covid-19



STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 26, 2021 • 10 min read

Covid-19 ‘The poor won’t survive’: Lockdown hits Phnom Penh’s hand-to-mouth workers

By Andrew Haffner and and Borin Sopheavuthtey • Apr 26, 2021
Cambodia had avoided the worst health effects of the pandemic until recent months. Now, with Phnom Penh under an ever-stricter lockdown as cases spiral, it's the capital's thousands of informal, hand-to-mouth workers who are suffering as they are locked inside

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 26, 2021 • 3 min read

Covid-19 New Covid restrictions in Thailand as cases rise

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 26, 2021
New Covid restrictions came into force in Thailand on April 26 in an attempt to halt a spiralling outbreak that saw deaths hit a record single-day high over the weekend

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 23, 2021 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Singapore quarantines migrant workers after virus cases

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 23, 2021
Singapore has quarantined about 1,200 migrant workers from a dormitory after coronavirus cases were discovered among men thought to have already recovered from infections

Apr 15, 2021 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Cambodia’s Hun Sen says country on ‘brink of death’ from Covid surge

Despite avoiding mass any mass outbreaks in 2020, a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city.
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 15, 2021

Mar 25, 2021 • 7 min read
Opinion

The way forward for vaccine development in Southeast Asia

Vaccine development and procurement in Southeast Asia is no easy task, and though the region has worked to develop its indigenous sectors to inoculate against more traditional diseases, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the immoral practice of vaccine nationalism
By Nur Izzaty Badrol Hisham • Mar 25, 2021

Mar 12, 2021 • 4 min read
Covid-19

Thailand suspends vaccine rollout as Biden eyes Independence Day

Just after US President Joe Biden offered hope for Covid-weary Americans, Thailand on Friday March 12 joined several European nations in suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot fears.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 12, 2021

Feb 26, 2021 • 15 min read
Migration

For Cambodian workers, obscure new border crossing makes for uncertain journey home

As high numbers of Cambodian migrant workers repatriate due to Thailand's Covid-hit economy, many are grappling with brokers and fears of detention as they are redirected from well-known Poipet to an obscure, military-controlled crossing in rural Banteay Meanchey
By Allegra Mendelson • Feb 26, 2021

Feb 24, 2021 • 8 min read

A young Cambodian teacher’s view: How to improve our education system

Cambodia's traditional education system based around rote learning is failing to prepare the Kingdom's youth for the fast changing world of work. Phannaro Nhem, a maths teacher in Phnom Penh, believes preparing educators to impart soft skills like adaptability is the future of schooling
By Phannaro Nhem • Feb 24, 2021

Feb 19, 2021 • 10 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar’s politics of disaster: How the coup could worsen the pandemic

Following Myanmar's military coup, observers have pointed to how Covid conditions created an opportune moment for the putsch. But with services interrupted, health professionals marching and mass gatherings in the streets, will the coup exacerbate the pandemic?
By Kiana Duncan • Feb 19, 2021

Feb 18, 2021 • 7 min read
Analysis

Remaking the Royal Thai Navy for the Covid-19 pandemic era

The Covid-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for the Royal Thai Navy to launch reforms while other navies in its near-strategy environment are weakened by internal vulnerabilities, better positioning itself to generate future strategic and operational gains
By Hadrien T. Saperstein • Feb 18, 2021