south east asia

The East-West switch is a very common trope in the alternate history genre. Oftentimes people who dabble in this scenario switch the fates of Han Dynasty China and the Roman Empire. Having a fractured China take place of Europe while Having an united but Stagnant Roman Empire take place of...

Can India fall under a capitalist dicatator like Park Chung Hee in south korea after discontent about failure to conquer Kashmir and unify India ? is it possible modernize India in the East Asian economic model by maintaining artificially low wages and high inflation to avoid middle income trap...

In OTL, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent Japanese Armies to invaded Joseon Korea, to conquer Ming China in hopes of honoring his late Lord Oda Nobunaga's dream, and to cement the Toyotomi Clan's security (Or to get rid of a bunch of samurai, by having them invade Korea). The Imjin War was a disaster...

what will happen if Magsaysay never became president of the Philippines and instead Quirino stayed at president. I had been doing some research about Quirino's presidency and most of his policies are actually good and pro Filipino, believing that the Philippines if recovered wont need the US for...

Srivijaya was one of the major empires in South East Asia centered in Palembang, Sumatra. In its height, it was the center of Buddhism, particularly Mahayana, and developed Vajrayana before it spread to Tibet. It held great influence in Maritime South East Asia up to reaching the Philippine...

Tsetse flies are often blamed (perhaps justifiably) for hurting efforts to build large empires and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Now of course cities and empires were built but it is poignant that the greatest empires such as Mali and Ethiopia were built in areas without tsetse flies. So somehow...

It's just as the title says above, what'll be the best case scenario for the Philippines, rather than ended up as the Third-world backwater in OTL?

The idea of a unified Malaysia/Indonesia originated in the colonial era, with the idea being proposed with the intent of unifying the "Malay" race, constituted of the Dutch East Indies and British Malaysia. Popular among educated pribumi, it was given credit via reference to the historical...

What if Singapore encompassed more than Singapore Island itself and a few outlying islands, but also included the following islands in this order; Batam, Bintan, Bulan, Rempang, Galang and Sugi. This thread has two if not more possible directions; What would Singapore be like today if all or...

The 17th century in Vietnam was a very chaotic period for the country as the brutal civil war between the Trinh family and the Nguyen family ravage the land and it’s people. The Trinh and the Nguyen families were descended from close friends and aides to Emperor Le Loi who drove off the...

Kuching, Brooke Sarawak. 1848 Pak Khalid made another row on the sampan. It was always been thus for the Malay fisherman and trader, rowing his old wooden sampan to and fro across the rivers and swamps, netting fish and critters from the murky waters and selling them fresh at the market. Every...