Asia-Pacific Justice Watch

• Japan's updated FOIP strategy emphasizes building autonomy and resilience through AI infrastructure, critical minerals, and expanded security...

UNODC describes Southeast Asia's scam industry as an interconnected criminal ecosystem operating like corporate franchising with shared services for...

Turk's standard diplomatic efforts with Beijing have produced no results, enabling further human rights deteriorations.

In his second term, he...

A deadly attack by suspected BRN rebels in Narathiwat on July 22 has prompted Thailand's government to freeze planned negotiations, marking the...

Myanmar's junta has passed legislation imposing the death penalty for scam operators whose abuse causes victim deaths, positioning it as the first...

Indonesia seeks middle-power status as a bridge builder between Global North and South, yet lacks resources to mediate conflicts like the...

Oman has presented Iran with a Gulf-backed plan for voluntary Strait of Hormuz fees to end trade disruptions from the U.S.-Israeli conflict. This...

• US optimism vs Iranian caution: Trump claims "good talks" via intermediaries while Tehran denies direct negotiations and insists mediators only...

Queensland's ban on pro-Palestine phrases faces a High Court challenge after seven diverse plaintiffs filed a writ arguing the laws impermissibly...

Japan and the Philippines' May 2026 agreement to delimit overlapping EEZs marks a lawful bilateral step under UNCLOS to secure sea lanes and build...

Cambodia pressed ASEAN members to move beyond declarations, insisting the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation requires real political will for conflict...

No significant updates today.

No significant updates today.

South China Sea Escalations

• 🔥 Clash at Second Thomas Shoal: China Coast Guard personnel injured a Philippine service member during a July 20...

• Recent clashes at Second Thomas Shoal injured a Philippine service member, with both sides releasing footage and summoning ambassadors amid the 2016...

The EUAA report details ongoing human rights concerns in Pakistan, including abductions and forced conversions of minority girls.

• Kashmir...

The deaths of two young Australian women from methanol poisoning in Laos have exposed the country's limited diplomatic muscle, as even high-level...

• UN General Assembly approved a four-year extension for rights chief Volker Turk despite US demands for postponement
• Washington warned the vote...

ASEAN foreign ministers jointly urged restoration of safe, unimpeded transit through the Strait of Hormuz under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of...

The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation remains ASEAN's core peace framework after 50 years, now expanded to 62 parties with the accession of Sweden,...