- Thailand's crown prince has stripped his wife's family of their royal name over a corruption scandal, in what is being seen as a move towards divorce at a time when the ailing health of the king and political instability is causing much debate about royal succession.
- An excellent three-part look at life under the Thai junta in 2014 by Thai blogger Kaewmala (and a glossary of the Thai Junta's Orwellian 'newspeak' here).
- After a big month of Asian summitry, Gareth Evans on why summits matter.
- As Indonesia enters the often problematic rainy season, the WSJ looks at flooding in Jakarta by the numbers, including estimates that over 275,000 Jakarta residents' homes are at risk of flooding.
- Zach Abuza took a look at the challenges ahead for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as it moves from insurgency to democracy in the southern Philippines.
- Vietnam reported success in reducing traffic fatalities between January and November this year by 4%, but this still left 8272 dead and 22,434 injured.
- In an ISEAS study, Terence Chong sheds light on views towards governance, economy, Iskander and Singapore in Johor, Malaysia, with some discouraging results on ethnicity.
- Bangladesh has proposed to repatriate up to 270,000 Rohingya to Myanmar, according to a government document released by Al Jazeera this week. Meanwhile, the ICRC set a record US$30 million budget for Myanmar for 2015.
- Thousands marched in Myanmar's Rakhine State against the UN's use of the word 'Rohingya'. Protests earlier this year led to riots and attacks on the UN and NGOs.