Archive: Apr 2020



STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2020 • 2 min read

Editorial Get in touch

By Alastair McCready • Apr 03, 2020
We want to hear from you! As part of our Tales of the Pandemic series, we are publishing a selection of personal essays from across Southeast Asia, looking at how life has been impacted by Covid-19. If you’d like to submit your own reach out to a.mccready@globemediaasia.com

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2020 • 4 min read
In Partnership with 1

Before the Storm Hits

By World Food Programme • Apr 03, 2020
WFP cash assistance in the Philippines helps communities prepare better and recover quicker

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2020 • 6 min read

Covid-19 Running down the clock

By Andrew Haffner • Apr 03, 2020
If March felt like the longest month of your life, you’re not alone. Duke University's Professor Adrian Bejan explains how our perceptions of time are warped when we are overloaded with new information, like during a global pandemic

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 02, 2020 • 4 min read

Covid-19 Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?

By Chia Chi Hsu • Apr 02, 2020
It's a debate that has raged ever since Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic – are face masks effective in preventing transmission or do they create more health risks than they solve?

Apr 02, 2020 • 13 min read
COVID-19

On the tail of a virus

In Phnom Penh, US researchers have teamed up with the Pasteur Institute to conduct vital work tracking the spread and mutation of Covid-19. Their research has placed Cambodia at the heart of Southeast Asia's efforts to stem the spread of the disease and find a cure
By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Apr 02, 2020

Apr 01, 2020 • 4 min read
Refugees and the displaced

Jan Egeland: Humanitarian work must adapt to dangers of Covid-19

Jan Egeland has been Secretary General of humanitarian group the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013, overseeing projects in more than 30 countries globally. He spoke with the Globe this week about how Covid-19 has, overnight, dramatically changed the way the industry works with refugees and the displaced
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 01, 2020

Apr 01, 2020 • 9 min read
Gender in Singapore

Breaking up the boys’ club

Finance has long been a boys' club, with Singapore no different. Today, FinTech offers more women a way in, but there remains a lack of diversity at its highest levels. Here, two of Singapore's most successful female financial figures offer their reflections on the sector
By Amanda Oon • Apr 01, 2020