Asia

Indian brink
India is recording more cases of covid-19 than any other country

South Asia is fast becoming the centre of the pandemic

Beggars, but choosers
Myanmar’s military coup has riven the Buddhist monkhood

Some senior monks support the generals; others are resisting

In the name of God
Malaysians are fighting one another over the word “Allah”

Can anyone use it, or should only Muslims be allowed to utter it?

Banyan
ASEAN will lose relevance if it ignores the coup in Myanmar

But its authoritarian members do not want to stand up for democracy

BFFs once more
America rediscovers its alliance with Japan

The pair are getting on better than ever, with Japan taking more of the initiative

Masters of disillusion
South Koreans see politics as a choice between two bad options

The incumbent Minjoo party has disappointed, but the conservative opposition is out of touch

Violence on parade
Myanmar’s army kills more than 100 protesters in a single day

Brutal repression is encouraging protesters to take up arms

Banyan
India and China are finding vaccine diplomacy tricky

Helping both their own citizens and foreigners is an immense task

The Kolkata clan
While India and China bicker, ethnic-Chinese Indians move away

Kolkata’s Chinese community is a shadow of its former self

Stack ’em high
Cambodia’s strongman is trying opposition politicians en masse

But one lucky critic seems to be getting gentler treatment

Downgrading Delhi
India’s ruling party finds a new way to hamstring the opposition

If you cannot win an election, just strip the winners of their powers