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A Thai officer stands beside a burnt down oil tanker at a gas station in Pattani province after an overnight wave of arson and bomb attacks in Thailand’s southernmost provinces that authorities have blamed on Muslim separatist rebels, Aug. 17, 2022.

BRN rebels deal blow to Thai hopes for Buddhist Lent ceasefire

Apart from last week’s coordinated attacks, peace talks took a sour turn, security analyst Don Pathan writes.

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

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?

2022-07-18

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

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