The indefatigable struggle for democracy in Asia
In spite of global and regional trends of countries skewing toward autocracy, democratic movements across Asia continue to demonstrate their...
In spite of global and regional trends of countries skewing toward autocracy, democratic movements across Asia continue to demonstrate their...
As the country flirts with the idea to extend the presidential term limit to 15 years, it drifts closer to...
Amid the loss of political momentum and lingering authoritarianism both online and offline, Indonesian activists need novel ways to make...
As digital companies race to dominate the market in Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, their workers have also accelerated...
Indonesia’s COVID-19 response seems more geared toward preserving the interests of business elites than saving as many lives as possible...
Through policy change, Indonesia’s oligarchic government is dismantling key mechanisms within the nation’s anti-corruption body to make way for more...
It was nearly dark when I arrived on the streets leading to The People’s Representative Council building in Central Jakarta....
Nepal keeps launching new programs to reduce maternal deaths but bypassing deeper, structural issues that are significant contributors to the...
Read moreNew and impending U.S. policies are leaving Afghan refugees in Pakistan with limited options, and Pakistani policies are further complicating...
Read moreMyanmar’s junta wants a recent census to help pave the way to elections that it insists on holding, but questions...
Read moreMany sex workers in Nepal have found more freedom and control in cyber sex work, but image-based sexual abuse plus...
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