![[Duterview] "Half a Century of Waiting, But Worth Every Penny": Timor-Leste’s Historic Trek to ASEAN](https://storage.ghost.io/c/62/dc/62dc96dc-dc55-4ca2-b75d-c7a4ffda823a/content/images/2026/02/00.png)
Timor-Leste’s judiciary initiates legal proceedings against Myanmar’s military junta for crimes against humanity. As ASEAN’s 11th member, the move raises questions about non-interference and Timor-Leste’s future role.
![[Beyond DUNIA] Review of Chen Sihong’s Ghost Town: Who Gets to Tell the Stories of Asian Women](https://storage.ghost.io/c/62/dc/62dc96dc-dc55-4ca2-b75d-c7a4ffda823a/content/images/2026/01/20-9.png)
This essay reviews Chen Sihong’s Ghost Town to examine who tells the stories of Asian women. Through a gay younger brother’s perspective, it reveals how patriarchy and homophobia shape women’s lives, and suggests that their histories can be written through solidarity with other marginalized voices.
Leaked “TM Report” reveals the Unification Church’s political influence in Nepal through campaign funding and its attempts to establish covert contact with North Korea via Nepali communist leaders.
Dunia has exclusively obtained internal documents from a South Korean cyber scam syndicate recently dismantled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The documents reveal a "Three-Tier Splitting" system and the use of detailed "target sheets" to track victims' finances, family, and daily schedules.
![[Beyond DUNIA] Is the Queer Movement Really a Western Invention?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/62/dc/62dc96dc-dc55-4ca2-b75d-c7a4ffda823a/content/images/2026/01/20-2.png)
This article challenges the idea that the queer movement originated in the West. Through the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women and the case of Indonesia, it shows how queer movements in Asia emerged from local gender systems and political repression, forming distinct histories of resistance.
![[Beyond DUNIA] Are There Indian Feminists Working in India, Not the United States?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/62/dc/62dc96dc-dc55-4ca2-b75d-c7a4ffda823a/content/images/2026/01/20-1.png)
This article explores Indian feminism beyond gender equality, highlighting how women resist exploitation by capital, the state, and development-driven environmental destruction. From the Chipko Movement to Dalit agro-feminism, it shows feminism as a struggle for sustainability and social justice.
![[Beyond DUNIA] Do Women’s Movements Exist in Southeast Asia?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/62/dc/62dc96dc-dc55-4ca2-b75d-c7a4ffda823a/content/images/2026/01/20.png)
The idea that Asian women are merely passive victims is rooted in Orientalism and misogyny. This essay highlights women-led movements like Indonesia’s Suara Ibu Peduli, revealing how Asian women have long resisted exploitation—and why reclaiming erased feminist histories matters.
Yeaser, a Rohingya student, studies chemistry on YouTube because his camp lacks even basic lab tools. He dreams of becoming a doctor in Cox’s Bazar, where medical care disappears at night. From the UN’s “Ground Zero,” Dunia presents an op-ed by his teacher, Niyamot Ullah.
In the wake of this flood crisis, Dunia traces the on-the-ground realities of collapsed trust, ecological violence, limits of adaptation, and social resilience facing Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.
![[Duterview] 'Border Conflict' as a Political Tool for the Thai Military and Far-Rights](https://storage.ghost.io/c/62/dc/62dc96dc-dc55-4ca2-b75d-c7a4ffda823a/content/images/2025/12/20.png)
Supalak Ganjanakhundee calls the Thai-Cambodian border dispute a humanitarian crisis fueled by Thailand’s military and conservative elites, who use nationalism to hide political failures. He says the conflict destroys diplomacy and endangers border residents and low-ranking soldiers.
Cyclone Ditwa hit Sri Lanka in late 2025, killing 600+ and displacing 1.5 million. As India and Pakistan cooperated on relief, mass blood donations, community kitchens, and volunteer rescues revealed strong public solidarity.
Severe flooding in Perlis has exposed cracks in Malaysia’s climate defenses despite major mitigation spending. With economic losses rising, displaced families surviving in makeshift shelters underscore the widening gap between policy and lived reality.
The deadly 2025 Sumatra floods, which killed 914 people, were not just due to heavy rain but driven by deforestation and palm oil expansion. Despite government denial, affected areas remain cut off with little access to aid.
Hat Yai’s flood became a man-made disaster as ignored drainage warnings, weak leadership, and false “safety” alerts deepened the damage and broke public trust. Slow relief and the PM’s late admission underscore the need for urgent reform of Thailand’s disaster governance.
Dunia and Newstapa report that the Unification Church's Japan-built vote trading model was imported into the Yoon administration, tying church mobilization, campaign work and political protection, and likely shaping Korean politics far beyond what was known.