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By Thomas Brent • Jul 26, 2019
Jobs are scarce in rural Cambodia, forcing hundreds of thousands of young parents to emigrate – and leave their young children in the hands of hard-pressed grandparents who get little help from the government
By Lorcan Lovett • Jul 18, 2019
Scraping through the refuse of Yangon’s slums for scraps to sell, children and adults alike find themselves caught between economic crisis in the countryside and a rapidly developing city that threatens to swallow their makeshift homes
By Silvia Boccardi • Jan 25, 2019
Southeast Asia Globe speaks with foreign workers and the aid organisations that help them get back on their feet after on-the-job injuries force them to battle with employers. A new law that takes effect in April could change the game
By Thomas Brent • Aug 14, 2018
Using the culinary expertise of refugees, a catering project in Malaysia is hoping to not only improve lives, but also to break down barriers and change discriminatory attitudes
The once-populous district of Kampong Ayer, a community of stilted homes and wooden walkways, is a shell of what it once was in its heyday as residents drift to the city
By Pete Ford • Jun 13, 2018
A campaign of state-orchestrated violence has seen Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing their homes into neighbouring Bangladesh. The countries are talking of repatriating the refugees, but is such a move feasible?
By Musaazi Namiti • Mar 12, 2018
A collection of touching personal accounts by Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh
By Adib Chowdhury • Feb 21, 2018
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte lashes out at abuse of Southeast Asian domestic workers after Filipino maid's body is found in Kuwaiti freezer
By Thomas Brent • Feb 20, 2018
The country with arguably the world's worst traffic is having to rely on civilians to manage congestion, but not everyone thinks Indonesia's freelance traffic organisers are helping
By Aisyah Llewellyn • Feb 19, 2018
The only way forward for Cambodia's garment sector is good wages, worker empowerment and a focus on sustainability, according to the founder of this unconventional textile factory in Siem Reap
By Claire Knox • Jul 27, 2017
At the heart of the Rohingya’s decades-long struggle in Myanmar lies a question of identity, along with a desire for citizenship and the basic rights that come with it. But even for those Muslims that can now call themselves Myanmar citizens, life remains a constant struggle
By Carlos Sardiña Galache • Apr 04, 2017
In the beginning was the word, torn from the throat of a man who would soon see a minor traffic accident descend into murder: yuon. In February 2014, ten men beat the life from a Cambodian man of Vietnamese descent as he came to the aid of his younger brother…
By Paul Millar • Oct 21, 2016