Southeast Asia, By the Week

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 22, 2021 • 4 min read

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

By Chia Chi Hsu • Mar 22, 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

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 13, 2021 • 4 min read

Editorial Bunkering down for Cambodia’s worst Covid-19 outbreak

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 13, 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

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 06, 2021 • 3 min read

Editorial The redemption of Cambodia’s child sex tourism town

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 06, 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

Editorial • Feb 27, 2021 • 3 min read
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Leaked documents in Myanmar and a free-press battle in Malaysia

This week we’ve dug into a trove of information that has gone largely unregistered in the mainstream press, as hundreds of gigabytes of information, leaked from government websites in Myanmar, detail the length and breadth of the military’s influence in the country’s economy. We also look at the fight for press freedom in Malaysia, speaking with embattled outlet Malaysiakini about their recent 500,000 ringgit fine for five user comments on their website
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 27, 2021

Editorial • Feb 13, 2021 • 4 min read
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Taking to the streets

Our eyes have remained mostly pinned on events unfolding in the streets of Myanmar’s cities, as youth-led activists protest the coup. On this topic we have not one, not two, but three in-depth features. First up is Wanpen Pajai in Bangkok, herself part of Thailand’s own pro-democracy movement, as she sees how Myanmar is slotting in to the Milk Tea Alliance. We also have features from Kiana Duncan and Allegra Mendelson, the former looking at how we can hit the pockets of Myanmar’s military without hurting citizens, while the latter looking at where the Rohingya stand in all this. Enjoy!
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 13, 2021

Editorial • Feb 06, 2021 • 2 min read
Editorial

All eyes on Myanmar’s military coup

This week normal service is interrupted as we scramble to cover events unfolding in Myanmar, with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrested in the early hours of February 1 by military officials. We’re aiming to provide up-to-date, on-the-ground coverage through our partner journalists in the country. Stay tuned!
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 06, 2021

Editorial • Jan 30, 2021 • 3 min read
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A historical perspective

This week we have three history-focused pieces, providing a peak into bygone eras and trends (some good, some not so good) from across the region. First, we take a birds-eye view of 1950s Indochina, as friend of the Globe Fabrice Moussus offers up photos taken from the plane of his father, a French airforce pilot. The Globe's Govi Snell also delves into the disappearing world of Vietnam's rich tradition of typography, while investigative reporter Klas Lundstrom looks at how decades of war and occupation in Timor-Leste can still be seen in the bodies and minds of the country's youth today
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 30, 2021

Editorial • Jan 22, 2021 • 3 min read
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Conservation vs tradition

This week the Globe’s Wanpen Pajai covers an unusual clash between environmental conservation and indigenous rights in Thailand, as in the Kaeng Krachan National Park indigenous Karen are increasingly restricted within their ancestral home as authorities strive for UNESCO heritage status. Ashley Lampard in Hanoi also marks an important date, as he speaks with the folks at Agent Orange community programme Friendship Village on the anniversary of the chemical first being dropped in Vietnam
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 22, 2021

Editorial • Jan 16, 2021 • 3 min read
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A week for the foodies

This week our eyes are bigger than our bellies over here at the Globe, as we’re got not one, not two, but three food-based stories. First, our reporter in Bangkok Wanpen Pajai dared to utter the unthinkable and extoll the virtues of the much-maligned food seasoning MSG. Next, our intern writer in Kuala Lumpur Huei Ting Cheong ran us through the unfolding blend of old and new one of the Malaysian capital’s culinary heritage areas, Chinatown. And finally, senior reporter Andrew Haffner delved into the growing world of bug-based products – asking, are they truly the future of food? Bon appetit!
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 16, 2021

Editorial • Jan 09, 2021 • 3 min read
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Banana Island and the toppling of the Khmer Rouge

The Globe’s Ashley Lampard hit the dirt trails of downtown Hanoi, venturing over to Banana Island – among the last green holdouts in the Vietnamese capital. While famous for its nudist colony and banana plantations, Ashley met with the community whose livelihoods are under threat from looming development. Lead editor Alastair McCready also marks an important date in Cambodian history, the Vietnamese invasion of Phnom Penh on January 7, 1979, toppling the Khmer Rouge. While enmity towards Vietnam has thrived since that day, observers believe feelings may be warming
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 09, 2021

Editorial • Jan 06, 2021 • 1 min read
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