Pollution

As Singapore’s shores become garbage magnet, group leads the clean-up

Surrounded by the world's worst plastic polluters, the shores of ultra-clean Singapore have become a magnet for waste. With their team of beachcombers, Seven Clean Seas are tackling the issue, while also looking for region-wide solutions to the issue of polluted oceans
By Toh Ee Ming • Dec 22, 2020

Natural resources

Cambodia’s giant life-giving Tonle Sap lake in peril

More than a million people live on or around Tonle Sap lake, the world's largest inland fishery, but as a result of climate change and dams upstream on the Mekong, water levels are falling and fish stocks are dwindling
By Suy Se/AFP • Dec 21, 2020

Analysis

What will India’s withdrawal from the RCEP mean for Southeast Asia?

Marred by domestic concerns and tension with China, in 2019 India declared that it was withdrawing from the RCEP. Regarded as a crucial counterbalance to Beijing in Southeast Asia, how will this decision impact power dynamics in the region for years to come?
By Jennifer Chance • Dec 21, 2020

Editorial

Thailand’s fight for democracy

A new week, and Professor Mark S. Cogan joins us again for his bi-monthly piece of analysis breaking down the ins and outs of Thai contemporary politics – this week it’s corruption in the kingdom. Globe reporter in Bangkok Wanpen Pajai also turns her hand to the country’s upcoming regional elections, the first chance for Thais to head to the polls since the pro-democracy movement exploded earlier this year. The results will offer a powerful gauge of the kingdom’s mood
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 19, 2020

Official Launch of La Boutique of Excellence by Sofitel

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra officially launched a new online platform for La Boutique of Excellence with surprising flash sale for customers as Christmas Gifts
By Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra • Dec 18, 2020

Human rights

Myanmar gang rape victim wins legal battle with military

After a brutal gang rape by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against the powerful Myanmar military in a months-long battle for justice – a self-admitted "courageous" act that paid off as a military court has ruled in her favour in a rare admission of guilt
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 18, 2020

Opinion

Putting migrant workers at the heart of Covid-19 recovery

To mark International Migrants Day, Kristin Parco, Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration in Cambodia, and Graeme Buckley of the International Labour Organization highlight the vital role migrant workers play in Cambodia and worldwide
By Kristin Parco and Graeme Buckley • Dec 18, 2020

Thai democracy

In Thailand, provincial elections set to bring back local democracy

This weekend will see Thais go to the polls at provincial elections for the first time since in at least six years. A time of enormous political tension in the kingdom, many are viewing the vote as a bellwether for the health of Thailand's democracy
By Wanpen Pajai • Dec 18, 2020