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STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 01, 2020 • 5 min read

Tales of the Pandemic [Photos] Night-time cycle rides through locked-down Singapore

By Toh Ee Ming • Jun 01, 2020
Singapore's partial lockdown under "circuit breaker" mode has made the simple act of leaving the house a luxury for its citizens. For writer Toh Ee Ming, her long-ignored bicycle has become her lifeline, casting the city-state in a new light on her night-time rides

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 01, 2020 • 3 min read

Myanmar cuisine ‘Little Chef’ charms Myanmar with lockdown cooking classes

By Lapyae Ko/AFP • Jun 01, 2020
From boiled catfish soup to spicy fried frog, an eight-year-old in pyjamas and a chef's hat is delighting Myanmar with her culinary prowess in online classes to a nation still told to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic

STORY OF THE DAY • May 30, 2020 • 4 min read

Covid-19 Lockdown antics of Singapore’s otters sparks backlash

By Catherine Lai/Agence France-Presse • May 30, 2020
Singapore's otters, long adored by the city-state's nature lovers, are popping up in unexpected places during the coronavirus lockdown, but their antics have angered some and even sparked calls for a cull

May 29, 2020 • 5 min read
Opinion

Governments weren’t prepared for Covid-19, but should anticipate climate change

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the vulnerability of the human race into stark focus, with APHR's Kunthida Rungruengkiat arguing that this current crisis should serve as a warning to governments around the globe about our inaction on climate change
By Kunthida Rungruengkiat • May 29, 2020

May 18, 2020 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Thailand’s economy contracts for first time since 2014

Thailand's economy looks set to be among the hardest hit by the global economic downturn in Southeast Asia after its first contraction in six years. 2020 economic forecasts are also predicting the kingdom's sharpest drop since the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis
By Agence France-Presse • May 18, 2020

May 15, 2020 • 7 min read
Regional cooperation

ASEAN’s Covid-19 response: United in name, divided in practice

In keeping with ASEAN's recent history of divided responses to regionally important issues, the bloc's collective efforts to combat Covid-19 have proved far from unified. But an institution in which individual members are placed above the collective, should observers have anticipated any different?
By Alexi Demetriadi • May 15, 2020

May 11, 2020 • 10 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

My experience as Singapore’s Covid-19 case number 862

Unknowingly contracting and spreading Covid-19 to loved ones is a fear many among us carry. So when Singaporean citizen Reuben Lim tested positive in March with virtually no symptoms, the thought he had put his family at risk was a guilt he struggled to process
By Reuben Lim • May 11, 2020

Apr 29, 2020 • 4 min read
Covid-19

Cambodian rum distillery puts hand sanitiser on the menu

With the price of hand sanitiser skyrocketing since the pandemic, Phnom Penh’s Samai Distillery has thought outside the box to help the local community by producing affordable bottles of cleansing alcohol using leftovers from rum production
By Alexi Demetriadi • Apr 29, 2020

Apr 28, 2020 • 9 min read
Covid-19

As the pandemic takes hold, Singapore’s mental health suffers

While attempts to stem the spread of Covid-19 has led to the shutdown of virtually all economic and social activity in Singapore, life grinding to a halt in the city-state is giving rise to a different public health issue: poor mental health
By Kelly Ng • Apr 28, 2020

Apr 27, 2020 • 10 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

Reflecting on society as Singapore embraces “circuit breaker” mode

Last week Singapore announced it was extending "circuit breaker" measures, severely restricting movement to stem the spread of Covid-19. Resident Gabrielle See describes how these measures, and the pandemic, have highlighted divisions in her family home, as well as Singaporean society more widely
By Gabrielle See • Apr 27, 2020

Apr 27, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

Hunkering down in tourist-free Siem Reap

Cambodia's Siem Reap thrives and survives on its tourist industry, with millions flocking to the ancient Angkor Wat temple each year. But as Covid-19 halts global travel, writer Jonathan Evans describes life minus the tourists in this once-again sleepy little town
By Jonathan Evans • Apr 27, 2020