INTERVIEW: ‘I could never hate Myanmar’

Australian economist Sean Turnell was an economic policy advisor to Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021 when the country’s military ousted the democratically elected government in a coup and installed the State Administration Council or…

Southeast Asian nations to begin first ASEAN-only joint drills

All 10 ASEAN states will begin a joint military exercise Tuesday in Indonesia, the first time such an event will involve only the bloc’s members even as Beijing asserts its sweeping claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The Association of Southeast A…

Philippine Coast Guard: China militia destroyed coral in our waters

The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday blamed Chinese maritime militia ships for destroying coral reefs in Manila-claimed waters in the South China Sea.
The coast guard’s announcement came after the Philippine military accused the Chinese militia of mass…

As China slows, Southeast Asian economies face woes

Concerns over China’s real-estate sector have grown to anxiety over the country’s overall economic health and the viability of its investment-led development model. Nowhere have those concerns reverberated more than in Southeast Asia. 

As China’s…