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Editorial

Vietnamese flavours are changing Texas BBQ for the better

Inside the thriving Vietnamese-American communities of Houston, weighing the legacy of Indonesia’s Jokowi and investigating the plight of Thailand’s migrant workers. We’ve also got a hot new episode of Anakut!
By Andrew Haffner

Opinion

How neglecting migrant workers has exacerbated Thailand’s Covid crisis

Thailand's millions of migrant workers have long acted as a scapegoat for many of the kingdom's social ills. With Covid-19 outbreaks occurring in these cramped and impoverished communities, they've again become a go-to for authorities looking for someone to blame
By Mark S. Cogan

Editorial

Introducing our podcast’s second season!

Also: Checking in with Thailand’s protest movement, looking behind the curtain of Myanmar’s military newspaper, and the economic aspirations of Vietnam’s worker visa crackdown
By Andrew Haffner

Fintech

The secret to advanced fintech in Southeast Asia’s poorest countries

In Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, three of Southeast Asia's least-developed and most unbanked nations, unique socio-economic contexts have contributed to the growth of fintech that wouldn't look out of place in some of the world's most developed economies
By Kiana Duncan

Analysis

The Bangkok disappearance of Thanong Po-Arn, three decades on

This week 30 years ago, the car of vocal Thai labour organiser Thanong Po-Arn was found abandoned in Bangkok, the culmination of months of death threats. His presumed murder remains unsolved, but Thailand's trend of enforced disappearances is alive and well
By Mark S. Cogan

Editorial

We’re taking a break!

The Globe team has been slugging away for a long time now without much let up. To take some time to reflect on the direction of our publication, as well as preserve all of our sanity, we’ll be taking a one week break from publishing
By Chia Chi Hsu

Opinion

Post-pandemic, should Siem Reap embrace quality tourism over quantity?

The pandemic has devastated tourist-reliant Siem Reap. But Future Forum researcher Darlin Nay sees opportunity in crisis, believing that the downturn in visitors is an opportunity to reassess what kind of tourism model Cambodia wants to embrace
By Darlin Nay

Editorial

Want to join our team? Now’s your chance

This week, we announce the opening of a new job at Globe and make (another) plug for our ongoing fundraiser. In features, we go to Myanmar to cover the war of informants now facing activists, investigate brutal land grabs in Thailand and imagine the future of tourism in Cambodia.
By Andrew Haffner

Junior Editor (based in Phnom Penh)

Junior Editor_ Status: Full-time, 40 hours per weekLocation: Phnom Penh, CambodiaStart date: July / August 2021 The Role Globe Media Asia is a regional media company based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, since 2007. After moving our flagship publication, Southeast Asia Globe, to an online-only platform in June…
By Chia Chi Hsu

Editorial

House of 1,000 stories: The mysterious Hotel Renakse

We explore the rich history of the unlikely birthplace of Cambodia’s post-war independent newspapers and dive further into the economic and educational effects of Covid-19
By Andrew Haffner

Miriam Deprez

Miriam Deprez is an Australian-born photographer and journalist currently undertaking her PhD at Griffith University in Brisbane. Miriam has reported from Cambodia, Palestine/Israel, Europe and the Pacific region covering issues relating to conflict, human rights and politics.
By Chia Chi Hsu

Opinion

‘Vaccinating Southeast Asia’s migrant workers isn’t just right, it’s common sense’

While healthcare workers, the elderly and sick are high priority for vaccination, so too should be migrant workers. Among Southeast Asia's most mobile and vulnerable populations, prioritising them is not just a matter of principle, but a vital pandemic control measure
By Thong Sariputta