South-east Asia

  • Mar 31, 2023
  • 7 min read

South-east Asia will be divided on AUKUS pact

The initiative aimed at supplying Australia with nuclear-powered submarines has received a mixed response in the region

South-east Asia
  • Mar 20, 2023
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South-east Asian e-commerce has wide gender gaps

The region’s digital economy is booming, but men have benefited much more than women

South-east Asia
  • Mar 1, 2023
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ASEAN and China will make little progress in sea talks

The South-east Asian group and Beijing say they will step up talks over a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea

ASEAN
  • Feb 21, 2023
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Online tools aid human trafficking in South-east Asia

South-east Asia is becoming a major epicentre for sex and labour trafficking

South-east Asia
  • Feb 2, 2023
  • 7 min read

Cultural restrictions will tighten in South-east Asia

Indonesia's revised criminal code is the latest development in a broad regional shift toward cultural conservatism

South-east Asia
  • Jan 20, 2023
  • 6 min read

Key strait will remain South-east Asian piracy hotspot

The Singapore Strait had more piracy attacks than any other area in the world last year

South-east Asia
  • Jan 11, 2023
  • 7 min read

Digital controls give China an edge in South-east Asia

Myanmar and Cambodia will make major technological and legal changes to tighten controls of online traffic this year

South-east Asia
  • Jan 5, 2023
  • 7 min read

South-east Asia faces further decline in human rights

Key rights are under threat in most of the region’s democracies

South-east Asia