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By Allegra Mendelson • 3 days ago
Also: A new episode of our Anakut podcast, a look behind the curtain of police brutality in Malaysia, and Indonesian president Jokowi’s complicated legacy in Papua
By Andrew Haffner • 7 days ago
As the Globe opens a new chapter, we’ve got the latest episode of the Anakut podcast, a hard-hitting call to abolish Singapore’s death penalty, and an up-close-and-personal history of the East Timor independence movement.
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 10, 2021
Inside the thriving Vietnamese-American communities of Houston, weighing the legacy of Indonesia’s Jokowi and investigating the plight of Thailand’s migrant workers. We’ve also got a hot new episode of Anakut!
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 03, 2021
Also: Checking in with Thailand’s protest movement, looking behind the curtain of Myanmar’s military newspaper, and the economic aspirations of Vietnam’s worker visa crackdown
We dove right back into things on our first week back from the publishing holiday with a look at at Cambodia’s vanishing national parks, the endless land struggle of the indigenous Orang Asli of Malaysia and the bittersweet life of Saiful, a hopeful 10-year-old Rohingya who died last month off the shore of the far flung Bhasan Char island.
By Andrew Haffner • Jun 26, 2021
The Globe team has been slugging away for a long time now without much let up. To take some time to reflect on the direction of our publication, as well as preserve all of our sanity, we’ll be taking a one week break from publishing
By Alastair McCready • Jun 14, 2021
This week, we announce the opening of a new job at Globe and make (another) plug for our ongoing fundraiser. In features, we go to Myanmar to cover the war of informants now facing activists, investigate brutal land grabs in Thailand and imagine the future of tourism in Cambodia.
By Andrew Haffner • Jun 11, 2021
We explore the rich history of the unlikely birthplace of Cambodia’s post-war independent newspapers and dive further into the economic and educational effects of Covid-19
By Andrew Haffner • Jun 05, 2021
Plus, the eccentric missionary behind Thailand’s first-ever newspaper, the high stakes of disrupted schooling in Laos and the Olympic dreams of Vietnam’s young bobsled team
By Andrew Haffner • May 29, 2021
This week we also covered the trust issues complicating Myanmar’s proposed civilian-led federal army and May’s dark history in Thailand
By Andrew Haffner • May 22, 2021
Plus: Inside Myanmar’s art protests, the feminist view of Vietnam’s new pro-family directives, the perils of negotiating with the Tatmadaw and a very intimate view of modern Cambodian history
By Andrew Haffner • May 15, 2021
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 Southeast Asia Globe team • May 12, 2021