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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha (right) greets Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob upon his arrival for a welcoming ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok, Feb. 25, 2022.

Revenge of the old guards

Many people in Malaysia and Thailand want change, but the traditional political elites are pushing back – hard.

The National Unity Government and affiliated ethnic resistance organizations claim to control roughly 50 percent of Myanmar. Here, members of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force and Karenni Army man at a checkpoint near Demoso, in Myanmar’s eastern Kayah state, Oct. 19, 2021.

Execution of democracy icons shows Myanmar junta is desperate to exert control

Protesters break down the gate as they storm the compound of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 13, 2022.

Did China’s Belt and Road Initiative destroy Sri Lanka?

A worker inspects semiconductor chips at the Unisem (M) Berhad plant in Ipoh, Malaysia, Oct. 15, 2021.

Will Southeast Asia support Russia’s war with semiconductor exports?

2022-07-01

Indonesian police escort men suspected of taking part in a deadly clash at a nightclub in Sorong, West Papua province, Jan. 29, 2022.

Collective violence in Indonesia: trending upward

2022-06-21

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