YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the ...

Historical Context. Southeast Asia has long been plagued by maritime piracy, dating back to the age of early maritime trading networks. Historical records from the 14th century indicate that ...

A map of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and the Sunda region as it appeared roughly 25,000 years ago at the height of the last Ice Age, with locations of archaeological sites surveyed by the Mindoro ...

Malaysia’s ASEAN leadership in 2025 reveals how geopolitics now favors soft power, digital diplomacy, and moral ...

The islands of maritime Southeast Asia can range from the very large (for instance, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Luzon) to tiny pinpoints on the map (Indonesia is said to comprise 17,000 islands). Because ...

The Philippines has a maritime history dating back to 35,000 years ago involving “technological innovation and long-distance intercultural relations.” ...

BANGKOK: Drug traffickers in Southeast Asia are using the sea to avoid interception by land enforcements carried out in Thailand and China, a United Nations report has found. Smugglers are moving ...

At the Cultural Heritage Conservation Forum, themed "Shared Heritage, Shared Future", held in Malaysia on Sept 5, Ivan Anthony Hernares, chairperson of the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage ...

The remains of large predatory pelagic fish at these sites indicate the capacity for advanced seafaring and knowledge of the seasonality and migration routes of those fish species,” wrote Riczar ...

A map of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and the Sunda region as it appeared roughly 25,000 years ago at the height of the last Ice Age, with locations of archaeological sites surveyed by the Mindoro ...

A map of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA ... have established compelling evidence of the pivotal role of the Philippine archipelago in ancient maritime Southeast Asia. They uncovered a story of effective ...