- As Hun Sen celebrated his 30th year at the helm of Cambodia, his top security official says, 'Speaking frankly, I learned from Hitler'.
- In a rare interview on the domestic peace process, Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing expressed doubts whether ethnic groups want peace.
- During a visit to Delhi, Vietnam's Vice Minister of Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, noted that ‘Because of very drastic change in regional security, it has set the need for a closer cooperation between our two countries. Mostly in terms of strategic partnership.’
- In recent weeks North Korean officials have visited DVD vendors in Yangon inquiring if they sold the controversial film The Interview; confiscations by Myanmar police (sometimes accompanied by North Koreans) have followed.
- In the Philippines, a country that still outlaws divorce, the Pope's visit attracted crowds of six million.
- Not enough aid money is getting to local NGOs in Myanmar, says Saferworld's Kim Jolliffe.
- The Asia head of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, Michael Vatikiotis, cautioned on rising sectarianism ahead of the launch of ASEAN Community.
- RSIS researchers explain why Malaysia won't get tough on China during its chairmanship of ASEAN.
- Thailand's junta tries to have lese majeste ‘fugitives’ abroad extradited.
- A controversial Buddhist monk in Myanmar had this to say about the UN special rapporteur (nb:'kalars' is a Sanskrit-derived derogatory term for some Muslims):