Indonesian language literacy: what Australia can learn from South Korea
In The Jakarta Post last month it was reported that over 1000 students in South Korea have enrolled to study the Indonesian language. It is… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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Lifting US sanctions: right or wrong?
Lee Morgenbesser looks at the case for and against dropping economic restrictions on Myanmar. Two weeks ago the Obama administration declared that it will drop… Read More
Journeys without maps in Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | More open politics and new technologies are putting much of the country back on the beaten path. When I lived… Read More
The water-energy-food nexus in the Mekong subregion: Uneven trade-offs
ANDREA HAEFNER | The Mekong River, flowing through Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, is the largest river in Southeast Asia. It… Read More
Rule of law in Cambodia – reflections from the field
Cambodia has regularly ranked very poorly on international rule of law indexes. In 2015, The World Justice Project ranked Cambodia 99th of 102 countries surveyed,… Read More
More name games in Burma/Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Regular readers of The Interpreter will know that, over the past few years, this site has closely followed the Australian government’s… Read More
Heroines, heroes and villains
ANDREW SELTH | In the second article of a two-part series, Andrew Selth takes a look at superheroes and more in Myanmar comics. Over… Read More
Wars and rumors of wars
ANDREW SELTH | In the first of a two-part series, Andrew Selth explores the relationship between conflict and comics in yesterday’s Myanmar. In his… Read More
Industry roundtable with Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson
The Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) participated in an industry roundtable on Thursday 27th July in Brisbane with the current Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson,… Read More
Colonial-era pulp fiction portrays ‘technicolor’ Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Ask foreign visitors to Myanmar what literary works they associate with the country and the chances are that most will cite… Read More
