By Ron Lopez and Cecil Morella/AFP • Aug 31, 2020
The closure of 53 regional ABS-CBN television and radio stations that broadcast in six languages will deprive millions of Filipinos of their main source of local news and entertainment

By Christine Redmond • Aug 31, 2020
Laos has the highest rate of young brides in Southeast Asia – but education is the pathway to female empowerment says Christine Redmond, as she offers lessons and insights from Aide et Action's women’s entrepreneurship project in the country

By Andrew Haffner • Aug 31, 2020
This week, as protests continue unabated in Thailand, the Globe provides a platform for the the kingdom's student activists. First we serve up a piece of analysis by the Globe's eyes and ears in Bangkok Wanpen Pajai, before hearing from Mahidol student activist Francis Bunkueanun Paothong about his organisation's perspective on the movement. We also speak with former armed revolutionary Aung Myo Min on the 20th anniversary of Equality Myanmar, as he tells us about the state of affairs for the country's LGBTQ community.

By Elizabeth Gooch, Katharina Grimm and Christopher Hayes • Aug 28, 2020
Analysing 175,000 news articles by Southeast Asian media outlets, researchers from the Naval Postgraduate School in the US observed a trend – perceptions of Chinese in-country activities are less positive in countries with greater Japanese investment