Can Cambodia’s incoming premier Hun Manet walk out of his father’s shadow?
Compared with Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power for 38 years, 45-year-old Mr Hun Manet remains an enigma.
OPINION
Empowering ASEAN youth
The writer says that with any question that touches on sustainability, the perspective of the youth should be a central component in the discussion of democratic resilience.
More exchanges critical to building Sino-US trust
The writer says people-to-people exchanges are critical to managing differences between China and the US.
Chaos behind Nepal’s prison bars
The writer says overcrowding, drug abuse and violence have always plagued Nepal’s prisons.
Surging government borrowing portrays a grim future
The writer says the only rescue plan for the government is to drastically enhance tax collection from business groups, tycoons, habitual defaulters, and money launderers.
The tip of the Papua famine iceberg
The paper says the government knows that extreme weather events can cause crop failures almost every year, but does little to prevent and mitigate the impacts of them.
Hydropower propels China’s climate action
Despite the global focus on China's solar and wind energy, hydropower remains the biggest renewable energy source for China, and will remain so for decades to come.
Pakistan and Bangladesh in transition
The writer says it is important that election bodies remain neutral for any credible election, as it is the only path to democratic transition.
Why Pakistan is failing
The writer says a small power elite has dominated Pakistan’s political scene under both civilian and military rule.
‘Unmanned’: Living with AI
Reading ‘Unmanned,” which won the Segye Literature Award, we come to ponder our present situation and the future problems that await us as we live with AI.