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Radicalisation

Shunted off Facebook, Indonesia’s Islamists turn to Instagram

With more than 130 million users in Indonesia alone, Facebook has long been the platform of choice for Islamists in the archipelago. But with Facebook tightening its controls over extremist content, many are turning to Instagram to promote the cause

Ainur Rohmah

6 min read

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THIS WEEK IN SOUTHEAST ASIA / October 19, 2020

MH653 and dairy in Cambodia

This week we’ve rolled back the clocks to shed new light on an unsolved mystery: the hijacking of Malaysia Airlines flight 653. Who did it and why remains a mystery to this day, and the cryptic, twisting and outright bizarre transcript from the cockpit that fateful December night in 1977 offers little in the way of answers. The Globe’s Andrew Haffner also visited Cambodia’s newest and most high-tech dairy farm to learn what it could mean for the future of agriculture in the Kingdom.

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Friends of Globe

While the countries of Southeast Asia have made great strides in school enrollment and retention rates, disparities in school access and quality are still holding back students in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. The hardest-hit are those already marginalised — whether by poverty or geography, ethnic bias or inadequate resources, the challenges facing these youths are hurting their ability to learn.

Analysis

Not just young brides: Education and women’s empowerment in Laos

Christine Redmond • 9 min read • August 31, 2020

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As part of Future Forum’s Cambodia 2040 project, many of the Kingdom’s brightest young minds have come together to lay out their vision for building a nation where everyone is free to learn, grow, work and live to their full potential. From the classrooms our children learn in, to the farms their food is grown on, and the regional politics shaping their futures.

Cambodia looking forward

Into the future

Paul Millar • 6 min read • December 4, 2019

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Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders Program was established in 2004 to build cross-cultural experiences for young scholars and foreign policy professionals to improve policy analysis skills early in their careers. The program affords Young Leaders an unparalleled opportunity to network, observe the foreign-policy making process and voice their generation’s viewpoints within elite circles of policy specialists. Read their perspectives here.

As the great powers vie for influence, how can ASEAN stay united?

Thi Mong Tuyen Tran and Jun Jie Lee • 9 min read • June 17, 2020

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No child deserves to grow up knowing only fear and want. In partnership with Friends International, Southeast Asia Globe has produced a series investigating the changing face of child protection in Cambodia.

Youth unemployment

Working things out

Samantha McCabe • 8 min read • November 27, 2019

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Caring for Cambodia, in collaboration with the Southeast Asia Globe, explore the issues still present in the country’s education sphere. But also, importantly, shine a light on the immense steps made and the work being done to bring education and hope to generations of Cambodians to come.

Female-led councils and equity classes as Siem Reap schools target gender gap

Alexi Demetriadi • 11 min read • September 25, 2020

Power

Thai democracy

Live streams and citizen journalism defy Thailand’s media crackdown

Wanpen Pajai and Tara Abhasakun • 8 min read • October 23, 2020

Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index, released on 23 January 2020, has placed Cambodia at 162nd on a worldwide list, a slight decline from last year’s ranking of 161st

Thai democracy

‘Keep on fighting’: Detained Thai lawyer keeps up rallying cries

Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith/AFP • 4 min read • October 16, 2020

Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index, released on 23 January 2020, has placed Cambodia at 162nd on a worldwide list, a slight decline from last year’s ranking of 161st