Philip Wen

People look at a damaged bridge after Thailand carried out air strikes in an area between Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces on Dec 20.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Cambodia, Thailand have agreed terms on new ceasefire. Will it hold?

The immediate ceasefire took effect from noon local time on Dec 27

Displaced civilians at a temporary shelter in Thailand's Buriram province on Dec 9, amid Thai-Cambodian border clashes.

Tough-talking Thai PM Anutin brings border conflict with Cambodia to the brink

The brinkmanship from both sides of the border remains highly risky, with a similarly swift repeat of July’s face-saving diplomatic off-ramp far...

Members of Myanmar’s military standing next to Starlink devices seized during a raid on the KK Park online scam centre in Myawaddy, Myanmar on Oct 20.
NEWS ANALYSIS

War on scams: Record crypto seizures, explosive raids, but political theatre gets in the way

The fallout from the Prince Group investigation has continued to reverberate

AI has helped South-east Asians like (from left) Mr Lim Yi Ping from Singapore, Mr Jamras Inpuek from Thailand and Associate Professor Hasyiya Karimah Adli from Malaysia.

Asean is already economically divided. AI will make it worse

Stories of reinvention, potential retrenchment are becoming common as companies and industries embrace the AI tidal wave