Global gatherings like the World Economic Forum are increasingly providing less and less leadership on the problems faced by the wider global south.
By delivering on education and avoiding identity politics, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal steered his Aam Admi Party to victory.
The Philippine president’s much vaunted infrastructure programme is flailing, and recent moves against the media and the US are part of a worrying trend.
Growing economic inequality and cultural insecurities have weakened centuries-old democracies, giving an opportunity for Trump and other demagogues to rise.
A deluge of misinformation about the novel coronavirus and growing anti-Chinese sentiment is infinitely harder for governments to deal with.
New series ‘The Ghost Bride’ airbrushes the wonderful hybridity that characterised colonial Malacca, a melting pot of cultures, faiths and languages.
There is still danger but most of those displaced are desperate to return. They cannot afford to wait in shelters and there’s little the authorities can do to prevent them.
Donald Trump’s ignorance comes as no surprise but Xi Jinping risks forgetting the lessons of the late Deng Xiaoping, particularly in the South China Sea.
The writer/director’s films subvert societal norms and expectations while producing mainstream films that transcend genres.
When politics becomes shaped by inward-looking nationalism, the loudest and most provocative voices are rewarded.
Norma Lopez’s son was shot dead by police in 2017. Now she works on behalf other families affected by the brutal crackdown.
She was once a beacon of democracy standing up to the country’s military but the genocide against the Rohingya has left Suu Kyi painfully exposed.
Singapore, South Korea and Japan are potential models, where waste is either incinerated in waste-to-energy power plants or recycled.
Pop stars Via Vallen and Didi Kempot sing in Javanese and all seven Indonesian presidents, including the late Sulawesi-born BJ Habibie, have Javanese heritage.
The experience of Gawing, a Christian man who migrated from multiracial Sarawak to Johor state, holds lessons for how Malaysia can have a more progressive and dynamic future.
India faces rising poverty and an unprecedented drop in consumer spending. Manufacturing is haemorrhaging and the financial sector is in free-fall.
It means hotel housekeeping supervisor Ae Ae Phyo Aung, who makes up to US$400 a month or double what another worker in Yangon may earn, has now set her sights on buying property.
After 100 days in office, Moreno has become a minor sensation in Philippine politics, having risen from the slums to become mayor of the capital.
Behind the mind-blowing viewing numbers, the glitz and the glamour, are people like Tanya Purohit. When she’s not auditioning, she spends her time teaching students to write plays and analysing professional wrestling
The German-built ship is one of 79 vessels operated by national ferry company Pelni that serve a plethora of far-flung destinations in the sprawling archipelagic nation.
Drivers for Southeast Asia’s lucrative food delivery services are merely tiny cogs in a global contest of hugely capitalised giants. The fast money has obvious appeal but there is precious little security.
Demonstrations were prompted by proposed amendments to the law governing Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission and to the country’s criminal code.
The more than 25 million Indians who travel abroad every year are tech-savvy and have higher incomes than before. While their numbers aren’t as big as the Chinese, they offer huge potential for the hospitality industry.
Earlier this month, she spontaneously posted a tweet imploring Indonesian President Joko Widodo to intervene to address the toxic haze. It went viral.
His time in power was a whirlwind and Habibie stunned his critics with an unprecedented political ‘big bang’ of reforms.
Prem and King Bhumibol formed one of Southeast Asia’s powerful political partnerships, alongside Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Keng Swee in Singapore and Mahathir Mohamad and Daim Zainuddin in Malaysia.
Nations need to possess a relatively inclusive, overarching identity – a set of ideas that can make anyone feel they belong.
Nguyen Van Tuyen’s success story shows how a society scarred by decades of war has emerged with a hunger for work and prosperity.
A former bustling British port, Mawlamyine today is a far cry from its glory years in the 1800s, and young people are yearning to leave in search of jobs and money.
The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped Kashmir of its statehood and the disputed region is once again on the precipice of violence.
