Did Mahathir plant the seeds to the current opposition coalition through his draconian measures to, ironically, stifle the opposition?

Thailand's numerous environmental handbooks (р╕Др╕╣р╣Ир╕бр╕╖р╕н, р╕Хр╕│р╕гр╕▓) have proven to be a valuable blend of common sense, superstition and rationalist understanding.

Far from a great novel, but The Village offers some perceptive insights into the micro-politics of rural Thailand.

Even if half of the casualties reported are true, it is disturbing that there is no demonstration of anguish among the Burmese people.

Its not poor politics alone that is the reason for authoritarianism in Malaysia but Hobbism.

In the annals of anthropologists working in the Lao development industry, Jan Ovesen's 1993 study must be one of the earliest.

It has become politically correct to write in such manner that everything the late King Norodom Sihanouk achieved for his people has to be belittled.

The politics of farming are starkly different in South Korea and Thailand, but not in the way you might expect.

Arguably, the key issue for Myanmar's reforms is getting the sequencing right. So what should the government do next?

Travelling in Tibet with village projectionists, Jinghong Zhang reports on the popularity of swordsman films.

The deprivation of liberty of Mr Prueksakasemsuk, being in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is arbitrary.

Photojournalist Nick Nostitz reports on recent Democrat and Red Shirt political action in Bangkok.

When world leaders gather in Laos to talk about issues facing the troubled globe they may not be aware that the buildings in which they are housed put at risk the food security of the city in which they are meeting.

This recently recorded video introduces a new project about Myanmar's changing political geography.

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.