South-East Asia

Indonesia's army: Seeking a modern role

Indonesia's army is better funded than at any point in the last 20 years, but is still resistant to change(20)

Military spending in South-East Asia: Shopping spree

Countries are buying lots of weapons, but does it count as an arms race?(100)

Daily chart: Big guns

The world's biggest arms exporters(186)

Asia and its floods: Save our cities

The threat grows from rising water and sinking buildings(48)

Music in Vietnam: Never (sort of) mind the bollocks!

Local kids are getting a chance to shake their rump(3)

International marriage: Herr and Madame, Señor and Mrs

Research at last begins to cast some light on the extent, causes and consequences of cross-border marriages(58)

Banyan: One dam thing after another

Though the Mekong is in peril, riparian governments seem oddly insouciant(25)

Jim Thompson: Boat against the current

The disillusionment of a man of charm(0)

Thailand’s floods: Rising damp

Waters threaten the capital, the economy and the new government(61)

South-East Asia's quiet revolutions: SEA changes

A transformative year for one of the most conservative regions of the world, with no currency crisis and with very little bloodshed to show for it(18)

Banyan: Echoes of dreamland

Forty years on, a cold-war security pact rooted in the colonial past survives(14)

Indonesia's politics: Corruption everywhere

The saga of Muhammad Nazaruddin(8)

Indonesia's middle class: Missing BRIC in the wall

A consumer boom masks familiar problems in South-East Asia’s biggest economy(30)

Political affray in Malaysia: Taken to the cleaners

An overzealous government response to an opposition rally(44)

Women in political dynasties: The distaff of office

More sisters, daughters and wives of powerful leaders are taking the top political jobs(13)

Thailand's election: A precious chance

Yingluck Shinawatra must keep her word on reconciliation and break it on spending(28)

Indonesian schools: More cheating, or else!

Scandals in the classroom(11)

Colour naming: Eglantine by any other name

How do we come up with names for colours?(25)

Tobacco regulation: The smoky horror show

Governments are going ever more over-the-top in their attempts to scare people from smoking(66)

Cambodia: Courting the Khmer

Cambodia struggles to play China off against its other neighbours(32)