By Andrew Haffner • Apr 23, 2020
Dams, economic interests and political power are just some of the factors contributing to the over-exploitation of the mighty Mekong. With several competing transnational bodies established to oversee its development, will any of them halt the river’s decline?

By Zachary Frye • Mar 25, 2020
With the rise of the internet age, Southeast Asia is fast embracing change. But within a digital world initially designed for Latin scripts and fonts, the region is still playing catch up to ensure its citizens have equal access to every online feature

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 24, 2020
Laos becomes Southeast Asia's final country to confirm cases of COVID-19 as two people in the capital Vientiane test positive on March 24

By Andrew Haffner • Dec 17, 2019
In 1991, National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita traversed the length of the Mekong, from source to sea, in a groundbreaking trip documenting the communities for which the river was so central to life. The Globe sat down with Yamashita to reflect on his journey almost three decades on, as well as hear his thoughts on the dams and environmental degradation blighting the river today