Archive: Jul 2019



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 19, 2019 • 9 min read

Analysis Destiny’s child

By Hunter Marston • Jul 19, 2019
Three decades after Aung San Suu Kyi was first sentenced to house arrest for her fight for democracy in Myanmar, the Nobel laureate is now arguably the main obstacle to the country putting its past behind it

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 18, 2019 • 10 min read

Poverty Living on the edge

By Lorcan Lovett • Jul 18, 2019
Scraping through the refuse of Yangon’s slums for scraps to sell, children and adults alike find themselves caught between economic crisis in the countryside and a rapidly developing city that threatens to swallow their makeshift homes

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 17, 2019 • 16 min read

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Crime and punishment

By Craig Guthrie • Jul 17, 2019
From our print archive: Establishing the incredible against those who wish to defend the indefensible will be the grim task of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 16, 2019 • 15 min read

Piracy A pirate’s paradise

By Robin Spiess • Jul 16, 2019
In part two of our deep dive into modern-day piracy, we investigate why the region's governments seem willing to turn a blind eye to the pirates plundering their seas

Jul 15, 2019 • 14 min read
Piracy

Black spots

High-seas hijackings are often seen as a thing of the past. But experts say that Southeast Asia's modern-day pirates have just become better at hiding their crimes
By Robin Spiess • Jul 15, 2019

Jul 15, 2019 • 3 min read
Editorial

Under the surface.

This week we’re looking at Southeast Asia’s hidden pirate problem, the bumpy start of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, how Aung San Suu Kyi took her country backwards and more.
By Paul Millar • Jul 15, 2019

Jul 12, 2019 • 8 min read
Cambodian music

Music of the spirits

For millennia, Cambodia's pleng arak musicians have summoned up the Kingdom's countless spirits through their songs. But with more and more Cambodians turning to doctors instead of deities, will the country's sacred spirit musicians fall silent?
By Emily Howe • Jul 12, 2019

Jul 11, 2019 • 6 min read
Overpopulation

The shrinking world

The world's population explosion has so far been considered one of humanity's greatest threats. But humankind might be shrinking faster than expected
By Hilmar Schmundt • Jul 11, 2019

Jul 10, 2019 • 11 min read
Malaysia

Mahathir’s birthday wish

Malaysia's seemingly ageless prime minister celebrates another birthday today. But will the man slammed by his detractors as the nation’s once and future dictator keep his promise to hand over the nation to former adversary Anwar Ibrahim?
By Simon Roughneen • Jul 10, 2019

Jul 09, 2019 • 8 min read
Khmer Rouge

The revolution will be televised

From our print archive: Movie producer and real estate mogul Oum Prum looks back at his past life as a filmmaker for the Khmer Rouge regime
By Marc Eberle • Jul 09, 2019

Jul 08, 2019 • 2 min read
Editorial

Time marches on.

This week we’re looking at the dangers facing Thai dissidents in exile, Cambodia’s dying spirit music tradition, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s succession plans and more.
By Paul Millar • Jul 08, 2019