Archive: Mar 2021



STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 23, 2021 • 5 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar military brass hit with new US, EU sanctions over coup

By Agence France-Presse • Mar 23, 2021
The EU and US added new sanctions on top police and military commanders within Myanmar's armed forces on March 22 for their role in the February 1 coup. Meanwhile, pro-democracy demonstrators went back to the streets in defiance of a violent crackdown on protest.

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 23, 2021 • 14 min read

Myanmar coup Without military-CRPH cooperation, is ASEAN intervention next?

By Allegra Mendelson • Mar 23, 2021
With the chasm between the Myanmar military and the opposing CRPH looking unbridgeable, the committee representing the toppled parliament is looking to ASEAN for support. But a bloc built on non-intervention, if they don't succeed, is open conflict next?

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 22, 2021 • 10 min read

Ethnic minorities Vietnam’s Hmong women finding empowerment through hemp

By Ashley Lampard • Mar 22, 2021
With rights abuses and environmental degradation rife in the fast-fashion industry, recent years have seen Vietnam's traditional crafts enjoy a resurgence in demand, empowering women from minority cultures to become stakeholders in their communities

Mar 22, 2021 • 4 min read
Editorial

Letter from the editor: How hitting our lowest ebb saved the Globe

This time last year, as I sat in a vacated newsroom, the Globe had truly hit rock bottom. In all kinds of trouble, we called on our readers for support, rolling out our membership programme. Today, we’re entering the most exciting period in the Globe’s 14-year history
By Chia Chi Hsu • Mar 22, 2021

Mar 22, 2021 • 4 min read
Press freedom

BBC journalist freed in Myanmar as anti-coup protests roll on

BBC journalist Aung Thura, held by authorities since his arrest last week, has been freed, the broadcaster said on March 22, as demonstrators took to the streets for fresh anti-coup protests against the military
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 22, 2021

Mar 21, 2021 • 6 min read
Animal welfare

Hot dogs: Southeast Asia’s fraught fashion for huskies

Siberian Huskies were bred for sub-zero temperatures, but today an increasing number are found sweltering in tropical heat across Southeast Asia. Veterinarians and animal rights activists highlight the cruelty of keeping the breed, with some even calling for a ban
By Mary Banfield • Mar 21, 2021

Mar 20, 2021 • 3 min read
Editorial

Saving Vietnam’s biodiversity and setting sail with Cambodia’s literary pirates

This week, we spoke with Myanmar anti-coup protestors from the country’s ethnic minority groups, detailed the rough relationship between the Thai press and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha (a former junta boss himself) and got a look at the “world’s saddest zoo”
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 20, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

Crackdown triggers exodus from Myanmar’s biggest city

Roads out of Myanmar's biggest city were congested on Friday March 19, with people fleeing the junta's deadly crackdowns. Meanwhile, authorities in neighbouring Thailand have said they are preparing for an influx of refugees.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021 • 4 min read
Animal welfare

[Photos] Inside Pata, the ‘World’s Saddest Zoo’ in Bangkok

Home to a tragic menagerie of primates, tropical birds and reptiles, the infamous Pata Zoo sits atop an ageing mall in Bangkok. Its enclosures are stark and dirty, its long-term residents depressed and listless – yet this condemned zoo continues on
By Mailee Osten-Tan • Mar 19, 2021

Mar 18, 2021 • 10 min read
Publishing

Once a necessity, book piracy today holds Cambodian literature back

Book piracy was an essential act in the post-Khmer Rouge years, providing affordable literature to the masses. But today, lost revenue as a result of illegal counterfeiting is holding Cambodia back from developing a flourishing publishing scene of its own
By Kiana Duncan • Mar 18, 2021

Mar 18, 2021 • 4 min read
Religion

Cover up: Indonesian women pressed to wear Islamic headscarves

Schoolgirls, female teachers and other civil servants across Indonesia are often forced or pressured to wear Islamic head coverings, sometimes including Christians and other non-Muslim minorities, said a report published on March 18 by Human Rights Watch
By Agnes Anya/AFP • Mar 18, 2021