Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 18, 2017 • 7 min read

New Jolie film recounting horrors of Khmer Rouge premieres in Cambodia

By Claire Knox • Feb 18, 2017
Angelina Jolie’s film adaptation of Loung Ung’s harrowing Khmer Rouge memoir, First They Killed My Father, premiered on 18 February at the country’s famed Angkor temple complex

Southeast Asia • Feb 16, 2017 • 3 min read
DPRK and Southeast Asia

Assassination of Kim Jong-nam highlights Malaysia’s close ties to North Korea

The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean despot Kim Jong-un, in a Malaysian airport brings into focus Malaysia’s deep ties with North Korea, but also threatens to damage the long-standing relationship between the two countries
By Euan Black • Feb 16, 2017

Southeast Asia • Feb 16, 2017 • 4 min read

Sizing up the shadowy leader of the Rakhine State insurgency

As Myanmar’s security forces continue their crackdown on the nation’s Muslim Rohingya minority, foreign-born fighter Ata Ullah is leading a group of insurgents in guerrilla warfare
By Paul Millar • Feb 16, 2017

Southeast Asia • Feb 13, 2017 • 8 min read
1MDB protests

‘Why should we be afraid?’

Malaysian students, long encouraged to stay obedient and play by the rules, have found their voice in response to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal that has gripped their nation
By Kate Mayberry • Feb 13, 2017

Southeast Asia • Feb 10, 2017 • 4 min read

Picking apart Wonderfruit, Thailand’s weirdest music festival

Returning for its third outing from February 16 to 19 just outside Pattaya, Thailand, the annual party aims to make eco-consciousness sexy by blending it with the most decadent parts of a music festival
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Feb 10, 2017