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By Agence France-Presse • Sep 10, 2020
Indonesia on September 9 reported at least 203,342 confirmed cases and over 8,336 deaths due to the coronavirus, with Jakarta set to reimpose lockdown. With some of the worlds lowest testing rates, the true scale is widely believed to be much greater.
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 03, 2020
About a quarter of the Filipino population are set to be placed back under lockdown as the country witnesses a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases that has overwhelmed health workers and hospitals
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 31, 2020
Vietnam has recorded 45 news cases of Covid-19 – its highest single daily tally since the start of the pandemic – as an outbreak in the tourist city of Danang erodes the country's efforts to stay virus-free
By Wanpen Pajai • Jul 30, 2020
Last week, Globe reporter Wanpen Pajai returned to her native Thailand from the Netherlands. Beyond bureaucratic hoops, stringent health checks and now state quarantine, along the way she has also encountered human stories from people impacted by the pandemic
As cases of Covid-19 fall around Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Indonesia are two countries bucking the trend as they've continued to witness a surge in virus cases in recent weeks and days
By EFE-EPA • Jul 17, 2020
As the economy of tourist-reliant Bali struggles through the pandemic, food security is increasingly on the minds of the Indonesian island's residents. With uncertainty lying ahead, many people are having to rethink their long-term approach to feeding themselves
By Elizabeth Sinclair • Jul 13, 2020
In July 2018, the world's attention was gripped by the plight of 12 plucky young boys and their football coach trapped in a cave in Thailand. Two years on, the rescue team that saved the 'Wild Boars' recount the events of that day
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jul 10, 2020
As Globe reporter Alexi Demetriadi nears the end of his Phnom Penh quarantine experience, he touches base with Alexi Demetriadi in a no-holds-barred interview to hear about how its gone, and what travellers coming to Cambodia should know
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jul 02, 2020
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Cambodia’s urban-poor communities have suffered severe economic shocks and fallen further into poverty. Without a secure social security safety net to fall back on, many are now relying on NGOs to keep them afloat
By Christine Redmond • Jul 02, 2020
As lockdowns cut access to contraception across Indonesia, the country's authorities are warning of a post-Covid-19 baby boom that could see at least 400,000 more births than usual by next year
By Dessy Sagita/Agence France-Presse • Jul 01, 2020
As the trails of Temple Town are freed from hoards of tourists, out-of-work and exercise-starved locals are reclaiming Siem Reap's once-crowded tarmac and taking to two wheels to escape the virus monotony
By Brian Badzmierowski • Jun 29, 2020
Globe reporter Alexi is stuck in quarantine for two-weeks in the outskirts of Phnom Penh after his flight returned a positive case of Covid-19. In his first diary entry from isolation, he talks swabs, Russian Boulevard and Avicii
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jun 25, 2020