In states unborn
Theophilus Kwek
Southeast Asia’s febrile political environment is a fitting backdrop for a staging of Julius Caesar.
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Poetry of Darkness
David Scott Mathieson
Maung Day’s exhibition Complicit is a bleak reflection of Myanmar’s troubled society
New coins, no change
Geoffrey Cain
The on-again, off-again Trump-Kim summit shows that with Pyongyang you always need a plan B.
Malaysia’s morning breaks
Pauline Fan
How would opposition firebrand Fan Yew Teng have greeted Malaysia’s political earthquake?
Lonely Seoul
Peter Guest
A lone figure walks Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon waterway
The people tsunami
Mohd Izzuddin Ramli
Malaysians have discovered that through their votes they can shape their country’s future.
Liquid Bangkok
Tim Pelling
Liquid Bangkok sets out to capture the beauty of a neglected world
Mahathir: Renaissance man
Ooi Kee Beng
Mahathir Mohamad’s return gives him an opportunity to address his sins to the nation, and to Anwar Ibrahim.
The RAHMAN prophecy
Bettina Chua Abdullah
In the afterglow of an astonishing election, Bettina Chua Abdullah ponders Malaysia’s coming-of-age.
Last post in Phnom Penh
Rupert Winchester
A crisis at the Phnom Penh Post
Hymn of hope
Rachel Hughes
A requiem for the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide
Losing liberal Malaysia
Wu Ming
Conservative Islam, mixed with online activism, threatens liberal thinking in multicultural Malaysia
Speaking truth to power
Ooi Kee Beng
Lim Teck Ghee has never shied away from the political arena.
Liberalism lite
T.F. Rhoden
Is Singapore a liberal democracy or a social democracy?
Monsieur Angkor
Aedeen Cremin
Scholar, author and gentle giant Claude Jacques has passed away.
Reading Trump
Sally Tyler
Which book best describes Trump’s first year in office?
The blogger
John Fuller
Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyen says he’s ready to sacrifice his life for freedom.
Heroes of Tet
Michael Dedrick
Fifty years ago, these soldiers launched the most audacious military campaigns of the Vietnam War.
Aubade with burning city
Ocean Vuong
He fills a teacup with champagne, brings it to her lips.
Rakhine ramifications
Peter Firth
How the Rohingya disaster will affect Myanmar’s economic prospects
Letters
Ron Steinman, Robert McCormick, Andrew Stewart
Readers respond to our review of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War
Above & below
Justin Mott
Vietnam as seen from above and below
Mosquito song
Raghavendra Madhu
New poetry from Raghavendra Madhu
I am the Five
Miguel Jerónimo
The “Adhoc five” might be behind bars, but they’re not forgotten
Plus-que-parfait
Sander Smits
Sander Smits captures remnants and leftovers of Vietnam’s past
Café 129
Michael L. Gray
The two of us arrived at this tiny corner of Hanoi at the exact same time
Một nhà văn lì lợm
Khai Q. Nguyen
Trò chuyện với Nguyễn Bình Phương
Ghost stories
Robert Horne
Spirit belief is still prevalent among young Cambodians
Chinatown
Yvan Cohen
Photographer Yvan Cohen in Bangkok’s disappearing Chinatown
Traces
Melanie Gritzka del Villar
Melanie Gritzka Del Villar’s unique driftwood art
Forever Red
Pim Wangtechawat
Passion for the English Premier League runs deep in Thailand