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Action Education

POWERED BY A PATH FORWARD If knowledge is power, then education is the conduit to great things. While the countries of Southeast Asia have made great strides in school enrollment and retention rates, the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to undo progress and disparities in school…
By Daniel Marchette

Analysis

Vietnam’s greying elders: Managing one of the world’s fastest ageing societies

Though Vietnam is rapidly changing by virtually every metric, it's the country's ongoing demographic shift that could prove most pivotal. With birthrates dropping and life expectancy rising, Vietnam is among the world's most rapidly ageing societies
By Alastair McCready

Sek Sophal

Sek Sophal holds a B.A. in International Studies from the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia and a Master of Science in Asia Pacific Studies from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He is a researcher of the Center for Democracy Promotion, Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies, at Ritsumeikan Asia…
By Chia Chi Hsu

Covid-19

Philippines, Indonesia buck Southeast Asia trend as virus cases mount

As cases of Covid-19 fall around Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Indonesia are two countries bucking the trend as they've continued to witness a surge in virus cases in recent weeks and days
By EFE-EPA

Editorial

Grab in the red, and Indonesia’s new capital on shaky ground

This week, we took a dive into the world of modern tech finance with an analysis of the uber-popular, very unprofitable Grab, a long-awaited legislative ban on torture and forced disappearances in Thailand and a new look at the devastating effects of mass snaring in Southeast Asia’s protected wildlife areas. This has been yet another week of diverse coverage from around the region, so scroll down and see what happened this week in the Globe
By Andrew Haffner

Analysis

The untapped economic potential of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups

In the face of the global economic downturn, how might harnessing the untapped potential of ethnic minority youth not only build a more equitable and sustainable Vietnam, but also accelerate the country’s economic recovery?
By Christine Redmond

Covid-19

Asia’s garment workers say virus used as cover to smash unions

From India to Myanmar and Cambodia, across Asia garment workers are reporting that the crippling effects of the pandemic on the industry are being used as cover to smash labour unions
By Sophie Deviller/AFP

Thai dissidents

Bill aims to finally end trend of enforced disappearances in Thailand

The issue of government-affiliated enforced disappearances has taken centre-stage in Thailand once again following the alleged abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit last month. Now, a bill is being tabled to finally put an end to this deadly practice
By Wanpen Pajai

Cambodian democracy

‘A true man of the people’: Revisiting the murder of Dr. Kem Ley

Four years since the passing of Cambodian political commentator and advocate Dr Kem Ley, his murder remains a highly sensitive political issue in the Kingdom. Why does his legacy continue to hold such significance in Cambodian discourse today?
By Andrew Haffner

Covid-19

Meals on wheels: Pandemic highlights vital role of Bangkok’s food trucks

As Bangkok has suffered from the effects of the pandemic, the city's under-appreciated yet vital pum puang food trucks have stepped in to provide uninterrupted deliveries to some of the Thai capital's most vulnerable residents
By Wanpen Pajai

Editorial

Dirty money and cave rescues

With Cambodia recently designated a "high-risk" country for money laundering by the EU, followed the promulgation of a new law last week to combat illicit currency flows, we turn to experts to ask how effective efforts will be to stamp out the deep-rooted practice in the Kingdom. We also mark the two year anniversary of the Tham Luang cave rescue by speaking with those who risked their lives in the daring mission to save a Thai junior football team in 2018.
By Andrew Haffner

Wildlife trade

Pangolin trade continues unabated as pandemic lessons go unheeded

With the wildlife trade strongly linked to the Covid-19 outbreak, conservationists had hoped that one long-term positive effect may be a reduction in the illegal pangolin trade. Not so, it seems, as traffickers and consumers fail to heed the lessons of the pandemic
By Adolfo Perez-Gascon