Cambodia: when Hun Manet takes over from Hun Sen

Three out of four Cambodians have never known life without Hun Sen. The Prime Minister, currently the longest-serving one in the world, came into power during the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia in 1985. Some 75% of Cambodians were born after that. But Hun Sen is only 70 or 71 years old and appears to be in reasonably good health. […]Continue Reading

Big spender Anwar buying political staying power

SINGAPORE – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has unveiled the largest budget in his nation’s history replete with measures aimed at lowering the cost of living through subsidies and direct cash payments, even as his three-month-old administration claims to be trying to narrow the fiscal deficit. The record 388.1 billion ringgit (US$87.5 billion) spending plan […]Continue Reading

Indonesia fears new criminal code

E.U. and ASEAN look into new cross-country trade mechanisms to facilitate digital trade, as ethnic Tamils in Myanmar are denied Burmese citizenship. Meanwhile, Indonesia awaits the implementation of a new controversial criminal code. Plus, Christopher Hale’s upcoming book dives into Singapore’s recent history

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