Deradicalizing Indonesia
While experts remain divided over religious extremism, 600 terrorism arrests were made, and new militants refuse to listen.
IRIN
Aid in Bangladesh?
Despite "relatively modest” development assistance, poverty and malnutrition remain prevalent in Bangladesh.
IRIN
Sri Lanka’s long road to reconciliation
Militarization of north deepens distrust, problems of impunity.
IRIN
More Rohingya boat people set to flee violence
Thousands of Rohingya may head to Malaysia after last month’s deadly sectarian violence in western Myanmar.
IRIN
Hope For Mindanao
New peace pact paves the way for the establishment of a new autonomous region.
IRIN
Myanmar: Rakhine violence sparks concern
Activists and rights groups express concern over rising levels of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
IRIN
South China Sea Diplomacy: More Needs to Be Done
Diplomatic tensions among China, the Philippines and Vietnam over the South China Sea are showing signs of abating, however short-lived they may turn out to be.
ZHA DAOJIONG for Pacific Forum CSIS
The world's largest group of homeless people
Of a Hollywood star, summer camp and a country that remains far out of reach.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
There Could Well Be a War in South China Sea
There are good reasons why China and Vietnam are increasingly belligerent in the territorial dispute.
蔡慎坤 (CAI SHENKUN)
Friends of the conflict
Even if you don't agree with Israel, you can probably understand why it insists on perpetuating its internationally-unpopular occupation of the Palestinian people. But what about the United States?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Where Are the Tiananmen Leaders Now? (Part 2)
Some discovered Jesus, and others wealth and success on Wall Street. A handful is on Twitter where one of them tells of how he was entrapped by his wife, a Chinese undercover spy. Here are the 21 most wanted leaders of the Tiananmen uprising, 22 years later.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Where Are the Tiananmen Leaders Now? (Part 1)
Some discovered Jesus, and others wealth and success on Wall Street. A handful are on Twitter where one of them tells of how he was entrapped by his wife, a Chinese undercover spy. Here are the 21 most wanted leaders of the Tiananmen uprising, 22 years later.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
For Independence, stop at New York
Decades of peace talks have led nowhere. Now the Palestinians plan to take their case to the United Nations, where they believe they can get majority support for an independent Palestine. The question is: Will it work?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
US-Pakistani relations: Mutual BS*
A Pakistani writer looks at the ties between the two countries and decides to call it what it is.
KALSOOM
Oops, We Did It! Again!
India had sent Pakistan a list of 50 “most wanted” it said were hiding there. Then it turned out that two of the 50 were right there – in India itself.
PRO-KERALA.COM