By Andrew Haffner • Jan 30, 2021
This week we have three history-focused pieces, providing a peak into bygone eras and trends (some good, some not so good) from across the region. First, we take a birds-eye view of 1950s Indochina, as friend of the Globe Fabrice Moussus offers up photos taken from the plane of his father, a French airforce pilot. The Globe's Govi Snell also delves into the disappearing world of Vietnam's rich tradition of typography, while investigative reporter Klas Lundstrom looks at how decades of war and occupation in Timor-Leste can still be seen in the bodies and minds of the country's youth today

By Mark S. Cogan • Jan 29, 2021
Thailand has seen a surge in lèse majesté cases as the government cracks down on the blossoming pro-democracy movement. But not just a new tactic by current military-affiliated rulers, opposition voices have long been cast as a national security issue in the kingdom

By Agence France-Presse • Jan 29, 2021
Fears are swirling about a possible coup by the military in Myanmar as the country's army chief has raised the prospect of scrapping the constitution over alleged electoral fraud in the November polls

By David Benaim • Jan 29, 2021
Phnom Penh-based data specialist David Benaim has spent recent months trawling through previously scattered information on Covid-19 in Cambodia. A year since the Kingdom reported its first case, his research provides a surprisingly positive public health outlook