- Nothing says progress like a new brand of beer. Danish brewer Carlsberg will become the first foreign brewery to make beer in Myanmar when it starts production of Yoma Beer next month.
- Joshua Kurlantzick on Jokowi's priorities.
- Sukti Dasgupta (ILO) and Sanchita Basu Das (ISEAS) explore the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community on skilled labour migration.
- Nicholas Farrelly laments the curbing of freedoms in Thailand since the coup d'etat in May. Meanwhile, Thailand's new PM General Prayuth Chan-ocha was in hot water after suggesting that tourists in bikinis are only safe from violent attack if they are ugly. The comments came after the murder of two young British tourists on a resort island. He later apologised.
- A selection of ISIS in Southeast Asia links from the Philippines and Indonesia, as well as this look at ISIS recruitment in Malaysia through social media. And why ASEAN needs a comprehensive response to ISIS.
- Over a quarter of workers surveyed in a new study on the Malaysian electronics industry were found to be in 'situations of forced labour'.
- A unique relationship: Chinese immigration and investment in Cambodia. Nyíri Pál takes a look.
- A new dam threatens stability in Myanmar; previous hydro projects have ignited latent conflicts.
- The Stimson Center hosts Kurt Campbell for a look at Myanmar's transformation:
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