elixir of Malaysia politics?

Olivia Cable reports on human trafficking on the China-Myanmar border.

The Tiger of Jelutong is dead. Long live the Tiger of Jelutong.

In Papua, pseudo-traditional voting practices are a pretext for blatant violations of electoral integrity.

Some snapshots of typically cheerful voting in Jakarta on the day of Indonesia's 2014 legislative elections.

Tom Pepinsky on some polling fundamentals, and how they should inform our analysis of Indonesia's legislative elections.

Was PDI-P's poor showing in the legislative elections voter ignorance or a weak party machine? From the slippery banks of the Ciliwung river, Jakarta's slum dwellers have a surprising voting strategy.

Ross Tapsell speaks to Usman Hamid and Greg Fealy about what happened in the legislative elections, and what comes next.

Tom Power says Indonesia’s Islamic parties remain viable political entities and cannot be written off lightly