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STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 17, 2020 • 11 min read

Thai democracy Thanathorn: Future on trial

By Andrew Haffner • Feb 17, 2020
Thai opposition figure Thanathorn speaks exclusively to Southeast Asia Globe about the charges he and his Future Forward Party face, his plans should the party be dissolved, as well as upcoming protests in the kingdom

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 12, 2020 • 6 min read

Thailand railways Rolling into the future

By Tim Russell • Feb 12, 2020
In January 2021, a new $1 billion transit hub in Bang Sue is set to usurp Hualamphong as Bangkok's main railway station. Photographer Tim Russell guides us through the last months of this iconic structure through a collection of his images

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 16, 2020 • 8 min read

Tuk-tuks in Southeast Asia It came, it conquered

By Clive Graham-Ranger • Jan 16, 2020
From India to Southeast Asia, Africa to South America, the humble tuk-tuk has shown that three wheels are plenty as its conquered vast swathes of the globe in recent decades

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 06, 2020 • 6 min read

Bangkok's gentrification The many faces of Khlongtoey

By Tim Russell • Jan 06, 2020
Bangkok's fabled Khlongtoey slum has long been regarded as a 'no-go zone' in the city by many. But now, facing destruction as the latest victim of the government's city-wide sanitising project, British photographer Tim Russell shines a light on the much-maligned community's vibrant characters and warm spirit

Dec 19, 2019 • 12 min read
Opioid epidemic

Southeast Asia’s looming fentanyl crisis

Last week, Southeast Asia Globe uncovered the presence of fentanyl in at least one batch of street drugs in Bangkok – potentially the first discovery of its kind in Thailand. With the potent opioid destroying communities across North America, advocates and people who use drugs worry of the potentially devastating effect of fentanyl infiltrating Southeast Asia
By Samantha McCabe • Dec 19, 2019

Nov 07, 2019 • 8 min read
ASEAN Summits

Stuck in the middle with you

As the world’s two biggest economies face off over trade, Southeast Asia is caught between American indifference and Chinese assertiveness
By Yohanes Sulaiman • Nov 07, 2019

Aug 28, 2019 • 10 min read
Climate crisis

Sinking cities

From our print archive: Climate change is expected to hit Southeast Asia's megacities the hardest – and places such as Jakarta, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City might be the first to get flooded out
By Laura J. Snook • Aug 28, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Sep 24, 2018 • 6 min read
Climate Change

How committed are developed nations?

Developing countries claim that Australia, Japan and the US have failed to contribute their fair share to the Green Climate Fund of the 2015 Paris Agreement
By Lesly Lotha • Sep 24, 2018

Jul 19, 2018 • 9 min read
Bangkok

Losing its soul

Thailand’s military government wants to turn the chaotic metropolis of Bangkok into a kind of Singapore: tidy, sterile and easily controllable – and thus, a symbol of its power
By Katrin Kuntz • Jul 19, 2018

Mar 21, 2017 • 6 min read
William Heineke

On top of the world

Over a glass of scotch at his lavish Bangkok penthouse, Heinecke talks about navigating the region’s tumultuous political landscapes, his rise to riches and giving up his US citizenship
By Rachna Sachasinh • Mar 21, 2017

Feb 21, 2017 • 7 min read
Thailand

How tech reshapes ancient animist beliefs

Mass urbanisation and an increasingly interconnected world are pushing animism to embrace the 21st century
By David Hutt • Feb 21, 2017