2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (930+ words) Asia Sentinel After Half a Decade, Myanmar Civil War in Stalemate Continuing violence erodes fundamental rights for millions Myanmar's civil war has settled into a pulverizing, multi-front stalemate in which neither side appears capable of a military victory with the…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago  (88+ words) Asia Sentinel Children Pay the Heaviest Price as Conflicts Intensify Increased killings, recruitment, and sexual violence on the rise The killing and maiming of children globally has increased to alarming levels, particularly in the murderous struggle between Israel and its…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (296+ words) When Indonesia's most recognizable tech entrepreneur accepted the job of education minister in the Indonesian government of Joko Widodo in 2019, many people at the time warned him that the stultifying bureaucracy of a ministry that presides over mostly second-rate primary…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (213+ words) The Pentagon's mid-June decision to restore "US Pacific Command," reversing a 2018 decision to rename the command as the Indo-Pacific Command, is not merely a bureaucratic rebranding. It is the clearest institutional signal yet that Washington is narrowing its strategic horizon....

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (78+ words) Asia Sentinel Multiple Nations in Bid to Round Up Fleeing Cambodian Scamsters US seizes infrastructure of Cambodian financial group for money laundering US authorities, in recent operations coordinated with Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia and Cambodia, have sanctioned individuals and…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (714+ words) Asia Sentinel Hong Kong Booksellers Arrest Sign of Beijing's Continuing Crackdown Former journalist hit with sedition charge The arrest last week of journalist and bookseller Leticia Wong Man-huen on sedition charges brings to at least 29 journalists who have been arrested…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (65+ words) Asia Sentinel Bangkok Governor Election 2026 Next-gen expects trash cleanup, housing reform As Bangkok undergoes its gubernatorial election today, two front-running candidates are proposing sharply different visions for the city. Chadchart Sittipunt, the former Pheu Thai transport minister, now an independent…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (997+ words) Indian-born, British sculptor Anish Kapoor has hit the headlines with a dramatic exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery that includes three massive red sculptures and over 80 other works, many creating the enigma and uncertainty for which the artist is famous. This…...

6+ day, 20+ min ago  (435+ words) Southeast Asia's state-owned power utilities are being asked to perform an impossible balancing act. Governments want them to keep electricity cheap for households and industry, maintain reliable supply, absorb rising fuel costs, invest in new electrical grids, buy more renewable…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (812+ words) For years, Asia's renewable energy transition has been defined by familiar players. China dominates clean-energy manufacturing, India has become a solar powerhouse, and countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia have pursued ambitious energy-transition plans. Now the Philippines, which relies almost…...