Mish Khan brings you your weekly dose of WTF from Southeast Asia.

Soaking up a historic moment in modern-day Myanmar.

As free speech in Malaysia is muzzled, Michael Vatikiotis reports from one event where people are speaking out.

Seven key reasons ethnic parties polled poorly in Myanmar's election.

Battered by the ballot, can Myanmar's ethnic parties bounce back?

Why ethnic parties didn't do better in Myanmar’s elections.

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly takes a look at the monarchy's ongoing role in politics.

Could controversial projects like the Myitsone dam be back on under NLD rule?

The Thai junta hasn’t rid the country of dodgy politicians; it’s simply taken their place.

Experts forecast what to expect in the wake of the NLD's landslide election win.

After the NLD's Myanmar election win, Nicholas Farrelly asks what role is there for those who missed out on the chance to vote.

In northern Laos a new dam has major implications for local villagers.

From mangled marathons to charity cases that aren't, Mish Khan brings you the best and worst from the region.

Olivia Cable reports from a brawl of the bantams in Myanmar's capital.

Call for support for scholars targeted by ruling military junta.

Mish Khan and Nicholas Farrelly recap a recent war of words over book on Thai monarchy.

Media control a line in the sand for communist party conservatives.

Why Indonesia must ban the harmful practice of female genital cutting.

Next constitution likely to tilt more towards dictatorship than democracy.

A conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer on Indonesia's 1965 massacre.

What happens next will determine how much respect Myanmar’s reformers can demand from their own people, and from the rest of the world.

Will the rise of social media see the fall of Cambodia's 'strongman'?

A hopeful but divided country emerges from Myanmar's 2015 polls.

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