- The story of the week is Yingluck's impeachment, on which more to follow soon on The Interpreter. The Economist wrote about Thailand’s Groundhog Day, Thitinan Pongsudhirak wrote on the impeachment sideshow, here's footage of National Legislative Assembly members rejoicing, and the BBC's Jonathan Head noted the Junta is floundering. But Cobra Gold is still on.
- CSIS's Murray Hiebert and Nigel Cory looked at the ongoing political power struggle in Malaysia between Prime Minister Najib and former PM Mahathir and what it means for foreign policy.
- Indonesia is setting up a national cyber agency that will report directly to Jokowi. The Diplomat explains why.
- Myanmar will get its first Roman Catholic cardinal, Charles Maung Bo. Meanwhile, the country's controversial Buddhist monk said he's 'delightfully proud' for having defended Buddhism when he called UN special rapporteur a 'whore'.
- Gregory Poling explained why Manila shouldn’t hope to win it all in the UNCLOS arbitration case against China's South China Sea maritime claims. (A useful primer on the Philippines-China arbitration here.)
- Phnom Penh’s military police will be trained in taekwondo next month. But while the idea of non-lethal force is good, the messaging from the police spokesperson could do with a little work. According to the spokesperson, the training is intended 'to strengthen the capacity of the military police forces in cracking down...'
- The peace agreement in the Philippines was tested this week with heavy fighting between police and Muslim rebels in the south; more than 30 people were killed.
- Thousands of carp are being removed from an abandoned shopping mall in Bangkok (h/t Sam).
- AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes said this week what many have been thinking since MH370:
We should have one ASEAN regulator for air traffic, one ASEAN safety standard, one pilot training qualification, so there will be mobility of workforce.