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The People’s Movement for a Just Society is working to bring justice for marginalized groups in Thailand, including land rights for small-scale farmers, citizenship for stateless persons and fair compensation for relocated communities.

The past two decades have seen governments in Asia improving the well-being of populations, transforming the nature of state-society relations. Contributions are sought for a panel discussing this issue at the 2013 EuroSEAS Conference.

New Mandala readers who pay close attention to Burma matters will appreciate the electronic version of Dr Andrew Selth's new bibliography.

Numbers have played an important role in Southeast Asia. Numbers have political utility, especially when presented in manner that creates a dichotomous division.

Contract farming has a bad reputation, often being associated with the proletarianisation of vulnerable small holders. But this isn't always the case and contract farming can make a valuable contribution to agricultural diversification.

It may be ASEAN's own inward focus and inbred parochialism that prevents it sitting at trade, political, and economic forums with influence and stature. This may also prevent ASEAN entering into an era of diverse economic prosperity

Mixed together from yak butter, salt and boiled tea brew, buttered tea is said to be an important supplement to the Tibetan diet. Tibetans don’t care too much about the quality of tea, but care more about the quality of the butter.

The notorious Holocaust denier, Israel Shamir, has been making the rounds among Cambodia watchers this week. This time, he's praising Pol Pot!

In June 2012 we were confronted with violence pitting Buddhist Rakhine against Muslim Rohingya. Today, how should we understand this situation?

Tun Dr Ismail has been dead for 40 years but his legacy of inclusion and moderation, and honest and honourable leadership, is unforgettable and can yet inspire new generations of Malaysians from both sides of the political divide.

Women are a focal point in Malaysian politics today, with some recent discussion of their ability as voters to decide election outcomes. But this has not translated into their increased representation at a political level.