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Singapore’s 2020 election is different—to paraphrase the words of PM Lee Hsien Loong’s label—it is ‘not normal’.

While not resource-rich, Vietnam's intelligent communication methods helped maintain zero recorded deaths from the pandemic.

The algorithms of food delivery apps incentivise riders to work harder, longer and faster—sometimes at the expense of their safety and rights.

Our knowledge of Asia, our learning, our relationships and our expertise have been under fire for the last 20 years.

In the manufacturing hub of Hlaingthaya, migrant women often live in isolation.

Some rural villages have escaped the virus so far, but downturns in tourism and market demand for produce may yet exacerbate already challenging economic conditions.

Indonesian disability activists are leading action to assess needs and advocate for the inclusivity in the government's COVID-19 response.

Reductive narratives about the Rohingya trafficked by governments, NGOs and Rohingya leaders themselves contribute to the exclusion of some refugees from rights and protection.

Infection rates appear low in NTT, but the economic impacts of the pandemic combined with poor harvest yield are potentially devastating.

Recent developments indicate that the female empowerment agenda may critically regress under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s new administration.

How parties, preachers and pressure groups used social media to popularise the perception that "Islam is under threat" in Malaysia and call for a "Malay-led government"

The President's handling of the Social Amelioration Program in the regions seems to betray an intention to consolidate centralised power.