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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 12, 2020 • 4 min read

Disease control A virus grows

By Andrew Haffner and Samantha McCabe • Feb 12, 2020
The coronavirus at the heart of the global outbreak now has a name: COVID-19. Here's what we know about the virus that has infectd more than 44,650 people in China and beyond.

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 12, 2020 • 6 min read

Thailand railways Rolling into the future

By Tim Russell • Feb 12, 2020
In January 2021, a new $1 billion transit hub in Bang Sue is set to usurp Hualamphong as Bangkok's main railway station. Photographer Tim Russell guides us through the last months of this iconic structure through a collection of his images

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 11, 2020 • 9 min read

Crime and punishment The prison without walls

By Ángel L. Martínez Cantera • Feb 11, 2020
At the Philippines’ largest penal farm, convicted criminals are given a second shot at life in a prison that allows them a surprising amount of freedom

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 07, 2020 • 14 min read

Art and conflict in Vietnam The art of war

By James Springer • Feb 07, 2020
Despite recording many iconic scenes from Vietnam's decades-long struggle for independence through his art, the story of Colonel Pham Thanh Tam has largely gone untold. But the man behind the pencil will not go forgotten.

Life • Feb 06, 2020 • 13 min read
Child abuse

The online threat

With crimes committed using technology increasingly at the forefront of efforts by law enforcement and NGOs, in Cambodia a new unit dedicated to tackling the growth of online child abuse has just been formed
By Samantha McCabe • Feb 06, 2020

Life • Feb 05, 2020 • 11 min read
Music festivals

Greening the festival circuit

Southeast Asia Globe caught up with Thai musician Notep in Chiang Mai at one of the region's growing number of socially conscious music festivals. Are they able to offer party goers guilt-free hedonism?
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 05, 2020

Life • Feb 03, 2020 • 8 min read
Commerce in Singapore

Shop til they drop

Top Read 2017: With vacancy rates for Singapore’s glamorous shopping malls at an all-time high, is the city-state losing its lustre as the region’s shopping hub?
By Kirsten Han • Feb 03, 2020

Life • Jan 31, 2020 • 2 min read

Khmer Impressions Les Impressions Khmères Sacred Lotus Ink Paintings

A talented artist, MORRISON POLKINGHORNE, will be taking over the Gallery at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra from February to April 2020 to showcase his unique art technique by the adaptation of pointillism classical art form.
By Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra • Jan 31, 2020

Life • Jan 31, 2020 • 11 min read
Cambodia's Cham community

Out of sight, out of mind

Two months after they were initially handed a one-week eviction notice, the Chroy Changvar Cham community, now consigned to the river-bank, are still searching for a permanent home
By Rachna Thim • Jan 31, 2020

Life • Jan 28, 2020 • 11 min read
Mental health

‘Behind the times’

Top Read from 2018 print archive: Malaysia is grappling with mental healthcare. Affordable and effective treatment exists but is out of reach to many, thanks to a confounding and constricting system
By Foong Li Mei • Jan 28, 2020

Life • Jan 27, 2020 • 4 min read
Life in the city-state

Singapore after dark

2018 print archive Top Read: British photographer and Singapore resident Tom White delves into the ultra-wealthy city-state of six million in a study of light and dark, of luxury and debt, of power players and the down and out
By Tom White • Jan 27, 2020

Life • Jan 23, 2020 • 12 min read
Chinese investment

Restoring Sihanoukville

Foreign investors rode a hot streak in Sihanoukville until the gambling game collapsed last summer. Now, with the boomtown at risk of going bust and the city decaying around them, long-term residents, local businesses and construction workers are picking up the pieces
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 23, 2020