This post appears as part of New Mandala’s ARTSEA series on art, design and architecture in Southeast Asia. In Singapore, renewal is not merely an urban strategy; it is a moral and temporal ...

On 31 March 2026, the Dutch Director-General for Culture and Media and the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands signed ...

Since the 2021 military coup, Myanmar’s economy has foundered. The number of tourists and other visitors has fallen dramatically. Most foreign residents have fled the ensuing civil war. Given the ...

There is a recurring mistake in the history of governments that believe history has given them permission to reshape national political economies, and it is not the one their critics usually name. Not ...

Rayhan Prabu Kusumo is a Jakarta-based public policy and government affairs professional. He is currently Analyst at FLG Advisory, Research Specialist at the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC ...