Indonesia President Jokowi’s traditional attire draws attention to forced eviction of indigenous group
Ivany Atina Arbi The Jakarta Post Thu, August 20, 2020 President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo wears a traditional outfit from Timor Tengah Selatan regency in East Nusa Tenggara during an Independence […]
Zambia risks losing sovereignty to Beijing due to debt-trap diplomacy
By Mizzima Tue, August 18, 2020 As part of Mizzima’s news and analysis, we are looking into the power-politics of Myanmar’s neighbours Resistance is growing to China’s presence in the […]
Indonesia – After a year of Papuan antiracism rallies, discrimination remains an everyday occurrence
Victor Mambor The Jakarta Post Wed, August 19, 2020 A mural reads depicting two Papuans reads: “If we are monkeys, don’t force monkeys to raise the red and white [Indonesian] […]
Indonesia’s politically wired millennials to contest December polls
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano The Jakarta Post Wed, August 19, 2020 JAKARTA – The 2020 simultaneous regional elections are shaping up to be unpredictable competitions that will feature several young, […]
UN experts raise concerns about Thai activist’s disappearance in Cambodia
Taing Rinith / Khmer Times Sun, August 16, 2020 Wanchalearm Satsaksit was allegedly abducted in Phnom Penh. Facebook PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s permanent mission to the U.N. said in a […]
After 75 years of independence, indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggling for equal
Fidelis Eka Satriastanti The Conversation / Sun, August 16, 2020 The Alliance of the Indigenous Peoples of the Kayan Mentarang National Park (FoMMA) has joined the list of […]
Malaysia Foreign minister: Malaysia back on good terms with India and China
Malay Mail Sunday, August 16, 2020 TANJUNG MALIM — Malaysia has returned to being on good terms with China and India since the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government took charge, says […]
Indonesia – Papuan Activists Protest 1962 Handover, Denounce Freeport
BY :YUDHA BASKORO JAKARTA GLOBE SAT, AUGUST 15, 2020 A Papuan activist carries a banner reading that the 1969 referendum in Papua is undemocratic, during a protest outside the US […]
When Myanmar Cast Off Its Colonial Tongue Under Japanese Rule
By Wei Yan Aung THE IRRAWADDY Sat, August 15, 2020 A Japanese postcard from the country’s 1940s Pacific War Burma Campaign, entitled “The delight of Burma.” YANGON—On this day in […]
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