Malaysia is not the only country consumed by speculation about who takes over from a conspicuous and captivating leader.

The military already stacked the odds in its favour, and suspicion about missing ballots have only compounded doubts.

An ex-army general poised to become prime minister and a junta-manipulated constitution has many Thais fired up.

A case where Bahrain didn’t need to win to send a chill of horror up the spines of other dissidents watching on.

China is pushing to expand its navigation of the Mekong River, raising tricky questions of sovereignty and environment.

It’s very unusual for key players from the country’s two most powerful institutions to publicly showcase divisions.

Bangkok’s ambition of leading ASEAN, stymied by domestic strife, can be achieved by combating labour trafficking.

The seafood you bought from your local market could have been caught by a slave.

The requested extradition of Thailand’s former prime minister warns of trouble ahead for free and fair elections.

Attention has turned to the “stateless” problem of three of the boys, their coach, and maybe 3 million more in Thailand.

The latest dramatic rescue has spurred a huge international response – but cooperation never seems to outlast a crisis.

The coup-installed government is living on borrowed time.

Attitudes about friend or foe shift dramatically when countries work together on a serious security problem.

Three years after the military coup, the trial of Yingluck rehashes old grievances and threatens to unsettle the relative calm.

Reports that Thailand, with Chinese money, is planning to build a new canal between the Pacific and Indian Oceans have set off a new wave of alarm bells over China’s plans to dominate the region.

The proclivity for extremism in Asia has spread beyond the ‘usual suspects’.

A clean, elected, non-Thaksin Thailand government might be able to walk a narrow path by pursuing more progressive social and economic policy without offending the powerful elites.

Thailand’s deepening economic relations with China come at a time of acute political polarisation and instability for the country.