Southeast Asia, By the Week

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 02, 2021 • 3 min read

Editorial The end is nigh

By Andrew Haffner • Jan 02, 2021
It’s here, that moment we’ve all been waiting for in this seemingly endless race to the bottom throughout this calendar year – the end of 2020! We at the Globe warmly welcome this development, and to mark this most auspicious of occasions we end the year with strong coverage from around the region. We kick things off with a new contributor, investigative reporter Klas Lundstrom, who provides us with the latest from Indonesia’s fast-escalating, yet under-reported, conflict in West Papua. We also have the latest from the Globe’s stringer in Singapore, Ashley Tan, who tackles a lesser-seen angle on race and ethnicity in a city-state constructed around it. See you next year!

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 26, 2020 • 2 min read

Editorial Season’s greetings

By Andrew Haffner • Dec 26, 2020
As we enter the penultimate week of a pretty hellish year, over here at the Globe we’re taking some time to wind down and reflect on a not-too-unsuccessful year from a journalism and business perspective. But while things are inevitably a little slower this time of year, we’re still bringing you stories from across Southeast Asia, including a group trying to tackle ultra-clean Singapore’s surprising plastic problem, while Govi Snell in Ho Chi Minh city takes a look at Vietnam's motorcycle helmet issue. Enjoy!

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 19, 2020 • 2 min read

Editorial Thailand’s fight for democracy

By Andrew Haffner • Dec 19, 2020
A new week, and Professor Mark S. Cogan joins us again for his bi-monthly piece of analysis breaking down the ins and outs of Thai contemporary politics – this week it’s corruption in the kingdom. Globe reporter in Bangkok Wanpen Pajai also turns her hand to the country’s upcoming regional elections, the first chance for Thais to head to the polls since the pro-democracy movement exploded earlier this year. The results will offer a powerful gauge of the kingdom’s mood

Editorial • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 05, 2020 • 2 min read

Editorial Cambodia’s murky sand mining industry

By Alastair McCready • Dec 05, 2020
The Globe takes a deep-dive into Cambodia’s murky, multi-million dollar sand mining industry

Editorial • Nov 28, 2020 • 2 min read
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Search for the truth

Almost six months after Thai activist Wanchalerm Satsaksit disappeared off a Phnom Penh street in a seeming daylight abduction, his sister, Sitanun, is in Cambodia searching for the truth
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 28, 2020

Editorial • Nov 21, 2020 • 2 min read
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Identity through art

This week we delve into the world of art and culture, raising the curtain with Mandalay-based socially-conscious performing arts school Inwa, teaching progressive values to rural youth in Myanmar. We then explore themes of identity and belonging with Lao American author Bryan Woah Thao Worra, publishing four selected poems from his recently-released new book, ‘Before We Remember We Dream’
By Alastair McCready • Nov 21, 2020

Editorial • Nov 14, 2020 • 2 min read
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Waiting for Biden

While the US election result remains officially undeclared, the Democrats look to have won the race. Since 2016, the Trump administration's stance towards Southeast Asia has been erratic at best – what could the next four years look like under Biden?
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 14, 2020

Editorial • Nov 07, 2020 • 2 min read
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Will the Thai monarchy survive?

As the monarchy rocks under growing pressure for reform in Thailand, professor Mark S. Cogan puts bold thoughts to page, penning another piece of analysis for us in which he asks a once unthinkable question – will the kingdom’s royal institution survive? We also cover the flooding that has decimated communities across the region, first covering the Cambodians living under water in a photo-led piece, before the Globe’s reporter in Hanoi, Ashley Lampard, gives us a comprehensive run-down of why Vietnam is experiencing its worst flooding for decades
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 07, 2020

Editorial • Oct 31, 2020 • 2 min read
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

This week sees us kick off a new partnership with the United Nations Development Programme in Cambodia, in which over the next few months we’ll look at the future of work and industry in the Kingdom – among the hardest hit nations in Asia, economically speaking, by the pandemic. The Globe’s Lead Editor, Alastair McCready, gets the conversation started with a piece of analysis looking at how Industry 4.0 preparations in Cambodia compare to neighbours Thailand and Vietnam. Here’s to the future!
By Andrew Haffner • Oct 31, 2020

Editorial • Oct 30, 2020 • 3 min read
Google News Initiative

The Globe among eight outlets selected for Google News media project

The Globe is proud to announce it has been selected as one of eight regional outlets to participate in the Google News Initiative’s Asia-Pacific Subscription Lab programme. Here's what this exciting development means for you, our readers
By Chia Chi Hsu • Oct 30, 2020

Editorial • Oct 23, 2020 • 2 min read
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MH653 and dairy in Cambodia

This week we’ve rolled back the clocks to shed new light on an unsolved mystery: the hijacking of Malaysia Airlines flight 653. Who did it and why remains a mystery to this day, and the cryptic, twisting and outright bizarre transcript from the cockpit that fateful December night in 1977 offers little in the way of answers. The Globe’s Andrew Haffner also visited Cambodia’s newest and most high-tech dairy farm to learn what it could mean for the future of agriculture in the Kingdom
By Andrew Haffner • Oct 23, 2020

Editorial • Oct 17, 2020 • 2 min read
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Jokowi’s oligarchs and Anakut

Rarely does the average citizen become concerned with the passage of an economic stimulus law, not least the finer details of a 1,000-page piece of legislation. But in Indonesia, riots erupted last week as parliament pushed through the Omnibus Bill on Job Creation, a law that many feel benefits political and economic elites. Contributor Stania Puspa unravels the controversial bill. We also publish the second episode of Anakut: The Podcast About Cambodia’s Future. This week Meng and Andrew enter the booth to discuss women’s issues in the Kingdom with two esteemed guests
By Andrew Haffner • Oct 17, 2020