2018 Elections – Asia Times

A man reads the Phnom Penh Post at a coffee shop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 8, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Takeover tremors rock Cambodia’s most influential paper

by Alan Parkhouse May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The new owner of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Post newspaper got off to a rocky start on Monday with a crashing wave of resignations and sackings that have already put the publication’s future independence in doubt. The paper’s newsroom was heaving with emotion on Monday after a front-page story about Sivakumar S Ganapathy, the English-language paper’s […]

Workers gather as they rally to mark May Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 1, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

AT Finance, Cambodia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

How Cambodia killed its unions

by David Hutt May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 13, 2017. Photo: AFP/Thomas Peter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

Malaysia’s election a de facto vote on China

by Nile Bowie April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh. This photograph was released by the Saudi Royal Court on November 11, 2017. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia aims to sway Lebanon elections

by Sami Moubayed April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ex-leader Sam Rainsy (2nd R) speaks to people as its now jailed presiden Kem Sokha (R), listens in front of the National Assembly building during a rally to mark Human Rights day in Phnom Penh on December 10, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Cambodia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Thailand, World

Can Cambodia’s fractured opposition survive?

by David Hutt April 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak waves as he arrives to visit a school used as a relief centre in Tumpat on January 7, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Malaysia, United Kingdom, World

Najib remaps another rigged election

by David Hutt April 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo, August 7, 2017.
Photo: AFP/Toru Hannai/Pool

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why Japan won’t criticize Hun Sen

by David Hutt March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

The Phnom Penh Post newspaper as a newly launched daily edition in a 2008 file photo. AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Cambodia’s last free media on shaky ground

by Alan Parkhouse March 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Cambodia exiles bid to buy influence in Washington

by David Hutt March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's then Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during the launching of the Malaysia world's Digital-Free Trade Zone in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

‘Kleptocracy at its worst’ in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Sino-Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok, known as the "Sugar King", is at the center of a debate on political party funding. Photo: Reuters

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Money politics inflame Malaysia’s election season

by David Hutt March 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Two Timorese girls look for cockles on the beach in Dili, Timor Leste in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Candido Alves

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, South Asia, Timor Leste, World

Clouds part on ‘Greater Sunrise’ gas fields

by David Hutt March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai soldiers (front) followed by a US Air Force soldier (C), a US Army soldier (C,R) a US Marine soldier and Thai soldiers (R, back) parade during the opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 2016 in Sattahip on February 9, 2016. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Pentagon steps up its diplomacy in Thailand

by Richard S Ehrlich February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Traditional dancers at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong, outside Kuching, on the island of Borneo, on November 6, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia

Where Malaysia’s election will be won and lost

by David Hutt February 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A Malaysian youth wears a Guy Fawkes mask and jester's hat during a rally to celebrate the country's Independence Day in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East, World

Millennials aim to spoil Malaysia’s polls

by Erin Cook February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives to attend the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) congress in Phnom Penh, January 19, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring Photo

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Unchecked and unopposed, Hun Sen is all powerful

by David Hutt January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto

AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Will Cambodia’s repressed opposition rise up?

by David Hutt January 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand's junta number two Prawit Wongsuwan covers his eyes, displaying a watch he is wearing, during a photo call with other members of a new cabinet in Bangkok.
Photo: AFP/ Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn

AT Finance, Thailand

Time running down on Thailand’s junta

by Richard S Ehrlich January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad delivers a speech outside Kuala Lumpur on January 7, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Malaysia, Philippines

Mahathir’s last gasp for power and retribution

by David Hutt January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak takes a picture with his phone during a bilateral ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on December 18, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ishara S Kodikara

AT Finance, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

In election mode, Najib bids to shine online

by David Hutt January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Fretilin party supporters participate in an election campaign rally in Dili, Timor Leste on July 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Valentino Dariel Sousa

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, South Asia, Timor Leste

Political deadlock augurs ill for Timor Leste

by David Hutt January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak at his ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) annual assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a December 10, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, Malaysia, Singapore

Najib probes state losses, just not his own

by Nile Bowie January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

رئيس الوزراء التايلاندي «برايوث تشان أوتشا» (يمينًا)، ونائب رئيس الوزراء ووزير الدفاع «براويت ونجسوان» قبل اجتماع الحكومة اﻷسبوعي في مقر الحكومة في بانكوك في 4 يناير 2017. صورة: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand

Thailand: will they stay or will they go?

by Shawn W. Crispin December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak gestures as he speaks during a rally against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Putrajaya, Malaysia December 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

World

Palestine as political hobbyhorse in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie December 25, 2017May 27, 2021

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen prays for peace and stability at a ceremony at the Angkor Wat temple complex on December 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Russia, World

How democracy died in Cambodia

by David Hutt December 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Women walk past a portrait of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak during the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) general assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia December 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, South Asia, World

An unflattering portrait of Malaysian politics

by Nile Bowie December 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia arrives at a court in Dhaka on August 10, 2016. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP / Mehedi Hasan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bangladesh teeters towards new confrontation

by Subir Bhaumik December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives before a meeting with garment workers, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

AT Finance, Cambodia, World

Is Hun Sen secretly insecure?

by David Hutt November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) poses for a picture during a ceremony at a compound of factories in Phnom Penh on September 6, 2017. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Cambodia, Middle East, World

Hun Sen bids to buy a no-contest election

by David Hutt November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Will US, EU turn the heat on Hun Sen?

by David Hutt November 19, 2017February 18, 2020