Justice

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 13, 2016 • 9 min read

Muay Thai Blood, sweat and debt

By Tate Zandstra • Oct 13, 2016
Perceived by most to be run by gangsters and corrupted by gamblers, one of the world’s most graceful combat sports is in danger of extinction. Southeast Asia Globe investigates Muay Thai’s slow and painful death

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 09, 2016 • 7 min read

Cambodia 15 years underground

By Corinne Purtill • Sep 09, 2016
A new book describes the untold story of the Cambodian families who emerged from the jungle after many years hiding from the Khmer Rouge

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 12, 2016 • 6 min read

Cambodia Memories of a violent past

By Paul Millar • Jul 12, 2016
The murder of respected political analyst Kem Ley marks a return to Cambodia’s dark past of political violence

Justice • Jun 20, 2016 • 10 min read
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge

The genocide question

The Khmer Rouge, responsible for the deaths of millions of Cambodians in the 1970s, has long been synonymous with the "crime of all crimes". Yet some are questioning whether Pol Pot’s regime is guilty of genocide in all its cruel persecutions
By George Wright • Jun 20, 2016

Justice • Mar 17, 2016 • 9 min read
Khmer Rouge

Revealing Cambodia’s secret Khmer Rouge resistance

The prevailing image of Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge is one of dignified suffering and passivity. But many resisted the regime in ways often overlooked by historians
By David Hutt • Mar 17, 2016

Justice • Mar 11, 2016 • 5 min read
Censorship

The critic who refuses to be silenced

Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun explains how Thailand's junta is using lèse-majesté laws to oppress him and his family
By Pavin Chachavalpongpun • Mar 11, 2016

Justice • Dec 30, 2015 • 11 min read
Suharto and Indonesia

A bloody legacy

Fifty years ago, one of the most violent episodes in recent history took place across the Indonesian archipelago. Under General Suharto, an estimated 500,000 people were murdered in just two years, and the effects of the dictator’s rule are still reverberating through society
By Nithin Coca • Dec 30, 2015

Justice • Nov 06, 2015 • 11 min read
Cambodia

The forgotten men

Huge numbers of males are raped in Cambodia. So why do these horrific crimes remain largely ignored by rights organisations and the media?
By David Hutt • Nov 06, 2015

Justice • Jul 14, 2015 • 8 min read

A delicate moment

With concerns that reform has stalled, critics are questioning the Obama administration’s strategy towards Myanmar
By Steve Hirsch • Jul 14, 2015

Justice • Apr 08, 2013 • 7 min read
Khmer Rouge

The paper trail

More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s Stasi files are still throwing up some surprises – not least for those living in Cambodia as profiles on many Khmer Rouge defectors, many of whom lead the country today, have emerged
By Dr Markus Karbaum • Apr 08, 2013