Archive: May 2021



STORY OF THE DAY • May 31, 2021 • 9 min read

Covid-19 In Cambodia, Siem Reap airport feels the full force of tourism downturn

By Kiana Duncan • May 31, 2021
As flights to Siem Reap airport dropped to an unprecedented zero last month, workers at the once-bustling entry point are facing reduced pay and layoffs. Like their tourism counterparts across the struggling city, many make ends meet with loans and ad hoc work

STORY OF THE DAY • May 31, 2021 • 2 min read

Myanmar coup No news on US journalist detained in Myanmar one week on: Frontier

By Agence France-Presse • May 31, 2021
Frontier Myanmar, the employers of American journalist Danny Fenster, detained by Myanmar authorities last week, said on May 31 they were yet to receive any information on his whereabouts or wellbeing, a week after he was arrested

STORY OF THE DAY • May 31, 2021 • 9 min read

Cambodian Eats What we learned from nature: a reflection of Cambodian Eats!

By Nasa Dip, Som Dara and Ro Kimlong • May 31, 2021
Cambodian food alone has a lot of stories. Let’s hear what these three young journalists have to say about their traineeship in Cambodian Eats! to report on the connection between Cambodia’s natural resources and the environment, highlighting their relationship to local cultures and cuisines

May 28, 2021 • 11 min read
Myanmar coup

Cracks are showing in the Myanmar military, but is it enough?

As soldiers defect, and rumours swirl of disgruntlement among generals past and present over the economic and political fallout of the coup, chinks seem to be appearing in the Myanmar military’s armour. But is it enough to topple this seemingly immovable institution?
By Allegra Mendelson and Kyaw Hsan Hlaing • May 28, 2021

May 27, 2021 • 10 min read
Sport

Meet Vietnam’s bobsledders, the country’s most unlikely sports team

Nguyễn Dân An has in recent years led a disparate collection of Vietnamese athletes for the country’s first bobsled team. Winning their first medals this year, the team has its sights set on the unlikely goal of becoming Vietnam's first representatives at the Winter Olympics
By Govi Snell • May 27, 2021

May 27, 2021 • 14 min read
Conservation

‘Drastic forest development’: Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees – but how?

After a string of deadly typhoons in late 2020, Vietnam’s prime minister called for the country to plant 1 billion trees nationwide by 2025 to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding. But so far, the government has not released specifics on what species will be planted, where, by whom, or the cost
By Michael Tatarski • May 27, 2021

May 26, 2021 • 11 min read
History

The profound legacy of Thailand’s first newspaper, The Bangkok Recorder

Thailand's first newspaper The Bangkok Recorder – a little-read and short-lived publication founded by an American Christian missionary in the mid-19th century – is barely remembered today, but it left a profound mark on Thai society
By Wanpen Pajai • May 26, 2021

May 25, 2021 • 3 min read
Myanmar coup

US journalist detained in Myanmar while trying to leave

Danny Fenster, an American editor at Frontier Myanmar, was detained by authorities in Yangon on Monday May 24 as he attempted to board a flight out of the country.
By Agence France-Presse • May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021 • 12 min read
Myanmar coup

‘The presumption is we have Covid running rampant’

Myanmar’s February 1 coup not only overturned a fragile political order, it also risked worsening a precarious public health situation in a country battling to contain Covid-19. Today, the situation remains desperately unclear for health professionals in and out the country
By Andrew Haffner • May 25, 2021