The State of Cambodia's Online Scamming Industry

July 16, 2026 10:52pm 29 min

Scotsman Nathan Paul Southern is the Operations Director of the Eyewitness Project and an investigative reporter specializing in global conflict, transnational crime, and corruption, primarily in Southeast Asia.Based in ...

Analyzing the Human Toll of Myanmar's Civil War

June 26, 2026 3:23am 28 min

Su Mon is a senior analyst with Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) specializing in conflict dynamics and democracy in the Asia-Pacific. Her focus is on Myanmar, where her independent, non-profit organization co...

Journalism and Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Myanmar

June 04, 2026 5:48am 27 min

Scott Johnson is an Australian lawyer, journalist, and human rights advocate with more than 25 years experience, focusing on indigenous groups and geopolitical issues in Southeast Asia. He also runs Tribal Action Group a...

A Welsh Reporter on Myanmar’s Frontlines

May 28, 2026 5:43am 27 min

Lorcan Lovett is a Welsh journalist based in Southeast Asia who has reported across the region with a focus on Myanmar since 2017. He has just returned from a trip to the war-torn country and to Bangladesh, where he tour...

Trump and Xi: The Impact on Southeast Asia

May 18, 2026 5:45am 28 min

Few political meetings have been anticipated as much as U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, held in Beijing late last week. It was the first bilateral engagement of its type in a decade ...

ASEAN's Trade With Europe: The Costs and Trials of Doing Business

April 28, 2026 6:08am 30 min

The European Union is ASEAN’s third largest trading partner after China and the United States and its third largest source of direct foreign investment, with last year’s total merchandise trade reaching about $320 billio...

Reevaluating ASEAN’s Economic Outlook Amid the Iran Conflict

April 21, 2026 11:54am 25 min

Marcus Tantau, a senior associate at Templeton Research, returns to Beyond the Mekong for an update on the outlook for ASEAN economies as the crisis in the Middle East persists with the costs of the Israel-U.S. war on Ir...

The Iran War, ASEAN and Global Supply Chains

April 09, 2026 7:37am 24 min

Chris Catto-Smith is a logistics specialist, a career that began with the Royal Australian Air Force in the 1970s. He then moved into the private sector and used his experiences in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands,...

Myanmar, War, and Federalism: A Conversation With Joe Lo Bianco

March 24, 2026 7:30am 23 min

Joseph Lo Bianco is president of the Australia Myanmar Institute and a professor emeritus from the University of Melbourne in linguistics, with a sharp focus on the ever evolving civil war in Myanmar, the politics behind...

The Iran War: Its Impact on ASEAN and Myanmar

March 17, 2026 6:44am 27 min

Michael Martin returns to Beyond the Mekong following the outbreak of the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran, which is having a profound impact across the world and on ASEAN, where oil prices have surged, supply chains are being s...

Solving the Mysteries of Southeast Asia's Prehistory

February 10, 2026 3:39am 28 min

Canadian archeologist Dougald O’Reilly and his team were widely credited with solving the mysteries surround the Plain of Jars in northeast Laos, a vast megalithic landscape of massive stone jars scattered in clusters, d...

Southeast Asia: The Economic Outlook for 2026

February 03, 2026 10:58am 26 min

Marcus Tantau is a Senior Associate at Templeton Research, where he leads the firm’s Southeast Asia practice from Singapore. He specializes in corporate investigations and strategic intelligence and advises financial ins...

Under New Leadership, What’s Next for Japan?

October 24, 2025 10:24pm 19 min

Escalating Tensions, Fresh Clashes on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

October 16, 2025 11:09pm 15 min

‘Modi’s War?’ The Truth Behind the India-Russia Oil Trade

October 15, 2025 1:11am 7 min

Inside the Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea

October 14, 2025 11:10pm 22 min

Is Reconciling Cambodia and Thailand Possible?

October 13, 2025 6:00pm 35 min

Thailand Arrests Australian Journalist Over Malaysian Defamation Charge

October 06, 2025 4:21pm 32 min

Asian Aviation: A Conversation With Matt Driskill

September 29, 2025 6:27pm 30 min

Strategic Alliances: The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Mutual Defense Pact

September 23, 2025 7:41pm 15 min