brunei



STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 28, 2022 • 3 min read

National Animals Brunei: White-bellied Sea Eagle

By Fiona Kelliher • Feb 28, 2022
Brunei's national animal is long-standing mystery but the internet and the eagle's cultural significance for some of the country's ethnic groups have made the white-bellied eagle a popular contender

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 09, 2021 • 8 min read

Analysis ASEAN’s Myanmar dilemma isn’t over with new special envoy

By Hunter Marston • Aug 09, 2021
Last week, Brunei's Erywan Yusof was confirmed as ASEAN's new special envoy to Myanmar, in a move towards finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis. But a middle-ground candidate from the autocratic sultanate, his appointment offers limited hope for progress

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 04, 2019 • 7 min read

Religion How sharia came to Brunei

By Thomas Brent • Apr 04, 2019
Brunei has become the first country in Southeast Asia to fully implement sharia criminal law on a national level, imposing brutal punishments for adultery and same-sex relations

Feb 26, 2019 • 7 min read
Arts

Inside Brunei’s first film school

The team behind the new school and its first handful of students are eager to get Bruneian film onto the international stage
By Thomas Brent • Feb 26, 2019

Oct 26, 2018 • 2 min read
Brunei food blogger

'Write not for the fame, but for the love of sharing good food'

Thanis Lim is Brunei’s foremost food blogger (thanislim.com) and an accomplished chef who judges food competitions – when he’s not winning them. He took home the top dessert prize at an event for breast cancer awareness for his chocolate lava cake served with vanilla ice cream and a regional pastry called kuih sapit, which means “love letter”
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 26, 2018

Jun 13, 2018 • 8 min read
Urban migration

Brunei’s troubled heart

The once-populous district of Kampong Ayer, a community of stilted homes and wooden walkways, is a shell of what it once was in its heyday as residents drift to the city
By Pete Ford • Jun 13, 2018

Jul 16, 2014 • 3 min read
Poetry

“Even in sorrow, you never surrender”

The ninth part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry
By Nathan A. Thompson • Jul 16, 2014

Jan 20, 2014 • 9 min read
Essential Drugs

The price is not right

The massive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal could cause drug prices to soar in Vietnam, devastating people with life-threatening illnesses
By Daniel Besant • Jan 20, 2014

Dec 05, 2013 • 5 min read

Pint-sized house of peace

Getting to know Brunei Darussalam, the oil-rich state that chairs Asean for the fourth time this year
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 05, 2013