By Govi Snell • Aug 16, 2021
Despite liberal laws and among the highest abortion rates in the world, stigma towards the practice is pervasive in Vietnam. Representing a hard-line faction of anti-abortion sentiment, groups across the country collect fetal remains from clinics for burial

By Kiana Duncan & Allegra Menedelson • Aug 16, 2021
Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) is working to integrate stronger data analytics mechanisms into the country’s financial sector. They believe that streamlining customer and industry data is key to mitigating risk across lending practices

By Jack Brook • Aug 14, 2021
This week, the Anakut podcast discusses the implications of Cambodia’s increasingly coal-oriented energy policy, while two of our reporters call attention to the dire situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. We’ve also got updates on ASEAN’s new special envoy to Myanmar, a look back at the ethnic riots in Singapore in the 60s and finally a report on the protests and activists pushing for American sanctions against the Tatmadaw

By Dessy Sagita and Haeril Halim/AFP • Aug 13, 2021
The Southeast Asian nation has been hit by its worst Covid-19 surge yet as the ultra-infectious Delta variant sent deaths skyrocketing and left a trail of devastated parents in its wake