Degrees of disenchantmentSouth Korea is losing faith in an elitist education systemThe courts and the president sympathiseJul 19th 2017
More money, less freedomSouth-East Asia’s future looks prosperous but illiberalDemocracy is losing ground even as the region grows richerprint-edition iconJul 18th 2017
Borneo againIndonesian Islamists open a new front in their war on toleranceAnother Christian governor of a Muslim-majority province faces protestsprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
BanyanWinning the war with IS in the Philippines, but losing the peaceThe army is close to recapturing a militant-infested provincial capitalprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
When the hurlyburly’s doneThe gruesome fate of “witches” in Papua New GuineaThe law criminalising sorcery was only repealed in 2013print-edition iconJul 13th 2017
Herd on the streetVillas v yurts in MongoliaTent-dwellers apparently ruin the view from Ulaanbaatar’s grander neighbourhoodsprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
No offence too smallMalaysia’s government harasses opponents as an election loomsBut a multi-billion-dollar scandal does not seem to bother it muchprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
Pandora’s boxesA corruption probe threatens to undo Pakistan’s prime ministerCourt-appointed investigators say Nawaz Sharif cannot adequately explain his wealthprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
BanyanNo one is well-served by sexism in JapanExcept perhaps the industry catering to the sexually frustratedprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
Tokyo blowsAn electoral defeat puts Japan’s prime minister on the back footVoters in the capital reject the ruling Liberal Democratic Partyprint-edition iconJul 6th 2017
The wrong kind of fireworksNorth Korea’s long-range-missile test alarms WashingtonThe device tested appears capable of hitting Alaskaprint-edition iconJul 4th 2017
Counted but not yet heardAborigines want more than a mention in Australia’s constitutionBut would other Australians vote for that?print-edition iconJul 6th 2017
The high lifeWhy 80% of Singaporeans live in government-built flatsThe subsidies are irresistible—but come with social controlsprint-edition iconJul 6th 2017