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Merdeka place

Named in 2 reports across 2 stories - 5 Aug – 10 Oct
5 Aug 202610 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Merdeka. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Merdeka.

Indonesia and Singapore share 2 reportsAnwar Ibrahim and Bangkok share 1 reportAnwar Ibrahim and Indonesia share 1 reportAung Hlaing and Bangkok share 1 reportAmerica and Bangkok share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Association Of Southeast Asian Nations share 1 reportAssociation Of Southeast Asian Nations and Indonesia share 1 reportAnwar Ibrahim and Association Of Southeast Asian Nations share 1 reportBangkok and Singapore share 1 reportAsia Society and Cambodia share 1 reportBangkok and Indonesia share 1 reportAsia Society and Singapore share 1 reportAung Hlaing and Indonesia share 1 reportAmerica and Anwar Ibrahim share 1 reportAnwar Ibrahim and Singapore share 1 reportAsia Society and Aung Hlaing share 1 reportAnwar Ibrahim and Cambodia share 1 reportCambodia and Singapore share 1 reportAssociation Of Southeast Asian Nations and Aung Hlaing share 1 reportAsia Society and Indonesia share 1 reportAmerica and Aung Hlaing share 1 reportAssociation Of Southeast Asian Nations and Singapore share 1 reportAssociation Of Southeast Asian Nations and Bangkok share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Anwar Ibrahim share 1 reportAnwar Ibrahim and Asia Society share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Asia Society share 1 reportAmerica and Singapore share 1 reportAsia Society and Association Of Southeast Asian Nations share 1 reportBangkok and Cambodia share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Bangkok share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Indonesia share 1 reportAnwar Ibrahim and Aung Hlaing share 1 reportAmerica and Asia Society share 1 reportAmerica and Association Of Southeast Asian Nations share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia share 1 reportAmerica and Indonesia share 1 reportAmerica and Cambodia share 1 reportAung Hlaing and Singapore share 1 reportAnutin Charnvirakul and Aung Hlaing share 1 reportAmerica and Anutin Charnvirakul share 1 reportMerdekaIndonesiaIndonesia - 2 shared reports (place)SingaporeSingapore - 2 shared reports (place)AmericaAmerica - 1 shared report (place)Anutin Char…Anutin Charnvirakul - 1 shared report (person)Anwar Ibrah…Anwar Ibrahim - 1 shared report (person)Asia SocietyAsia Society - 1 shared report (organization)Association…Association Of Southeast Asian Nations - 1 shared report (organization)Aung HlaingAung Hlaing - 1 shared report (person)BangkokBangkok - 1 shared report (place)CambodiaCambodia - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Indonesia races to contain fires as haze spreads

57 outlets1 report names Merdeka11 Aug – 28 Oct

El Niño Bakes Southeast Asia

11 outlets1 report names Merdeka5 Aug – 25 Oct

Who keeps naming them

foreignpolicy.com1asiaone.com1

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