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By Govi Snell • 3 days ago
Vietnamese war hero Nguyễn Thị Định was a trailblazer on and off the battlefield, with her efforts toppling world powers only matched by her efforts championing female empowerment. But today, a century since her birth, her legacy fades among the younger generation
By Wanpen Pajai • 6 days ago
As the Qing Ming festival draws to a close among Thailand's ethnic Chinese population, families marking the occasion reflect on the treacherous journeys that brought their ancestors to Thai shores, and the significant role the community plays in the kingdom today
By Agence France-Presse • 7 days ago
Despite avoiding mass any mass outbreaks in 2020, a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city.
By Ly Sok-Kheang • 7 days ago
On this day in 1998, Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, suffered a fatal heart attack in the final Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng. Ly Sok-Kheang of the Anlong Veng Peace Center discusses the final years and demise of the man responsible for the deaths of millions
Anlong Veng was the final stronghold and place of death for Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Today, it lacks sites formally commemorating its significance in Cambodian history, but a design firm, along with the Documentation Center of Cambodia, wants to change that
By DaeWha Kang • 7 days ago
An artist has caused uproar and anguish after photoshopping smiles onto the faces of inmates photographed at notorious Khmer Rouge prison camp S-21. Here, the brother of Khva Leang, incorrectly introduced as Bora in the piece, tells the true story of his long-lost kin
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Apr 12, 2021
In her tiny Hanoi apartment, tattoo artist Ngoc inks middle-aged women whose lives have been upended by divorce or illness, each of them searching for healing through an art form that is still largely taboo in Vietnam
By Tran Thi Minh Ha/AFP • Apr 09, 2021
More contagious variants of the coronavirus have been blamed for a record surge in infections in Metro Manila that has overwhelmed hospitals and sent the national capital region into lockdown
By Allison Jackson and Cecil Morella/AFP • Apr 09, 2021
The March 8 siege of Yangon's Sanchuang township – a 12-hour ordeal in which security forces surrounded some 200 people – stands out even among the brutal months since the military’s February 1 coup. Here, the district's residents recall the terror of that night
By Eustace Jones • Apr 06, 2021
In a country rife with anti-trafficking efforts, the Cambodian government’s failure to clearly define and distinguish between prostitution and trafficking creates loose standards for police and NGOs targeting sex workers, worsening exploitation in unsafe working conditions
By Kiana Duncan • Apr 02, 2021
Myanmar's junta faced fresh international criticism on April 2 over the deaths of more than 40 children and the "forced disappearance" of hundreds of people in its brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 02, 2021
In a Covid-themed Tomb Sweeping Day, surgical masks and hand sanitiser are just two of an array of weird and wonderful paper replicas of everyday items that will burned by Malaysia's ethnic Chinese population during this year's festivities
By Patrick Lee/AFP • Apr 01, 2021