Archive: Feb 2020



STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 28, 2020 • 8 min read

Cambodian Refugees Memories of a refugee childhood

By Chhay Lin Lim • Feb 28, 2020
In 1991, sixteen Khmer families from Cambodian refugee camps received asylum in the Netherlands. Chhay Lin Lim's family was among them. Lin Lim was born in the camp in 1986, now he's sharing his early memories of life living as a refugee

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 28, 2020 • 3 min read

Editorial Growing pains

By Julija Veljkovic • Feb 28, 2020
From chatting to the Killing Fields screenwriter, to profiling some of Southeast Asia's bravest environmental activists, here's what we covered this week.

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 28, 2020 • 5 min read

Thailand photography Uncle Chet’s meat supply

By Marcel Mayer • Feb 28, 2020
Amid its rapidly modernising and increasingly sanitised landscape, only small pockets of old Bangkok survive today. Photographer Marcel Mayer shadows Uncle Chet, a pig slaughterer in the city's historic Chinatown for decades, who is one such living relic of a bygone era

Feb 27, 2020 • 11 min read
Indonesian public health

Meeting the mark

Despite being Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia's children are among the most stunted and malnourished in the world. The Globe looks at the causes of this public health crisis in the vast archipelago nation
By Alastair McCready • Feb 27, 2020

Feb 26, 2020 • 13 min read
Environmental activism

Fighting the green fight

Across Southeast Asia, there are environmental activists risking their freedom and facing violence as they fight the green fight. Here we profile four of these unsung individuals campaigning in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines
By Rachna Thim • Feb 26, 2020

Feb 25, 2020 • 15 min read
The Killing Fields

Going off script

In 1985, Cambodian Haing S Ngor became the first Asian to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the iconic The Killing Fields. The Globe sat down with the film's screenplay writer Bruce Robinson on the 24th anniversary of Ngor's murder to hear his reflections on the man and the movie
By Jonnie Bayfield • Feb 25, 2020

Feb 25, 2020 • 13 min read
FDI in Vietnam

Rise of the north

A long-term, export-driven vision has handed Hai Phong the title of Vietnam’s fastest-growing city in terms of GDP since 2015. Deep C is one firm that has contributed to the industrial city's transformation in recent years with their vision of creating a sustainable, environmentally friendly economic hub
By Samantha McCabe • Feb 25, 2020

Feb 24, 2020 • 6 min read
Malaysian architecture

Keeping the past perfect

Top Read of 2013: Amid the screech of rapid development and progress in Malaysia, the battle is on among conservationists to preserve the country's historic architectural charm
By John Grafilo • Feb 24, 2020

Feb 21, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Movers and shakers

Around Southeast Asia, prominent individuals are finding bold ways to rise up and challenge political systems, institutions and even history.
By Julija Veljkovic • Feb 21, 2020

Feb 21, 2020 • 14 min read
Thai democracy

After the Future

Thailand's Future Forward Party face the imminent threat of dissolution on February 21, but a new generation of emboldened grassroots anti-junta activists are ready to lead the charge in their place
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 21, 2020

Feb 20, 2020 • 9 min read
Burmese art

A light in the darkness

Maung spent his childhood in the midst of civil war in eastern Myanmar. Now a migrant in Thailand, he uses art to soothe painful memories and shine a light on the ongoing suffering of his people
By Zachary Frye • Feb 20, 2020