In an article for Fulcrum, Paul Chambers discusses the reshuffling of 249 generals and colonels in the Royal Thai Police. Although the annual reshuffle is meant to be clean and professional, it has done little to eradicate malfeasance and partisanship in the force.

In an article for Mekong Independent, Gerald Flynn brings attention to the Karen Indigenous community in Northern Thailand, and the problems of air pollution they face as a result of maize cultivation.

In an article for Al Jazeera, Erin Hale gives an overview of the upgraded ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement, which will broaden collaboration on infrastructure, digital and green transitions, trade facilitation, and people to people exchanges, as trade between both parties grow under Trump's trade wars.

In an article for New Mandala, Amelie Katczynski reflects on Laos' internal public health developments, which pursues a vision of socialist health care that emerged during the Lao revolution. Yet, as challenges persist, Lao nursing students train to be vanguards of health development, training beyond nursing skills, playing the role of developing citizens and citizen-developers.

In an article for the Fulcrum, Burhanuddin Muhtadi discusses challenges faced by Prabowo's administration, despite recovering  public approval, as the administration must tackle public demands for deeper structural reforms.

In an article for UC Berkeley News, Lila Thulin discusses Long Le-Khac's 1,900-entry long database of Asian American literary canon. By gathering publications featuring the keyword “Asian American” or taking media from journals dedicated to Asian American studies, Le-Khac frames it as a chance for academics to audit what's considered the Asian American canon and see who might be missing or underrepresented.