Southeast Asia Globe is member-supported publication featuring in-depth journalism that promotes a more informed, inclusive and sustainable future. Members work with our team to shape our editorial direction and hold us accountable.
Be a part of the story. Subscribe today!
By Southeast Asia Globe team • 3 days ago
The Globe has been among the region’s most consistent news sources for 14 years. But as the pandemic bites, our future is uncertain as we face our hardest period to date
By Andrew Haffner • 6 days ago
Covid-19’s more infectious variant is ripping through the Mekong countries, women fight domestic violence in Thailand’s Muslim communities and the Globe catches up with noted wartime reporter Elizabeth Becker
By Andrew Haffner • May 01, 2021
Plus the underground press of Myanmar, the struggle for meaningful hacktivism, the modernist hold on Vietnamese architecture and marking the 46th anniversary of the fall of Saigon with a wartime reporter who saw it happen
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 24, 2021
Plus, we test the waters of a possible Myanmar federal army, explore the legacy of one of Vietnam’s female military icons and see what the Fourth Industrial Revolution actually means for Cambodia. In Thailand, we also explore the languishing world of academic freedom and learn of one man’s quest to end garbage for good with a bold new startup
This week, against the backdrop of Khmer/Thai/Burmese New Year (and other lunar holidays across the region), the Globe recapped last week’s webinar on our controversial Myanmar trip, celebrated Chinese-Thai identity and explored the quiet halls of Cambodia’s languishing stock exchange. We also revisited the brutal history of the Khmer Rouge -- first through an intimate family narrative prompted by an outrage over doctored photos from S-21 prison, and later on the anniversary of Pol Pot’s death
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 17, 2021
Our trip to Myanmar last week thrust the Globe into a major ethical debate. Catch this roundup of everything related to the controversial media junket in this week's editorial
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 09, 2021
Plus, the fight to save Thai’s independent cinemas, the online angst of the Burmese diaspora in Singapore and the plight of self-censorship when covering #WhatsHappeningInThailand
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 03, 2021
This week we tackled perhaps the region’s biggest issue right now, the prospects for peace in Myanmar. We also covered hot huskies and child protestors in Bangkok, while we have a very exciting project on the go that we can’t quite announce yet
By Alastair McCready • Mar 27, 2021
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 Alastair McCready • Mar 22, 2021
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
Plus, going deep on Myanmar’s new, would-be civilian government, investigating the push to legalise Thailand’s underground gambling industry and ringing in International Women’s Day
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 13, 2021
This week, in a first ever for the Globe, we produced a story decided by you, our readers. We put several ideas to our paying members back in January, and you decided that you’d like to know more about Cambodia’s former child sex tourism village, Svay Pak. Andrew and Allegra spent the past month visiting Svay Pak, learning how it’s been transformed from a den of abject suffering to a tight-knit community today
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 06, 2021