Here is the list of academic articles published online in the 3rd week of Dec, 2013....
Dec 27, 2013
Dec 21, 2013
Check: Is Thailand so special in protest cycle between the rich urban and poor rural?
Asia Unbound » Thailand’s Political Crisis—Not so Uniquehttp://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2013/12/19/thailands-political-crisis-not-so-unique/But in many ways, Thailand is not so unique, and there are lessons to be learned from other democratizing nations—once Thai opinion leaders get beyond the idea of Thai...
Dec 20, 2013
Check: Abducted Taiwanese Tourist Rescued in the Philippines - Southeast Asia Real Time
Abducted Taiwanese Tourist Rescued in the Philippines - Southeast Asia Real Time - WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/12/20/abducted-taiwanese-tourist-rescued-in-the-philippinesThis abduction incident actually has a meaning in Taiwan-Philippines relations. Since the 2013 Guang Da Xing...
Check: Burma's Senseless Census @ForeignPolicy
Burma's Senseless Censushttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/19/burmas_senseless_census...
Dec 17, 2013
On SouthEast Asia Game and Myanmar
Check:Asia Unbound » Myanmar’s SEA Games Success a Positive Omenhttp://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2013/12/16/myanmars-sea-games-success-a-positive-omen/in many respects the Southeast Asian Games, which are really Myanmar’s reentry to the regional/international stage, appear to be a success for the home country....
Dec 16, 2013
Forthcoming Seminar : Religion and Humanitarian Response in Asia by NUS-ARI's Dr.Robin Bush
SEARC will organized a seminar about religion and humanitarian response in Asia by NUS-ARI's Dr.Robin Bush. Please come if you are interested...
Academic articles in 2nd week of Dec 2013
Here is a list of articles published in the 2nd week of Dec 2013....
Dec 13, 2013
check @reuters interview with Indonesian President candidate from Golkar Party
Ghost of Indonesia's Suharto gives life to his old political party | Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/13/us-indonesia-bakrie-idUSBRE9BC05O20131213 SUHARTO VS SUKARNO LEGACY Asked if next year's election would be a battle between the Sukarno and Suharto legacies, Bakrie replied: "I don't...
Dec 11, 2013
SEARC Director interviewed by Voice of America about current crisis in Thailand
Prof Mark Thompson, director of SEARC, was interviewed by the Voice of America on 10 December 2013 about the current political crisis in Thailand...
Summary of news on the anti-Yingluck administration protest in Thailand (update @ Dec 11)
Thailand still in trouble related to the 2013 amnesty bill. We summed up some news and comments from analyst. Please check:...
Dec 10, 2013
Understanding the background of the Singapore's riot in Little India
Using the title of Forbes's report, the riot is "a shock, but not a total surprise." This blog post is not about the incident itself, but see what academic has done to understand the South Asian migrants or migrants issue in Singapore. Doing some research, researches about South Asian migrants in Singapore...
Dec 9, 2013
Academic articles in 1st week of Dec 2013
The beginning of the end of the year, still there is a list of articles published in the 1st week of Dec 2013....
Dec 8, 2013
What does Southeast Asia look in OECD’s latest PISA survey? (Updated)
Yesterday, news talked about the PISA result. There were five ASEAN countries participated in PISA 2012. They were Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Most SE Asian PISA-related news was only appeared in their local news headline but not in international news. This post summarized...
@Reuters Special Report: Thailand secretly dumps Myanmar refugees into trafficking rings (Add feedback from Thai PM)
Special Report: Thailand secretly dumps Myanmar refugees into trafficking rings http://t.co/BcPcK1ZEYs— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 5, 2013Different special report from SCMP (HK): Thailand's secret refugee camps - 'held in secret Thai jungle camps and sold to human traffickers' | http://t.co/JJMHsVqFEf—...
Dec 4, 2013
Read an argument why there should not be a presidential apology from the Philippines to Hong Kong victims in the 2010 hostage tragedy
One month passed after the Hong Kong government set a deadline for Philippines to make "progress" on the compensation talks with victims of the incident. General population of Hong Kong believe that there should be a presidential apology from the Philippine President, Benigno Aquino III. However, the...
Dec 2, 2013
Academic Articles in 4th week of Nov 2013
Here is a list of articles published in the last week of November....
Dec 1, 2013
SEARC's Dr.London commented Vietnam's constitution amendments
Dr Jonathan London, a member of SEARC, has been quoted about political rivalries in Vietnam in Reuters. This article at the same time has been reprinted in Nov 30's South China Morning Post of Hong Kon...
Nov 29, 2013
SEARC Director commented on Thailand's protest in local media - RTHK's The Pulse
SEARC director, Prof Mark R. Thompson, has commented on the ongoing Thailand protest in Hong Kong local media, RTHK. Source: snapshot of online playback from RTHK (http://rthk.hk/) If you...
Updates on the Philippine's Typhoon disaster (Updated 29 Nov, 2013)
For people who concern about the Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines. Here is a list of articles / Tweets on the disaster in the Philippine. ...
Nov 27, 2013
Kevin Hewison @ asiasentinel : On the politicization of Thailand's Courts
Should court be politicize like Thailand now? How Thai’s democracy is affected by this trend? See how Prof. Hewison say:...
Check this: ADBI Working Paper : Disaster Risk Management at the National Level By Mikio Ishiwatari
ADBI just released a working paper on disaster risk management in Asia-Pacific. Due to the recent Philippines typhoon disaster or even the Indonesian volcano incident, the working paper is just on time for people who interested in the disaster related issue in the region...
Nov 26, 2013
Academic articles in 3nd week of Nov 2013
Despite being late, it's still the time to see what new academic articles are in past week...
Nov 22, 2013
Check this: CFR: Wherefore Art Thou ASEAN? Typhoon Haiyan's Teachable Moment By: Jeffrey Wright
CFR's Jeffrey Wright has published an article about the ASEAN and the Typhoon Haiyan. ...
Nov 20, 2013
Check this: An article about Myanmar President Thein Sein & the Rakhine problem in Myanmar from Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy today published an interesting piece by Gwen Robinson about the Myanmar President Thein Sein and the Rakhine problem in Myanmar.
The focus is mainly on the President himself and the internal political dynamic in Myanmar. ...
Check this: WSJ round up on the Indonesia-Australia Spying Spat
WSJ Southeast Asia Real Time has summed up the tweets from Indonesian key officials on the spying scandal. People who interested in the issue may take a look:...
Nov 17, 2013
Academic articles in 2nd week of Nov 2013
Hello, it's time to see what new academic articles are in past week!...
Nov 13, 2013
About the IMF's call on the rice subsidies in Thailand
There are reports about the IMF's suggestion to stop the rice subsidies to poor farmer in Thailand which is the chief policy of the current Yingluck's government to gaining support from the majority in Thailand.
For people who interested into the issue, here is the link of the whole IMF report...
A sum up of Thailand’s 2013 amnesty bill (Update Nov 15, 2013)
The controversial amnesty bill has been rejected yesterday. The bill was widely seen as a go-back-to-home chance for the expelled former PM, Thaksin Shinawatra. Indeed, the bill could also exonerate another former PM of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, who is now being charged with murder in the 2010 red-shirt...
Nov 8, 2013
Academic articles in 1st week of Nov 2013
Hello, it's time to see what new academic articles are in past week!...
Nov 7, 2013
Recent academic publications about Southeast Asia (Oct 2013)
Here is a list of last month's (Oct 2013) academic publications about Southeast Asia:...
Publications Alert: A Special Issues on Social Movements in Southeast Asia
There is a special issue about social movements in Southeast Asia published in the "Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies (ASEAS)."
Here is the table of contents of the special issues and its links:...
