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If outrage at the lèse-majesté law drives some academic research and writing, some of it may be better for it and reveal that speaking the truth is noble.

Artist Chris Coles explores the world of Southeast Asian noir.

Panel proposals for the Twelfth International Conference on Thai Studies (April 2014, Sydney University) close at the end of this month.

In the wake of the 2004 tsunami some Moken believed the path was clear for them to create a revitalised identity.

A special Book Zone post for Valentine's Day, celebrating the theme of love in our National Library of Australia Thai collection

On 15-16 March the Australian National University will host the 2013 Myanmar/Burma Update Conference. You can register online to attend.

Stepehen Campbell interviews Ma Su Su Nway, a prominent Yangon-based labour activist and National League for Democracy party member.

The Allah issue in Malaysia is related to the deeply entrenched Malay attitude towards the ability and right to name and summon spirits from the 'Malay spirit universe'.

We need to be careful that we don’t provide Thai ultra-royalists with exactly the image of the interfering Westerner they are seeking.

As the overall food supply becomes more volatile, Singapore is taking a well balanced approach in its food resilience programs.

French attitudes towards the Siamese hardened when reports arrived of "unspeakable atrocities” by Siamese troops in their repression of the Shan rebellion.

South-East Asian countries may stand independent politically and economically but they are still trapped within the syndrome of intellectual colonization.