Gift link for the Bloomberg story on Najib Razak and the submarines - bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is so interesting after ANOTHER one of those 'Indonesia punches below it's weight, why?' posts went viral. Hmm much to think about

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This should've been Bean 🥺

In London 23-25 June? Interested in Indonesia? Asia? History buff? Join us for talks about Majapahit!   Mon 23/6 at Asiatic Society. Email to sign up: [email protected]   Tue 24/6 at LSE. here: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/20…   Wed 25/6 at SOAS. Here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/wr…

Essentially Thaksin wants to revive his 2000s era "war on drugs", even endorsing Thai military action into Wa-controlled Myanmar. It's also an admission his often-boasted ties to the junta leadership (which ASEAN chair Anwar is tapping for) may not be as useful as hoped.

Children in Burma cannot even attend school safely as the junta deliberately undermines their access by not hesitating to drop bombs or conduct indiscriminate attacks. A generation of children risks losing educational opportunities, denied by the military.

Indonesia is willing to recognize and open diplomatic relations with Israel if an independent Palestinian state is recognized by Tel Aviv, President Prabowo said Wednesday. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Albo did really well earlier this month, but there's only one bule that truly has Prabowo's heart

Was worried we may make it through the weekend in Singapore without any questions about an Asian NATO but this should make sure that doesn’t happen.

Timor-Leste ordered the return of expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. to the Philippines in an “administrative decision” that tagged him as an undocumented alien facing multiple criminal complaints and thus posing “threats” to the island state’s national security and interests.

Nice piece on the exploitation of migrant workers in Taiwan's semiconductor industry from Michael Beltran restofworld.org/2025/taiwan-se…

The Myanmar regime's war on children s.nikkei.com/3Z7V54v

Sent a Mr Bean gif to the work chat. Reaching auntie areas I've never even skirted before.

AP is driving me nuts today. 400 push notifications about Trump, Elon, Harvard. But also! Draco is on Broadwaaaaay!

Rising tensions at the Thailand-Cambodia border threaten the economies of both countries, according to the vice chairman of the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai), Thanit Sorat. Thailand and Cambodia share strong economic ties, especially through

How Fahmi Reza gets treated for his activism is a litmus test for how far any Malaysian government will go to uphold the rights to dissent, freedoms of speech and assembly. The answer from the past five governments has been not that far at all.

I will never have half the balls Fahmi Reza has. Also that letterhead is sick.

Y’know, pollution typically is worse at night than during the day because the particles tend to get trapped in the air at night thanks to a contraction of the Planetary Boundary Layer — it’s a real thing, look it up. So even with no motor vehicles at night, air quality is worse.

Mid-day update: • PM Paetongtarn apologizes for voice clip but refuses to resign or dissolve parliament • News report quote anonymous UTN MP saying they believe the party will not leave the coalition • Petitioner asks EC to investigate Paetongtarn for unethical conduct