- Myanmar set its election date for 8 November.
- Vietnam and the US released a joint vision statement after the visit by Nguyen Phu Trong to Washington. Le Hong Hiep wrote on the geopolitics of the Vietnam-US rapprochement.
- Amid much controversy, Thailand deported over 100 Uighurs back to China.
- International Crisis Group released a report on Thailand's deep south and the need to 'lay foundations for a durable official peace-dialogue process'.
- Rob Edens argue that its time for the EU and US to get tough on the Thai junta.
- Due to drought and mismanagement, parts of Thailand ran out of drinking water this week. Bangkok is also in the crosshairs.
- Malaysia may be shifted from the lowest rank of the US government's trafficking-in-persons list, much to the displeasure of activist groups.
- Myanmar ratified the chemical weapons convention, leaving only five countries to join the convention. On this site last year, Andrew Selth looked at claims of Myanmar's chemical weapons production.
- Memes about Malaysian PM Najib went viral this week on the back of corruption accusations. There is a selection here.
- Yangon's hospitals are struggling with a dengue fever epidemic.
- The rise and rise of Myanmar's Buddhist lobby, the Ma Ba Tha.
- Malaysia arrested two more ISIS-linked suspects. Last month, Zach Abuza took an excellent look at ISIS in Southeast Asia.
- Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak on the meaning of an ASEAN Community:
Southeast Asia links: Myanmar election date, Najib memes, Thailand's troubles and more
Published 14 Jul 2015
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