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Review— Crimes Committed by the State: Transition in Crisis & The Women of 6th October: Sifting Out the Truth by Opening Old Wounds

Crimes Committed by the State: Transition in CrisisAtchayagam Rat Wigrit GarnpienpaengJi Giles Ungpakorn, Suthachai Yimprasert et al.Bangkok / The 6th October 1976 Investigating Committee / 2001 The Women of 6th October: Sifting Out the Truth […]

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Review— How to Look at Asian Politics: From Development Dictatorship to Civil Society

How to Look at Asian Politics:From Development Dictatorship to Civil Society Ajia Seiji wo Miru Me—Kaihatsu Dokusai kara Shiminsyakai eIwasaki IkuoTokyo / Chuokouron Shinsha / 2001 “The Ending of Development Dictatorship”—this was the title of a […]

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Review— The Price to be Paid: The Ethnic Chinese Encounter in Indonesia

The Price to be Paid: The Ethnic Chinese Encounter in IndonesiaHarga yang Harus Dibayar: Pergulatan Etnis Cina di IndonesiaI. Wibowo, editorJakarta / Gramedia Pustaka Utama dan Pusat Studi Cina / 2001 The downfall of the Soeharto […]

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Review— Aung San: The Locked Away Dream of Burmese Independence & Myanmar’s Village Economy in Transition: Peasants’ Lives under the Market-Oriented Economy

Aung San: The Locked Away Dream of Burmese IndependenceAung San—Fuuin Sareta Dokuritsu Biruma no YumeNemoto KeiTokyo / Iwanami Syoten / 1996 Myanmar’s Village Economy in Transition: Peasants’ Lives under the Market-Oriented EconomyGendai Myanmaa no Nooson […]

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Review— The Lumad’s Struggle in the Face of Globalization

The Lumad’s Struggle in the Face of GlobalizationKarl M. Gaspar, C.Ss.R. Davao City / Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao / 2000 Lumad is the local term used to refer to indigenous ethno-linguistic groups in the Philippines […]

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Review— The Philippines Under Japan: Occupation Policy and Reaction

The Philippines Under Japan: Occupation Policy and Reaction Ikehata Setsuho and Ricardo Trota Jose, editors Quezon City / Ateneo de Manila University Press / 1999 If understanding the past is a key to making sense of the […]

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Review— Absent History: The Untold Story of Special Branch Operations in Singapore 1915-1942

Absent History: The Untold Story of Special Branch Operations in Singapore 1915-1942Ban Kah ChoonSingapore / SNP Media Asia / 2001 Writing a history of British political intelligence activity in East and Southeast Asia is an […]

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Review— Politics and Ethnicity in Malaysia: Chinese Politics and National Integration

Politics and Ethnicity in Malaysia: Chinese Politics and National IntegrationMareshia no Seiji to Esunishiti—Kajin Seiji to Kokumin Togo Kaneko YoshikiKyoto / Koyoshobo / 2001 The author of this book, while studying in Malaysia, had first-hand experience […]

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Review— Democracy in Malaysia: Discourses and Practices

Democracy in Malaysia: Discourses and PracticesEdited by Francis Loh Kok Wah and Khoo Boo TeikRichmond, Surrey / Curzon / 2002 This collection of well-argued essays surveys the state of Malaysian political practice and provides insight […]

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Special Issue (Issue 38)

An Introduction — Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity
Decha Tangseefa – Editor

 

The 47th Southeast Asia Seminar was held along the Thai-Myanmar border in the districts of Tha Song Yang, Mae Ramat, Mae Sot, and Phop Phra of Tak Province, Thailand, from December 7-14, 2023.

“A border is a “contact zone” of people, culture, and capital. With the Thai-Myanmar border, what engagement should a researcher have toward this kind of space?”

Critical counterpoints: Human-mosquito relations from the Thai-Myanmar borderlands to Singapore
Tomas Cole


The crime of caring
Vincen Gregory Yu, MD

(Health) care and family (Planning) of undocumented people along state borders
Miriam Jaehn

Circumventing undocumented-ness: Ethnic migrants along the Thai-Burma border pursue multiple mobilities
Siu-hei Lai

Experiences in temporary host countries and their impact on integrating resettled refugees
Jeonghyeon Kim

Enriching the land discourse from the Thai-Myanmar border
Yi-Chin Wu

The Mae La “Temporary Shelter Area” as migration infrastructure & (im)mobility of people on the move
Busarin Lertchavalitsakul

Intersections of health, border, and marginality: Field research enriches understanding of Japanese engagement with post-coup Myanmar
Hattori Ryuji

International relations research and borderland as inhabited space
Takahashi Tomoko

Older Past Issues

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia Issue 27
KRSEA Beyond the Cold War in Southeast Asia
KRSEA-Issue-25-Lao-DPR
KRSEA-Issue-24-20-Years-After-Suharto

Trendsetters

  • A pragmatic approach towards peace in Southern Thailand

  • Rethinking China-Thailand Relations: Overseas Chinese and Knowledge Production during the Cold War

  • Could the KANP become the Philippines’ Move Forward Party?

  • Vietnam’s Nuclear Power Ambition during Putin’s Quick Visit

  • Navigating the Complexities: Challenges and Prospects of Collaborative Governance in Thai Local Administration

  • Limited language assistance for migrant workers in the Thai monolingual society

  • The US-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Vietnam-US-China Relations

  • “Global South” and the Specter of History of Domination

  • Indonesia’s Future under Prabowo: Will be Better?

  • How the COVID-19 pandemic changed the perspective about women and leadership in responding to crises

  • Thailand’s Senate Election: More Bad News for Thaksin and Puea Thai?

  • Thailand: An Urban Country

  • Springing Forward: Myanmar’s Rising Momentum and the Imperative for Future Accountability

  • Praetorian Variations: The United States and Military Politics in Thailand and the Philippines

  • “Romancing” the Ballot: Public Housing in Singapore

  • Holding the Reigns: Steering development in Thailand

  • Ambivalent Alignment? The Sino-Russian Partnership and Thailand’s Perspectives on the Russo-Ukrainian War

  • Thai PM Srettha 100 Day Scorecard: Thailand is Open for Business

  • Thaksin’s Checkmate and the Unravelling of Thailand’s Constitutional Order

  • Why foreign MSMEs spontaneously promote CSR: A case of the oolong tea industry in Vietnam

  • The Absence of any Move Forward in Thailand

  • Seeking Love and Marriage in Japan Among Indonesian Migrant Workers

  • Bending with the Wind Again? Thailand’s Foreign Policy after the May Election

  • Digital repression of protest movements: #WhatshappeninginSoutheastAsia

  • Further reflection: Finding a balance between comfort zone and “new normal” teaching online

  • The Unforgettable Periphery: Southeast Asian Nature of China’s Southwestern Frontier

  • Thailand’s Planned F-35A Purchase: Is It a Necessity or a Strongman Leadership Ego?

  • The Fantasy of Homogenous Time: When the Cold War Never Existed and Thailand Fought for Vietnam’s Independence

  • Same Same – only Different: Reflections on the Squandering of American Power and Prestige

  • From Social Regulation to Social Movements: International network in organizing the ALTERSEA Conference

Eroding Electoral Integrity: Reasons for Democratic Backsliding in Southeast Asia

In Southeast Asian countries that hold competitive elections, there has been a noticeable erosion of electoral integrity, leading to a regression in democracy since 2010. This has been evidenced by global democracy indexes.[1] In several of these countries, the traditional elites initially either choose to accept or endorse efforts to strengthen competitive multi-party democracy. Multi-party elections were accepted, in some instances, due [...]

Vietnam and Foreigners: Aspects and Experiences

Migration and cultural exchange have been lodestones of the civilization and society in ancient, middle-ages, and modern Vietnam. The cradle of civilization of Vietnam in the BCE days would have been located in the northern Red River Delta. Even at the nascent stage of its civilization had, as historian Corsi pointed out, the region witnessed constant cultural exchanges in three directions – between northern migrants from northern Chinese kingdoms and the locals in the Delta, between [...]

Urban Governance and Platform Dynamics in Southeast Asia

The rapid digital transformation in Southeast Asian cities, largely propelled by homegrown platform companies such as Grab, Go-Jek, Lazada, and Shopee, has significantly reshaped daily life, economies, and urban environments. These companies have fundamentally altered how individuals interact with services and businesses, leaving an indelible mark on urban landscapes and economic structures across the region. In conjunction with the transformative force of [...]
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