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Jack Brook is Southeast Asia Globe’s junior editor. He grew up in California and came to Cambodia in 2020 as a Henry Luce Scholar. His writing has been published in The Christian Science Monitor, The Jerusalem Post, The Miami Herald, The Marshall Project and other outlets.
Peace has brought globalism, comfortable coffee chains and Michael Learns to Rock. This doesn’t necessarily signal democracy and respect for human rights
By Jack Brook - 4 days ago
Cashew crops clustering the hills of Ratanakiri are a sign of the ongoing transition to capitalism in northeast Cambodia
By Jack Brook - Oct 16, 2021
After a Cambodian labourer died on a South Korean farm, migrant worker policies came under renewed scrutiny, propelling reform efforts and inspiring migrants to fight for their rights
By Jack Brook and Samphors Sao - Oct 15, 2021
The UK-based Guardian newspaper retracted a claim stating Hun Sen had purchased Cypriot citizenship, but the Cambodian prime minister remains on the defensive and is calling for a Constitutional amendment to bar anyone with dual citizenship from holding high political office
By Jack Brook - Oct 09, 2021
Kavich Neang has already won international awards for “White Building.” The cinematic examination of his childhood home and city spaces will represent Cambodia at the Academy Awards
By Jack Brook and Anton L. Delgado - Oct 06, 2021
Vietnam attempted to strengthen alliances with Laos and Cambodia, while a new AidData report reveals the extent of Chinese debt to SEA
By Jack Brook - Oct 02, 2021
Handicraft companies in Siem Reap are balancing a service-minded mission against the hard realities of a Covid-19 economy. Without government aid, some are risking bankruptcy by taking employee welfare into their own hands
By Jack Brook - Sep 30, 2021
The two countries push to welcome visitors in select regions, as their citizens are battered by Covid-19, lagging vaccinations and a tourist-starved economy
By Jack Brook - Sep 18, 2021
The National Unity Government urged citizens to engage in a “defensive war” against the military junta, targeting personnel and assets. The international community condemned the calls for violence, pushing instead for peace.
By Jack Brook - Sep 11, 2021
In the Kingdom, most stories are told in Khmer. But the Bophana Centre’s filmmaking programme is training indigenous youth in northeastern Cambodia to document their communities and languages that risk being subsumed by the dominant national culture
By Jack Brook - Sep 02, 2021
This week, we also took a look at why Malaysia’s contract doctors are on strike amidst a surging pandemic, what a sinister enemies list reveals about Thai government paranoia, and how Cambodia could become the centre of the Mekong’s drug trafficking
By Jack Brook - Aug 28, 2021
This week, we’ve also got a fantastic lead story exploring Vietnam’s conflicted views on abortion, a report on the difficult circumstances of garment workers in Myanmar and the finale of the Anakut podcast on the future of Phnom Penh
By Jack Brook - Aug 21, 2021
This week, the Anakut podcast discusses the implications of Cambodia’s increasingly coal-oriented energy policy, while two of our reporters call attention to the dire situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. We’ve also got updates on ASEAN’s new special envoy to Myanmar, a look back at the ethnic riots in Singapore in the 60s and finally a report on the protests and activists pushing for American sanctions against the Tatmadaw
By Jack Brook - Aug 14, 2021