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By Dessy Sagita/AFP • Jan 11, 2021
Following the deadly crash of Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, body parts, twisted wreckage and clothing were plucked from waters off the Indonesian capital on Sunday as the location of the black boxes, key to understanding the cause of the accident, were located
By Haeril Halim/AFP • Jan 11, 2021
The crew of Indonesian passenger jet Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, that crashed off Jakarta at the weekend with 62 people aboard, did not declare an emergency or report technical problems before it suddenly plunged into the sea, an investigator has said
By Ashley Tan • Dec 31, 2020
In Singapore, people are divided into four main racial groups – Chinese, Malay, Indian and “Others”. But in an increasingly modern and diverse city-state, many people of mixed heritage, among them African-Singaporeans, don't feel they fall into neat racial categories
By Saigoneer • Dec 22, 2020
Pre-war and genocide, the 1950s was a time of great hope and aspiration in Cambodia. This collection of photos, taken by LIFE Magazine photographer John Dominis in 1957, captures that time in the Kingdom's history
On December 14, 1992 – after miraculously surviving decades of war, strife and looting – Angkor Wat was officially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, we've scoured through the pictorial archives to uncover some of ancient monuments more iconic moments
By Dani Gill • Dec 14, 2020
On December 12, 1948, British troops massacred 24 civilians in the village of Batang Kali at the height of communist insurgency, the Malayan Emergency. Some regard it as Britain's My Lai, with the relatives' of those killed continuing their search for the truth to this day
By Christopher Hale • Dec 11, 2020
In squeaky clean Singapore, the reality of life for the city-state's thousands of sex workers remains an under-told story. As part of this year's FreedomFilmFest, director Jessica Lee hopes to shed light on the lives sustaining this murky industry under lockdown
By Ashley Tan • Dec 11, 2020
As youth-led protests rumble on in the Thai capital Bangkok, thousands of kilometres away in Los Angeles, a cohort of Thais in America are pushing forward with a pro-democracy movement of their own
By Tara Abhasakun • Dec 09, 2020
Exactly one year on from the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Wuhan, it goes without saying that 2020 has been a year unlike any other. In a series of photos, the Globe revisits some of the key moments from this year in Southeast Asia, as the virus turned lives and livelihoods upside down
By Alexi Demetriadi • Dec 08, 2020
Heavily-tattooed Philippine inmates are using improvised tattooing machines to cover up symbols identifying their gang affiliation in a skin-deep effort to reduce jail violence
By Ron Lopez/AFP • Dec 03, 2020
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 Saigoneer • Nov 27, 2020
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 Ashley Lampard • Nov 27, 2020