Toh Ee Ming

Toh Ee Ming

Toh Ee Ming is Southeast Asia Globe‘s contributor, based in Singapore. She is drawn to telling stories that revolve around the human condition, social justice and resilience. She has been published globally on the Associated Press, National Geographic, South China Morning Post and Nepali Times, among others.

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Articles by Toh Ee Ming

Mar 30, 2021 • 11 min read
Myanmar coup

Blocked from protesting, Singapore’s Burmese take democracy fight online

Cut off from their homeland, Singapore’s 200,000-strong Burmese community are navigating strict prohibitions on protests in the city-state, taking their pro-democracy fight online as they show their solidarity with those resisting the coup back home
By Toh Ee Ming - Mar 30, 2021

Dec 22, 2020 • 7 min read
Pollution

As Singapore’s shores become garbage magnet, group leads the clean-up

Surrounded by the world's worst plastic polluters, the shores of ultra-clean Singapore have become a magnet for waste. With their team of beachcombers, Seven Clean Seas are tackling the issue, while also looking for region-wide solutions to the issue of polluted oceans
By Toh Ee Ming - Dec 22, 2020

Jul 28, 2020 • 11 min read
Singapore democracy

As opposition makes inroads, is Singapore’s political culture shifting?

Held amidst a global pandemic, Singapore's GE2020 was notable for several reasons – not least the gains made by the opposition. With inroads made by the Workers' Party, many young voters in the city-state believe this is the start of a wider political culture shift
By Toh Ee Ming and Kelly Ng - Jul 28, 2020

Jun 01, 2020 • 5 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

[Photos] Night-time cycle rides through locked-down Singapore

Singapore's partial lockdown under "circuit breaker" mode has made the simple act of leaving the house a luxury for its citizens. For writer Toh Ee Ming, her long-ignored bicycle has become her lifeline, casting the city-state in a new light on her night-time rides
By Toh Ee Ming - Jun 01, 2020

May 08, 2020 • 10 min read
Covid-19

As migrant mental health suffers in Singapore dorms, aid groups rally

As Singapore enters its 5th week of "circuit breaker" mode, the migrant workers quarantined in the city-state's dormitories are suffering under the psychological toll of isolation in squalid conditions and the ever-looming threat of contracting the virus
By Toh Ee Ming and Kelly Ng - May 08, 2020

Apr 08, 2020 • 10 min read
Covid-19

Singapore’s working poor hit hardest by economic shutdown

As Covid-19 brings global markets to their knees, Singapore is experiencing its worst economic contraction since 2008. In the wealthy city-state, it's the low-paid urban poor who are being hit hardest
By Toh Ee Ming - Apr 08, 2020

Mar 06, 2020 • 15 min read
Animal welfare

The kampong dogs of Singapore

The Animal Lodge is more than just a refuge for stray animals. Its concrete walls pose the question of how Singapore can keep a human touch amid mass development
By Toh Ee Ming - Mar 06, 2020