By Ron Lopez/AFP • Dec 03, 2020
Heavily-tattooed Philippine inmates are using improvised tattooing machines to cover up symbols identifying their gang affiliation in a skin-deep effort to reduce jail violence

By Andrew Haffner • Dec 03, 2020
Much of Cambodia's rapid economic growth in recent decades can be attributed to one substance: sand. Homes are built with it, islands created and wetlands filled. But while it's being extracted en masse from the Kingdom's rivers, environmental considerations in the shadowy industry are hard to come by

By Mark S. Cogan • Dec 02, 2020
In mid-November, Thai police employed heavy-handed tactics as they deployed chemical-laced water cannons, tear gas canisters and the suspected use of rubber bullets – a counterproductive move that Mark S. Cogan argues will only lead to an escalation of violence

By Agence France-Presse • Dec 02, 2020
A spike in Covid-19 cases has brought tighter restrictions in Hong Kong, with a planned travel bubble between the city and Singapore postponed indefinitely in a new blow to their hard-hit tourism and aviation industries