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Sep 21, 2020 • 3 min read
Editorial

The biggest protest in years

The Globe team has been hard at work for another week of clips from around Southeast Asia. Our Thai bureau (also known as Globe reporters Wanpen Pajai and Tara Abhasakun) went deep this past week into #whatshappeninginthailand, delivering a major dispatch from the weekend protest outside the royal palace in Bangkok that organisers and local media have dubbed the biggest demonstration in years.
By Andrew Haffner

Sep 17, 2020 • 2 min read
Conservation

Aussie diplomat sorry for Cambodian turtle soup meal

Australian ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang has apologised for an image he posted showing cooked softshell turtle his party consumed on a visit to rural Pailin province
By Agence France-Presse

Sep 14, 2020 • 8 min read
Public spaces

Saigon has always lacked public space. Here’s how we can remedy that

Ho Chi Minh City is famous for many things – great food, culture and historic architecture. What it is not known for, however, is its green spaces. How should local government and developers set about remedying this?
By Michael Tatarski/Saigoneer

Sep 14, 2020 • 6 min read
Ethnic minorities

In Thailand, Akha tribe straddle identity and integration

An ethnic minority group in Thailand, the Akha hill tribe is navigating an ongoing dilemma between remembering their cultural roots, and integrating into Thai society with all the benefits and costs that accompany life in the modern world
By Tara Abhasakun

Sep 10, 2020 • 8 min read
Malaysian ecotourism

When Covid-19 resets ecotourism

The loss of international tourists due to Covid-19 has shackled the ecotourism industry, but is it also bad for conservation? This is the first of a two-parter in the Taking Stock series looking at the impact of the global pandemic on ecotourism in Malaysia's Sabah state
By Sl Wong/Macaranga

Sep 10, 2020 • 8 min read
Malaysian ecotourism

Sustainable islands in the sun

With the pandemic grinding tourism to a halt, many see this as an opportunity to manage Sabah’s beautiful islands so that tourists, nature and livelihoods co-exist. This is the second of a two-parter in the Taking Stock series looking at the impact of the global pandemic on ecotourism in Malaysia's Sabah state
By Sl Wong/Macaranga

Sep 01, 2020 • 11 min read
Development

Development vs tradition: SEZ risks fishing village in Thailand’s Deep South

In the kingdom's Deep South, the Thai government seeks prosperity and development to reduce unrest. However, for a fishing village in Chana set to be bulldozed by plans for a new industrial park, this vision of prosperity is not how they envision their future
By Wanpen Pajai

Aug 27, 2020 • 11 min read
Covid-19

Hanoi’s growing homeless population struggle with lockdown measures

For people living on the capital's streets, Vietnam's Covid-19 lockdown has made basic survival even more difficult. Now, as the country rides a second wave of infections, vulnerable people and their advocates are holding tight to what they have
By Ashley Lampard

Aug 21, 2020 • 10 min read
History

Not settling for less: Anti-opium movements in the Straits Settlements

While opium addiction emerged as a region-wide scourge in the 19th century, abolitionists in the small British colony of the Straits Settlements took on the imperial government and played an instrumental role in bringing about a worldwide ban
By Wanpen Pajai

Aug 17, 2020 • 2 min read
Vietnam history

[Photos] Feel the pulse of a fast-changing Vietnam in the 1990s

Spurred on by rapid economic growth, Vietnam has been one of the fastest evolving nations on earth by virtually every metric for decades. This collection of photos from the 90s, showing a country markedly different from today's Vietnam, lays testament to that
By Saigoneer

Aug 14, 2020 • 7 min read
Cambodia in Quarantine

Reading between the data

Wrapping up a week of delving into the four pillars of the Cambodian economy – garments, agriculture, construction and tourism – Globe editor Andrew Haffner offers reflections on the findings and process behind the series
By Andrew Haffner

Aug 13, 2020 • 14 min read
Cambodia in Quarantine

Holidays on hold

Tourists have clamoured to see the sights of Cambodia and, for years, business has moved to meet demand. But the sudden collapse of the global travel industry has brought an end to the party, with once-bustling towns like Siem Reap now lying dormant
By Andrew Haffner