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By Amanda Oon • 5 days ago
A growing trend of censorship and suppression in the name of religion is cracking down on Malaysia’s creative sector. The country’s artists are finding ways to fight back and speak out
By Amanda Oon • Oct 07, 2021
One of Singapore’s oldest ethnic communities is also its smallest. Eurasian Association members open up about making a cultural mark and fighting for recognition as an overlooked ethnic group
By Govi Snell • Oct 04, 2021
Vietnam is among the top 16 most biodiverse countries in the world, but its native animals are increasingly threatened with extinction. Some of the nation’s talented illustrators have joined the fight to protect and raise awareness of the remaining at-risk creatures
By Li Li Chung • Oct 01, 2021
The author reflects on the treatment of older persons in Singapore. Her perspective from working with artists and making end-of-life care decisions for an ailing parent provides some answers
Handicraft companies in Siem Reap are balancing a service-minded mission against the hard realities of a Covid-19 economy. Without government aid, some are risking bankruptcy by taking employee welfare into their own hands
By Jack Brook • Sep 30, 2021
A ski theme park developer wants to take advantage of the pristine nature and chilly weather of Cameron Highlands, but rapid deforestation and poor planning undermine its potential as a nature tourism powerhouse
By Ashley Yeong • Sep 17, 2021
As the pandemic death toll in Malaysia surpasses 21,000, strangers feeling a common loss have come together to launch a website commemorating lives taken by the virus
By Ashley Yeong • Sep 16, 2021
In the Kingdom, most stories are told in Khmer. But the Bophana Centre’s filmmaking programme is training indigenous youth in northeastern Cambodia to document their communities and languages that risk being subsumed by the dominant national culture
By Jack Brook • Sep 02, 2021
Under the looming threat of violence since Myanmar's coup, activists in the country are working to ensure the highly-politicised programmes working to preserve ethnic languages don’t go missing for good, even if it means going into hiding
By Kiana Duncan • Aug 02, 2021
Being Khmer is often treated as synonymous to being Cambodian. But many ethnicities are woven throughout the Kingdom's rich tapestry, as social commentator Din Darathtey and Cambodian Living Arts executive director Prim Phloeun join the podcast to discuss
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 21, 2021
Despite the surge in coronavirus deaths and tighter restrictions, Indonesians gather to commemorate a sombre Eid al-Adha festival
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 20, 2021
Following the opening of the 'Phuket Sandbox', Thailand has announced that three more islands will open to vaccinated foreign tourists, despite a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 15, 2021