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Culture

Social enterprise struggle: Companies caught between business and community obligations

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

Editorial

Thailand, Vietnam attempt reopenings despite Delta’s rampage

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

Opinion

The future of Phnom Penh’s public transport can learn from past mistakes

The promise of a modern light rail network could offer a better way to improve Phnom Penh’s underused public transport. But first the city needs to change its approach to public transit.
By Ses Aronsakda

Anton L. Delgado

Anton L. Delgado is a multimedia journalist covering news and the environment across Cambodia and Southeast Asia. Previously, Delgado reported on the environment for The Arizona Republic with USA TODAY. Originally from The Philippines, he has international experience in Brazil, Morocco and Jordan. View Delgado’s previous work on his …
By Chia Chi Hsu

Editorial

Myanmar’s shadow government calls for uprising

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

Workers' rights

Singapore’s home cleaning scheme offers better life for maids

Demand for part-time home cleaning is up in Singapore amid Covid-triggered shortages of full-time household help. A newly-formalised scheme gives the country’s migrant cleaners better working conditions, but experts say the impact so far is limited
By Rachel Genevieve Chia

Editorial

Introducing the new faces of our editorial team … Amanda and Brian!

While we welcomed some new faces to our editorial team this week, we also tackled fake news in Cambodia, the fight for UN recognition in Myanmar, and took a ride with taxi drivers on the front lines in Ho Chi Minh City
By Alastair McCready

Myanmar coup

As UN vote looms, Dr Sasa and ousted government fight for recognition

Resistance leader Dr Sasa is frustrated the international community has not recognised Myanmar’s ousted government. But a crucial upcoming vote by the UN General Assembly on the country’s legitimate representative offers hope of symbolic victory for the opposition
By Jessica Mudditt

Editorial

Kamala Harris visits Vietnam, Singapore, seeking regional allies

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

Opinion

In Vietnam, Harris must not ignore human rights for geopolitics

US Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Vietnam today on the second stop of her Southeast Asia tour. But with geopolitical considerations guiding affairs, Amnesty International's Carolyn Nash says the region's many human rights issues must not be ignored
By Carolyn Nash

Editorial

Afghanistan recalls the horrors of conflict in 1970s Southeast Asia

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

Analysis

The unfolding climate change crisis and mosquito-borne diseases

Following the IPCC's landmark report earlier this month warning of an impending climate catastrophe, on World Mosquito Day, Dr Sarthak Das warns of the potential for climate change to reverse much of the progress made in eliminating mosquito-borne diseases
By Dr Sarthak Das