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Southeast Asia and Pacific

Human rights

Violent abuse of detainees

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by Tiffany Jenkins
A Philippine farmer tills a field in Cagayan province.

Land reform

Redistribution that triggers violence

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by Tiffany Jenkins
Informal settlements matter too: slum barber in Delhi.

Asia

Growth, equity and sustainability

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by Floreana Miesen
Prayuth Chan-o-cha likes partners who don’t interfere. In April, he welcomed Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s prime minister, for economic and trade talks in Bangkok.

Comment

Thai-style democracy

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by Katja Dombrowski
Health education for waiting patients at Malteser International’s health centre in Tha Man Tar in northern Rakhine.

Ethnic minorities

The world’s most persecuted people

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by Katja Dombrowski
by Johannes Kaltenbach
Cambodian sex workers wait for customers at a public park in Phnom Penh.

Sex tourism

Dubious reputation

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by Katja Dombrowski
Tourist attraction: children at an orphanage

Orphanage tourism

Orphanages: sites for abusive tourism

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by Katja Dombrowski
Construction workers have no social protection: ­painting a building in Hanoi.

Loans

Challenges ahead

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by Duong Thi Ngoc Linh
by Jörg Teumer
On average, a village household in Myanmar spends about 20 hours a month collecting fire wood.

Sustainable Development Goals

The global dimension

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by Tetsuro Yoshida
by Noriko Shimizu
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