By Andreas Jorgensen • Sep 25, 2021
Covid-19 has contributed to demographic problems in the ageing nations of the region, requiring a response including more education and access to healthcare for women

By Ashley Yeong • Sep 16, 2021
As the pandemic death toll in Malaysia surpasses 21,000, strangers feeling a common loss have come together to launch a website commemorating lives taken by the virus

By Govi Snell • Aug 16, 2021
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 Alastair McCready, Wanpen Pajai and Govi Snell • May 07, 2021
The Mekong region countries were until recently heralded as exceptional cases in controlling the spread of Covid-19. But recent weeks have seen cases explode across Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, leaving Vietnam on high alert and observers asking what's gone so wrong