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By Nasa Dip • yesterday
Memory projects are upgrading digital databases with hundreds of thousands of documents used in the 15-year prosecution. Questions remain over the balance between confidentiality and the public good
By Govi Snell • Mar 09, 2023
The Vietnamese novelist's English-language debut, 'The Mountains Sing', was an international hit. Now, her second epic, 'Dust Child', examines the scars of war through the circuitous journey of an Amerasian man searching for acceptance
By Christopher Hale • Feb 21, 2023
An extract from an upcoming history of Singapore and Malaysia, published exclusively with the Globe, explores Singapore and British Malaya's fall to Japanese forces during World War II and the Lion City's grim and macabre experience as 'Syonan-to'
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 25, 2023
A passion for Southeast Asia and an interest in the region's poulations and economic development helped inspire hobbyist cartographer Terence Teo's striking high definition maps of ASEAN countries.
A series of unique images tracks the important and unique journey of the three-wheeled trishaw carriage, once a vital mode of transport, now a rarer sight on George Town's streets
By Philippe Durant • Jan 02, 2023
Marga Ortigas sheds light on the inspiration behind her novel, its historic parallels and the role of storytelling as a tool to find truth
By Stew Post • Nov 17, 2022
A series of photos captures the heritage of a bygone era and lost communities, that were built on the force of Malaysia's early economic development
By Philippe Durant • Nov 08, 2022
In an excerpt from a forthcoming book, historian Ang Cheng Guan describes the pushback over the Singaporean prime minister’s remarks about Vietnam and Cambodia
By Ang Cheng Guan • May 16, 2022
Accusations of outlawed weapons in Russia’s attack on Ukraine recall a historical dispute over deadly defoliants used in the Vietnam War
By Stein Tønnesson • Apr 21, 2022
After decades of waiting, thousands of Khmer Rouge survivors are finally having their stories committed to the historical record, finding closure and gaining access to healthcare with the help of a local NGO, the Documentation Center of Cambodia
By Stew Post • Mar 30, 2022
Penang embodies the nation’s heritage, but creeping development threatens the area’s historical structures and UNESCO status
By Ashley Yeong • Feb 11, 2022
The dispute reaches back to the 19th century, and was close to provoking war in 1947 between France and China
By Stein Tønnesson • Feb 07, 2022