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Counterfeit goods

Bad medicine

Fake medicine remains a scourge in Southeast Asia despite years of widespread coverage of the issue and promised government crackdowns
By Andrew Haffner

Climate change

Dead in the water

Hydropower is booming in the Mekong River basin as countries seek clean energy – but these massive dams might prove even more polluting than fossil fuels
By Claire Baker-Munton

Politics

Philippines seeks peace with historic Muslim self-rule vote

A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminates Monday with a vote on giving the nation's Muslim minority greater control over the region
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Tanimbar Islands

One man’s journey of possession and exorcism

As a young anthropologist, Will Buckingham's voyage to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia made a lasting impression on his life. He talks to Southeast Asia Globe about his recently published book, which recounts his fascinating time there
By Lesly Lotha

Myanmar

Dark clouds on the horizon

Despite grave warnings over the environmental costs, Myanmar is pushing ahead with a number of coal-fired power plants. The villagers who will suffer the most are fighting back
By Brennan O'Connor

Cambodia

Murderous witch-hunts

A single word from one of Cambodia’s traditional healers can turn a whole community against outsiders in their ranks – often with fatal results
By Paul Millar

What does Trump’s 'America First' policy mean for Southeast Asia?

After just two months in office, it seems that the US president has turned his back on the region
By David Hutt

Cambodia

Pay and divide

Islamic organisations from the Middle East are pouring money into Cambodia’s Cham Muslim communities, spreading hardline teachings and threatening to drive a wedge between the Muslim minority and their Buddhist neighbours
By Paul Millar

Myanmar

The year after

For decades Myanmar languished under a military junta, decried as a global pariah state. Following a historic election, the country has moved closer to democracy – but the process of real reform has only just begun
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

History

Tell me no lies

John Pilger was one of the first Western journalists to bring the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime to the world’s attention. Now, 35 years after the release of his documentary, Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, Pilger speaks to Southeast Asia Globe about his memories of those days
By David Hutt

Vietnam

Time to eat dog!

The taste for dog meat has long been a contentious issue for outsiders. But now the battle has been taken up
By Amanda Saxton

Land Rites

The canes of wrath

There is nothing sweet about life for the exploited labourers of Cambodia's sugar fields
By Clothilde Le Coz