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By Saigoneer • 2 days ago
While there remain no shortage of photos documenting Vietnam as it has evolved over the past century, this collection of images from 1938 provides a rare and striking glimpse into colonial Saigon after sunset
By Ashley Lampard • 2 days ago
Doing it for the Gram, flexing, or in the case of Vietnam, song ao – whatever you call it, young people globally are 'living their best lives' through social media. Relatively harmless, but in Hanoi, influencers are leaving a trail of broken art as they literally overstep the mark
By Alastair McCready • Nov 18, 2020
The sixth book of celebrated Lao American poet Bryan Thao Worra, Before We Remember We Dream, explores diverse aspects of the diaspora experience – from political campaigning, citizenship exams and childhood toys
By Tara Abhasakun • Nov 17, 2020
In Mandalay, the Inwa performing arts school has since 2016 been a beacon of progressive values and opportunity, offering Myanmar's rural children the chance to take to the stage, expand their horizons and even escape poverty
31 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, fragments of the Iron Curtain live on in a park in Jakarta. Despite more than three decades passing since they came crashing down, the artist behind the monument believes these concrete slabs still have much to teach us
By Alexi Demetriadi • Nov 09, 2020
Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia's archaeological marvel Angkor Wat, a crack team of gardeners are gingerly scaling the ancient temple's exterior to hack away foliage before it damages the ancient facade
By Suy Se/AFP • Nov 02, 2020
On Anakut this week we delve into identity and culture, asking that grandest of questions: what does it mean to be Cambodian in 2020? Joining Meng and Andrew in the studio to unpack this are festival organiser Lomorpich Rithy and budding reporter Phannaro Nhem
By Andrew Haffner • Oct 29, 2020
Internationally celebrated 89-year-old Vietnamese artist Mong Bich, who specialises in silk paintings of daily life and ordinary people, is gaining recognition in her home country, opening her first solo exhibition in Hanoi this month
By Alice Philipson • Oct 28, 2020
Orange-vested and cruising on Honda Scoopys, Thai motortaxi drivers have become allies to pro-democracy protesters gathering across traffic-snarled Bangkok, offering lifts and keeping an eye out for trouble
By Pitcha Dangprasith/AFP • Oct 28, 2020
Timor-Leste's long history of colonisation and occupation has left its linguistic mark on the country. Today, with two official languages and two working languages in operation, a debate over what tongue to use and when is underway in the tiny island nation
By Aashna Jamal • Oct 28, 2020
With more than 130 million users in Indonesia alone, Facebook has long been the platform of choice for extremists in the archipelago. But with Facebook tightening its controls over extremist content, many are turning to Instagram to promote the cause
By Ainur Rohmah • Oct 26, 2020
On December 4, 1977, Malaysia Airlines flight 653 crashed into a swamp in Johor state, killing all 100 people onboard in what was then the deadliest plane hijacking in history. 43 years later, while the identity and motivations of the person behind the crash remain a mystery, an unearthed report sheds new light on the tragedy
By Kylan Dempsey • Oct 21, 2020