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By Tara Abhasakun • Jan 06, 2021
Diagnosed with stage-two lymphoma in recent months, filmmaker Ploy Naruemon Chaingam is set to tackle Thai women’s struggles with cancer and address the kingdom's societal taboos surrounding the disease head on in her latest documentary
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 30, 2020
Singapore began its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on December 30, making it among the first nations in Asia to roll out the inoculations after approving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier in the month
By Zandre Van Straten • Dec 29, 2020
With the Covid-19 vaccine on the brink of being rolled out across the globe, in Southeast Asia, there are several things needed to expedite immunisations and quickly curb the pandemic, as well as reduce the risk of illegal and counterfeit supplies emerging
By Govi Snell • Dec 24, 2020
Vietnam's love affair with the motorbike is a relatively recent one, having only blossomed in the mid-80s. As a result of successful public health campaigns, helmet use today sits at 90%, but researchers point to a significant hurdle to road safety that is yet to be overcome
Christmas and Thailand's love of elephants combined when four of the gentle giants dressed as Santa Claus turned up at a school just outside Bangkok, complete with huge coronavirus masks, in an effort to raise awareness around Covid-19
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 23, 2020
Unable to rent apartments, a team of volunteers in virus-ravaged Yangon live in a cemetery isolated from their families. They provide a crucial funeral rite to the city's Muslim community, as they lay coronavirus victims to rest each day
By Lapyae Ko/AFP • Dec 10, 2020
Singaporean officials said that a "cruise to nowhere" off the city-state was cut short after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19, in the latest blow to efforts to revive the hard-hit tourism industry
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 09, 2020
Employers repeatedly rejected Muhammad Sidek Osman for full-time roles due to his disability, leaving him with little other option than to become a self-employed rider with delivery app Grab. But when on his bike, Sidek becomes a different man
By Patrick Lee/AFP • Dec 08, 2020
As the world marks World AIDS Day 2020 amidst a novel pandemic, health consultant David Wilkinson warns against complacency as Cambodia's successful fight against HIV/AIDS in recent decades risks coming undone as healthcare is stretched and the economy slows
By David Wilkinson • Dec 01, 2020
In rural Vietnam, less than 50% of households have hygienic latrines. Highlighting this issue in his latest short film, Saigon-based filmmaker Morgan Ommer met with a family whose lives have dramatically changed with the addition of a simple toilet
By Michael Tatarski • Nov 20, 2020
Vietnam's fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country's streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat
By Alice Philipson and Tran Thi Minh Ha/AFP • Nov 16, 2020
Since the pandemic began, children in rural Cambodia have been hardest hit by the knock-on effects of the virus, with a worrying increase in malnutrition that is threatening to reverse the Kingdom's progress made in child health over the last decade
By Joe Patchett • Nov 11, 2020