- Singapore's ruling political party, the PAP, swept to a decisive victory in snap elections last week. Bridget Welsh dissected the victory for New Mandala.
- An excellent report on ethnic armed conflict and territorial administration in Myanmar by The Asia Foundation's Kim Jolliffe.
- CSIS profiled Thailand's new Foreign Minister.
- The head of Thailand's Junta Government had another bizarre press conference this week. Answering a question on what measures would be taken against critics of his Government he said, 'I'm just going to tape their mouths shut. We are working on this matter.'
- Zach Abuza looked at the likelihood of peace in Thailand's deep south after informal talks with Malay insurgents, noting that: 'The Thai government's demands [in the talks] are at best vague, and at worse undermined by their own actions and policies.'
- The Thai royal palace said the 87 year-old King is suffering from a lung infection.
- Michael Wesley launched his book Restless Continent: Wealth, Rivalry and Asia's New Geopolitics (read an extract here).
- Due to take on the chairmanship of ASEAN, Laos is approaching the world stage, says Frank L. Albert.
- Over at CogitAsia, Joshua Goodman looked at the resurgence of maritime piracy and how Indonesia is dealing with the challenge.
- TNI looked at ethnic politics and the 2015 elections in Myanmar.
- And finally, Aung San Suu Kyi kicked off election campaigning on Facebook:
Southeast Asia Links: Singapore swing, bizarre Thai pressers, Myanmar elections, peace in Thailand's deep south
Published 15 Sep 2015
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