The elevation of three of the sultan’s sons suggest that key posts are increasingly being concentrated within the direct line of succession. Prince Abdul Mateen’s appointment as Brunei’s foreign ...

A tender is open in Brunei for the development of grid-connected solar installations on the rooftop and carports of five ...

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has named one of his youngest sons as foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle -- ...

In regime studies, Brunei Darussalam is typically cast as an absolute monarchy, in some renditions the most coercive form of rule. But in practice the Sultanate’s politics remains relatively benign.

The government of Brunei in a letter it sent to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on April 7 defended the country's highly controversial penal code with a provision that calls for the death ...

This essay was produced as part of an assignment for the Global Digital Infrastructure Certificate at the University of California, Berkeley. The course is a collaboration between the university, ...

As Hollywood hotshots protest the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel over its ownership by Brunei's sultan -- and his recent full-fledged embrace of Islamic law -- it turns out the Brunei government has ...

Brunei’s Muslim students wait along a road site with national flags in hands to welcome the sultan for his 60th birthday parade in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, July. 15, 2006. Credit: AP Photo/Vincent ...

Responding to the recent UN condemnation of Brunei’s implantation of Shariah law – including stoning gay people to death – the country’s second minister of foreign affairs has responded. In a letter ...