History of Southeast Asia

A history of the lands between India, China and Australia.

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Episode 102: Western New Guinea, Forgotten War, Unwanted People

Posted December 1, 2020

This episode goes all the way to the eastern extremity of Southeast Asia -- western New Guinea. Geographically speaking, it's really part of the South...

Episode 101: Burma, A Ne Win Situation

Posted November 16, 2020

With this episode, the second hundred episodes of the podcast will begin! Today we look at Burma from the 1950s to 1988, going up to the point just before...

Episode 100: The Philippines, A Dictatorship Made For Two

Posted November 1, 2020

Turn your clock back an hour (if you are in a place that does that), and tune in to the podcast! After four years and four months, here is the podcast's...

Episode 99: Thailand Experiments With Revolution

Posted October 17, 2020

This episode looks at Thailand from 1957 to 1976. Here attempts are made to replace the military dictatorship with a true Western-style democracy, but...

Episode 98: Malaysia and Singapore Get Organized

Posted October 3, 2020

For this episode, the narrative goes to Malaya, which was last covered in Episode 69, and to Singapore and the British-ruled areas on the north side...