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By Ashley Yeong • 5 days ago
As the pandemic death toll in Malaysia surpasses 21,000, strangers feeling a common loss have come together to launch a website commemorating lives taken by the virus
By TOVPET • 6 days ago
In an effort to fight against the spread of Covid-19 in the community, TOVPET has collaborated with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to make Covid-19 rapid test kits more available and accessible to the public at cost price ranges from $2 - $2.9 per test
By Stew Post • 7 days ago
As a skills gap continues to threaten the government’s development trajectory, exposing students to in-demand careers before graduation could prove a useful strategy in preparing and empowering Cambodia’s next generation of workers
By ABC Extra Stout • Sep 02, 2021
ABC Extra Stout launches the 'The Exceptional' campaign to celebrate exceptional Cambodians and to inspire the next generation of young Cambodians to discover what it means to “Be Exceptional”
As opposition grows to coal power due to its environmental impact, Liquid Natural Gas has been touted as a cleaner energy pathway for Vietnam. But financial and bureaucratic hurdles, as well as questionable green credentials, leaves natural gas development in doubt
By Michael Tatarski • Aug 19, 2021
Despite liberal laws and among the highest abortion rates in the world, stigma towards the practice is pervasive in Vietnam. Representing a hard-line faction of anti-abortion sentiment, groups across the country collect fetal remains from clinics for burial
By Govi Snell • Aug 16, 2021
As Thailand undergoes its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, much of the country has been placed under strict lockdown. For low-wage Cambodian migrant workers in the kingdom, this has meant a lack of food, wages and healthcare, while returning home is no easy feat
By Samphors Sao and Wanpen Pajai • Aug 13, 2021
As KTVs and massage parlours continue to be interrupted, sex workers in Phnom Penh say they’re increasingly desperate for clients as debt piles up. With limited ability to change jobs and scant government aid, many have turned to the streets to find customers
By Kiana Duncan and Ines Sothea • Jul 27, 2021
Human rights groups in Malaysia have for years battled impunity surrounding deaths in police custody, with little success. Now, following police attempts in recent weeks to suppress an animated film recounting abuses, the discussion has come to the fore once again
By Ashley Yeong • Jul 22, 2021
Business Media Group’s annual ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Award in an official announcement that Darren Yaw Foo Hoe of Guardian Toys, a leading subscription-based STEM-focussed toy maker, was named a winner of Young Entrepreneurs of the Year 2021 for ASEAN
By Guardian Toys • Jul 22, 2021
Vietnamese art has long suffered from severe conservation challenges, ranging from climate, to insects and resources. But today, spurred on by the collapse of traditional art spaces due to the pandemic, the digitisation of the country's art scene is in full swing
By Emma Duester • Jul 13, 2021
Singapore is known for its harsh approach to crime and punishment, justified on the grounds of deterrence. But the Transformative Justice Collective is looking to change this mindset, promoting alternative approaches to criminal justice in the city-state
By Kirsten Han • Jul 12, 2021