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By Klas Lundström • 13 hours ago
For the indigenous Dayaks on Indonesian Borneo, the Covid-19 pandemic has hit hard in a time when the group is already facing political reforms that threaten to strip them of their land, the building of a new capital city, and widespread environmental degradation
By Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin/AFP • Feb 17, 2021
Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of meth, but the coronavirus pandemic's sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price "yaba" tablets in the local market
By Catherine Lai/AFP • Feb 12, 2021
A growing number of young street-food vendors are fuelling hopes that a new generation will preserve Singapore's culinary traditions.
By Wanpen Pajai • Feb 11, 2021
As scores of people take to the streets across Myanmar, shared symbols and solidarity are growing in Thailand as the movement is welcomed into the Milk Tea Alliance. A growing presence across the region, how far can this youth-led online activist movement spread?
In an attempt to beautify the capital, back in 2018 Hanoi officials announced a dog meat ban that would be in full effect in the city centre by 2021. But as we enter the new year, the much-maligned meat remains readily available on menus at the heart of Hanoi
By Ashley Lampard • Feb 05, 2021
While today Bangkok has evolved into a rolling skyline of gleaming skyscrapers, historically temples have served as the centre of life in the Thai capital, offering affordable housing and education in a role that has only become more valuable during the pandemic
By Wanpen Pajai • Feb 04, 2021
Overcoming gender stereotypes, Quyen was one of the first women to join Vietnam's Tu Anh Duong lion and dragon dance troupe, where performers mimic the movements of the creatures to bring good luck and dispel evil spirits
By Quy Le Bui/AFP • Feb 04, 2021
Police in Singapore said today that three LGBT rights protesters have been arrested in the city-state after taking part in a tiny, rare demonstration triggered by the government's alleged mistreatment of a transgender student
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 27, 2021
There is much talk about the need to preserve Saigon's heritage architecture, but what about those more subtle flourishes of style that make the city? As heritage signage is pulled down, artists are working to preserve these disappearing relics of Vietnamese history
By Govi Snell • Jan 26, 2021
Post-WWI, aerial photography became central to French rule over Indochina as the colonial administration charted remote corners of the region. Here, images taken by a French air force pilot show the empire's dying days, providing a bird’s-eye view of Cambodia and Vietnam
By Alastair McCready • Jan 25, 2021
Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street has a long and rich culinary history as the historic centre of the capital's Chinese community. But having fallen into disrepair, today it is undergoing a revival, spurred on by the social media boom among Malaysia’s urban middle class
By Huei Ting Cheong • Jan 13, 2021
As Indonesian investigators continue seek to explain why a plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the sea minutes after takeoff, they said on January 13 they were hopeful of retrieving a crashed passenger jet's second black box
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 13, 2021