Rohingya Refugees

Exclusive: Inside the Bangladesh ‘prison island’ housing Rohingya refugees

Granted special access to the elusive and remote island of Bangladesh’s Bhasan Char, Southeast Asia Globe reveals how its refugee residents face unemployment and lack of healthcare, cut off from family on the mainland.
By Tanbirul Miraj Ripon • Dec 21, 2022

Myanmar Coup

Coming home: after two years of war, Myanmar residents are choosing to return

Those who fled the military coup in hopes of a safer life abroad are facing the risks of returning home under a bleak economic landscape and active conflict
By Jacob Payne • Dec 01, 2022

ASEAN Summit

Secretary-General’s ASEAN Summit visit underlines the UN’s long history in Cambodia

While touring a genocide museum, António Guterres spoke to Khmer Rouge survivors and urged for similar atrocities to ‘never happen again’
By Anton L. Delgado • Nov 14, 2022

Asean Summit

As the ASEAN Summit 2022 begins, analysts say regional leaders must do more to solve the Myanmar crisis

ASEAN's complex agenda tackles organised crime, continued tensions in the South China Sea and Myanmar's ongoing humanitarian crisis
By Nasa Dip • Nov 11, 2022

ASEAN Summit

As ASEAN summit opens, Cambodia is at a crossroads

U.S. President Joe Biden joins the line-up of international leaders arriving in Phnom Penh for the important event, but criminal organisations pose risks to investment and Cambodias' legacy as Chair
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 10, 2022

Analysis

Myanmar’s emerging ‘national identity’ could change everything

The crisis has mobilised citizens across class, ethnic, religious, and geographic divides toward the common goal of ending the regime
By Wayland J. Blue • Oct 31, 2022

Yangon’s shifting political landscape builds resilience by design

A sustainable handicrafts entrepreneur shares her experience of starting a business in the capital before the coup.
By Sophie Dundas • Oct 27, 2022

Rohingya refugees

For Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps ‘nowhere is safe’

Caught between attacks by the Myanmar military and terrorised by a radical militant group, Rohingya refugees face a dangerous and unclear future
By Tanbirul Miraj Ripon • Oct 11, 2022