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Sep 20, 2021 • 4 min read
Election

Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao to run for president in 2022

Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao has launched his presidential bid with vows to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks to win over voters with his rags-to-riches story
By Ron Lopez and Allison Jackson/AFP

Sep 09, 2021 • 11 min read
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

Sep 06, 2021 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Philippines lifts lockdown in capital as virus surges

The Philippines to lift a stay-at-home order in the capital Manila, in a bid to rein in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant and revive the economy
By Agence France-Presse

Sep 02, 2021 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Beer crates and broken chairs: barricades divide up locked-down Hanoi

With lockdown restrictions getting tighter, bamboo poles, beer crates, ladders and broken chairs are some of the everyday objects forming makeshift barricades on Hanoi's streets as authorities try to slow the spread of coronavirus
By Agence France-Presse

Aug 24, 2021 • 2 min read
Drugs

Thailand takes kratom off illegal drug list

Thailand decriminalised kratom, a tropical leaf long used for herbal remedy, but some health regulators around the world have criticised it as potentially unsafe
By Agence France-Presse

Aug 17, 2021 • 10 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar’s garment workers squeezed between boycotts, brands and junta

As large fashion brands begin placing garment orders once again in Myanmar, the sector's largely female workforce must balance diminished worker’s rights, threats to physical safety and post-coup political considerations with the need for a paycheque
By Kiana Duncan

Aug 16, 2021 • 13 min read
Reproductive health

Liberal laws and fetus cemeteries: Vietnam’s conflicted abortion stance

Despite liberal laws and among the highest abortion rates in the world, stigma towards the practice is pervasive in Vietnam. Representing a hard-line faction of anti-abortion sentiment, groups across the country collect fetal remains from clinics for burial
By Govi Snell

Aug 13, 2021 • 10 min read
Covid-19

Cambodian migrant workers struggle to survive in locked-down Thailand

As Thailand undergoes its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, much of the country has been placed under strict lockdown. For low-wage Cambodian migrant workers in the kingdom, this has meant a lack of food, wages and healthcare, while returning home is no easy feat
By Samphors Sao and Wanpen Pajai

Jul 30, 2021 • 8 min read
Editorial

Modern day slavery is alive and well in Southeast Asia

It is estimated that there are more slaves today than at any time in human history, with the fisheries, brothels and construction sites of Southeast Asia home to some of the worst abuses. On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Mekong Club CEO Matt Friedman highlights the fight to end the practice
By Matt Friedman