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By Beatrice Siviero • 23 hours ago
Cambodia's reforestation attempts might fail, and delivery app drivers across the region call for higher wages. Meanwhile, Singapore's education system implements new reforms
By Beatrice Siviero • 3 days ago
An ongoing government campaign is pushing for a more holistic approach to education. Parents and analysts are optimistic, but concerns still remain
By Leila Goldstein • 4 days ago
Singaporean technology company and superapp Grab is accelerating toward profitability. But as it directs focus to new business sectors and cuts back on spending, it risks leaving behind the gig workers who first built up the company
By Raafi Seiff • 6 days ago
As jostling superpowers U.S. and China continue to maintain global influence, Southeast Asia's combined power could put the region in a prime position to rise to the top rungs of political potential, as Australian think tank Lowy Institute's latest Asia Power Index suggests
Citizens are calling for their rights as national elections approach in Thailand and Indonesia. Cambodia unpacks ancient artefacts as they return after decades abroad. An investigation revealed the involvement of U.K. forces in the Papua-Indonesia conflict.
By Beatrice Siviero • Mar 18, 2023
Government officials and guests gathered at Cambodia's National Museum for a special unpacking ceremony as a group of looted Cambodian antiquities were returned home from the inventories of international collectors
By Leila Goldstein • Mar 17, 2023
While China is a major ally and arms supplier to the military junta in Myanmar, ethnic rebels have asked the country to diffuse the post-coup crisis
By AFP • Mar 17, 2023
As the 2024 elections approach in Indonesia, individuals or groups known as buzzers are disseminating content on social media platforms, amidst growing concern that they are polarising opinion and posing a threat to democracy and free speech
By Nisya Kunto • Mar 16, 2023
As national elections approach, opposition parties, lawyers and sex worker organisations are stepping forward with the drafting of a new law to decriminalise prostitution in Thailand
By Beatrice Siviero • Mar 15, 2023
A Southeast Asia Globe investigation reveals a quiet defence collaboration between the British government and the Indonesian military, with British guns and training surfacing in the restive province
By Rory James • Mar 13, 2023
As the world commemorates Women’s Day, the EU says human rights in the Philippines have improved. Plus, climate change forces Cambodian farmers to migrate
By Beatrice Siviero • Mar 11, 2023
After being arrested by authorities yesterday, Malaysia's former prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, was charged with accepting bribes
and money laundering
By AFP • Mar 10, 2023