What have you missed?

It’s been a big one this week. 

Anwar Ibrahim has been freed in Malaysia, where he’ll likely become Prime Minister in the next couple of years. Why not sooner?Over in Timor-Leste punters hit the polls for the second time in less than a year hoping to break a political deadlock which brought the country to a standstill. 

Indonesia, as resilient as ever, is determined to observe Ramadan in peace and harmony after a series of terror attacks in East Java and Sumatra.

Local elections in the Philippines have gone fairly smoothly. The same can’t be said for the Department of Justice. Or the Supreme Court. Or Boracay Island. And what’s this about Duterte and a jetski?

Heading to Vietnam for the holidays? Here’s a huge fashion don’t. The legacy of war in Laos isn’t a thing of the past for children in the country. What has Brunei’s Sultan been up to?

Those controversial lese-majeste laws have copped their first arrest in Cambodia, and independent election monitors are pulling out. What’s the big picture here? 

Another scalp in Southeast Asia’s war on press freedoms, this time over at Thailand’s Bangkok Post. 

Malaysia’s election has shaken Singapore more than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Are the 1990s really back, baby? 

Repatriation is moving slowly for Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis. The US is furious and are we looking at yet another burst of violence targeted at a minority?

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