Prabowo Subianto, a former general who was once banned from entering the U.S. because of alleged human rights abuses, looks set to become the next President of Indonesia time.com/6694656/indone…

Tales of ambitious development projects wreaking havoc on local communities aren't new. But the Mandalika project, one of Indonesia’s swanky 'New Balis' funded by the AIIB, has emerged as a litmus test for the bank, long plagued with political skepticism over its ties to Beijing:

Jokowi's ascension in 2014 sparked hope for Indonesia's democracy. But now, he's leaving behind a more controversial legacy. My latest piece explores how Nusantara, the new capital, embodies the democratic decline under Jokowi:
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After his controversial ascension, Srettha's first month as Thai PM has been marked by Thaksin-style populism. But here's why this approach isn't gonna work. With insights from Mark S. Cogan Napon Jatusripitak Titipol Phakdeewanich
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A humble but massive legal win: A migrant worker from India sued his employers in Singapore after he fell off the back of an overcrowded lorry. And won. Full story on CNN: cnn.com/2023/08/26/asi…

'Pheu Thai must know that is gambling with its future, as the most loyal of the Red Shirt movement will disavow a party leadership that made friends with the devil.' Insights from Mark S. Cogan Napon Jatusripitak
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How exactly is the death penalty handed out for drug trafficking in sg? With Singapore hanging another three ppl over the past week, we looked at a range of past cases leading up to executions (or their overturning). Insights from 🙋🏻‍♀️ k i r s t Phil Robertson &more
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'Singapore has the mistaken idea that imposing the most grave, draconian, & right abusing penalties for drugs on small time dealers and mules will somehow cause drug abuse to evaporate overnight” & keeps sending people to the gallows on that basis. Human Rights Watch time.com/6301702/singap…

Today, the PAP govt vowed to regain public trust. But there's still one thing they aren’t quite ready to confront: their notorious allergy to criticism (ridout pofmas 👀 that economist article👀). Now, their litigious ways may be starting to backfire
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Last July, international outcry began growing around Cambodia’s scam industry. A year on, we’re still waiting for a similar moment with Myanmar, where scam parks are thriving. Allegra Mendelson and I spoke with experts and survivors—we heard some unimaginably brutal accounts 1/11

While everyone is talking about what #HereLiesLove does, we dig deep into Imelda Marcos' history of image-making, and how extended fascination of her can actually make it difficult to hold her accountable for her wrongdoings.

Here is my latest for TIME: time.com/6298212/here-l…

When I started conceptualizing my new role as an investigative correspondent, I knew one of the stories I wanted to dig into was how & why extreme pro-Beijing narratives are hardening within parts of multicultural Singapore, my home. Here is what we found:
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Quoted in this TIME piece by Koh Ewe, Koyu on a child’s conviction on lèse-majeste ( #Article112 ) charges and the future of its usage in the aftermath of #Thailand ’s election drama.

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4 years are between these photos, both chronicling the MP suspension of a Thai Prime Minister hopeful from a reformist political party:

พรรคก้าวไกล - Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat was suspended today, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit back in 2019. His อนาคตใหม่ was soon later dissolved. #โหวตนายกรอบ2

Today's result was, sadly, hardly a surprise. With insights from Napon Jatusripitak Mark S. Cogan Titipol Phakdeewanich, we look at what lies ahead for Pita

#BREAKING : พรรคก้าวไกล - Move Forward Party’s Pita Limjaroenrat fails to get enough votes to be confirmed as Thai Prime Minister in the first joint-national assembly meeting.

South Korea's killing of dreaded 'killer questions' from its national exam has received much press. (Tbf, these qns are messed up!) But on the ground, no one is fooled by this latest stab at education reform:
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Thanks Koh Ewe, Koyu for quoting me in your piece about #HunSen and #Facebook for @Time magazine: time.com/6292120/cambod…

Today’s decision on speaker was a show of compromise but MF’s path to the top post in Thailand is still uncertain. Handy overview from Koh Ewe, Koyu:

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