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The re-establishment of the First Fleet holds significant implications for Thailand’s small navy. Focusing on the actors shows that despite government and lobbyists’ claims about representing small players, their actions more support already dominant big business. These actions by app-based drivers indicate an informal but sophisticated level of workers’ self-organisation. Trade unions and human rights groups believe the law is in fact no more than an attempt by the nation’s oligarchs to roll back political reform. A split has emerged in the Indonesian disability rights movement over the new Komite Nasional Disabilitas. Religious minorities in Indonesia face discriminiation about 1 week ago "Spineless politicians, feckless government bureaucrats, and narrow-minded ulama officials" stand in the way of religious freedom in Indonesia. Indonesia’s rice racket about 1 week ago Focusing on the actors shows that despite government and lobbyists’ claims about representing small players, their actions more support already dominant big business. The true story of cruelty to animals in Indonesia about 2 weeks ago The ABC should establish a new relationship with an Indonesian partner, enabling Australians to learn that this humane cause is shared by our close neighbours. Hypocrisy or imagination? Pseudo-pluralism in Indonesia about 1 month ago The Indonesian government's approach to Islamic outliers simultanesously marks them as dangerous and fails to protect the vulnerable from harm The kitchen has become a centre of social solidarity from which women are making invaluable contributions to the COVID-response. Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang "The protesting monks question the Sangha Council’s silence toward radical right-wing monks but relentless effort to suppress democratically minded ones." The gentrification of Chulalongkorn University about 4 weeks ago On the displacement of the traditional communities and vendors who reside on land owned by Thailand's oldest university. The pro-democracy monks joining Thailand s protests about 2 months ago "The protesting monks question the Sangha Council’s silence toward radical right-wing monks but relentless effort to suppress democratically minded ones." Thailand s protests and preventing a second 6 October about 2 months ago The rising wave of peaceful protests in Thailand has reached a critical juncture where the state’s response will determine whether another event of mass bloodshed is written into Thai history. Art, culture, grief and loss in a time of crisis 2020 Malaysia Update about 4 weeks ago Hosted by the ANU Malaysia Institute, the 2020 Malaysia Update was held at a time of public health, political and economic crisis globally. Malaysia too is facing unprecedented challenges, with political alliances shifting and restructuring, the economy contracting sharply during COVID-19, and many people at risk of losing their lives and livelihoods. At the Cultural... COVID-19 is eroding Indonesian local media’s role as watchdog about 1 month ago Local media are failing to supervise regional Indonesia, with many relying on government PR budgets or politicians’ fresh cash. The role of neighbourhood leaders in Indonesia’s COVID-19 response about 1 month ago Neighbourhood leaders enjoy high levels of public trust but concerns about legitimacy and conflict limit the extent to which they can implement COVID-19 restrictions. Our new series looks at coronavirus in Southeast Asia through diverse lens, and invites authors and readers to reflect and speculate on what we can learn from this crisis and all it brings. A new report analyses debates around social cohesion and a failed proposal for a National Harmony Commission in Malaysia in light of Pakatan Harapan's collapse Ross Tapsell reviews a new book on Malaysian politics ahead of the ANU Malaysia Update 2020 “Alternative Visions for Malaysia”. Land reclamation initiatives seek to side-step national regimes which had previously constrained the autonomy of local governments. Stay at home orders are opening up opportunities for critical thinking and teaching on history. International terrorist designations are fuel for Duterte's war on communist organisations. Data analysis strongly suggests correlations between COVID-19 and the commission of political violence, but the causal mechanisms driving these trends are less clear. Instead of implementing tough trade restriction measures that affect ordinary Cambodians, the EU and US should reconsider its approach to engaging Cambodia on human rights. Hydropower dams in Cambodia generate extensive processes of commodification and extraction, feeding the country’s vast shadow economy. In 2020 the role of the Union Election Commission and election monitoring seems increasingly politicised. Myanmar must face its second competitive election in the context of a global recession and under the shadow of a ruthless pandemic. As the Arakan Army’s armed struggle appears increasingly attractive to young voters, Myanmar’s democracy cannot afford the appearance of another false promise. Song Lang is a film neither about cải lương nor Saigon. It is a film about the city's people, their connections and how relationships shape their selves and life paths. Associations and the polyvocality of social media can bring to fore diverse meanings of being in the diaspora Teeming with the greatest fish species biodiversity on the planet, these seas are under threat from large and small scale illegal fishing compounded by lax law enforcement. What does world heritage inscription means in a country where human rights abuses are ongoing. Age of Empires II: Rise of the Rajas – playing the past in Southeast Asia about 3 weeks ago For better or worse, players and game designers are part of the project of making Southeast Asian history. Was Majapahit really an empire? about 12 months ago A critical reflection on the emergence, dominance and legacy of Java’s historic ‘empire’. Not the Emperor’s, not the King’s, but the Straits Chinese about 1 year ago Ann Ang discusses the historical context, origins and identity of the Straits Chinese. Medieval artefacts and manuscripts are explored by Alex West to give insight on the deep past of Southeast Asia.

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