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STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 22, 2020 • 10 min read

Myanmar conflict As donor priorities shift, Myanmar’s refugees are left wanting

By Maggi Quadrini • Apr 22, 2020
As donor priorities shift against the backdrop of Myanmar’s democratic transition, funding for refugee camps along the Thai border has dropped in recent years. Today, the sustainability of projects easing the country's decades-long refugee crisis are in major doubt

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 22, 2020 • 8 min read

Covid-19 ‘Pandemic a chance for governments to prove themselves or stumble’

By Darshan Joshi • Apr 22, 2020
With Covid-19, errors have been made in the public health responses of many countries. Darshan Joshi of Malaysian think-tank REFSA argues that if past failures on climate change and inequality are any indication of what is to come, we might be in a lot of trouble

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 21, 2020 • 9 min read

Thai monarchy Online criticism of Thai king goes viral during pandemic

By Sarah Kim • Apr 21, 2020
In Thailand, the ruling monarchy has long been protected by some of the harshest lèse-majesté laws in the world. But the behaviour of the controversial King Maha Vajiralongkorn during the pandemic has opened him up to a flurry of online backlash

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 21, 2020 • 4 min read

Social media Twitter war with China results in ‘Milk Tea Alliance’

By Patrick Flannery • Apr 21, 2020
A war between Thai and Chinese Twitter users broke out this month, resulting Taiwanese and Hong Kong users declaring a 'Milk Tea Alliance' in solidarity with Thailand. The seemingly innocuous spat may highlight growing frustrations with China's regional influence

Apr 20, 2020 • 3 min read
Editorial

On a personal note

This week, the Globe's editor Alastair McCready wrote his own Tale of the Pandemic, offering his insights into what it was like to lose his father this month whilst being unable able to return home to visit him. We'll also be bringing you all the latest Covid-19 updates from across the region.
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 20, 2020

Apr 20, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

The quiet before Ramadan in Yogyakarta

Each year, Ramadan witnesses one of the world's great migrations of people as worshippers return home for the Islamic holy month. In Yogyakarta, Indonesia an unease about what people may bring with them is overshadowing this year's celebrations
By Harriet Crisp • Apr 20, 2020

Apr 20, 2020 • 6 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

Stuck in Phnom Penh, a final goodbye is taken away

With the Covid-19 death toll reaching into the hundreds-of-thousands, the people behind the figures become easily obscured. Here, the Globe's editor Alastair McCready talks about losing his father this month, unable to speak to or visit him in the south London isolation ward where he passed
By Alastair McCready • Apr 20, 2020

Apr 18, 2020 • 6 min read
Human rights

Cambodia’s emergency powers: Combating Covid-19 or human rights?

In Cambodia, a recently passed bill has handed the government the ability to enact sweeping emergency powers during times of crisis. Is this simply a necessary move to combat the pandemic, or are fundamental human rights under threat?
By Alexi Demetriadi • Apr 18, 2020

Apr 17, 2020 • 4 min read
Editorial

Bushmeat under the microscope

From dire International Monetary Fund economic forecasts, to Khmer New Year being moved online to respect social distancing, this is how countries across Southeast Asia are faring with the ongoing global pandemic
By Alastair McCready • Apr 17, 2020

Apr 17, 2020 • 12 min read
Conservation

Roosting with bats: Nature’s most misunderstood mammal

Bats have earned an unwarranted reputation as disease spreaders since the Covid-19 outbreak. With April 17 marking world Bat Appreciation Day Dr Tigga Kingston sets out to provide the full picture on the misunderstood mammals, outlining how essential they are to much of human life
By Dr Tigga Kingston • Apr 17, 2020

Apr 16, 2020 • 6 min read
Khmer New Year

Stop the fireworks: Virus puts Khmer New Year on hold around the globe

Khmer New Year is normally a time for celebration and community, but for Cambodians across the globe this year has been scuppered by the global pandemic. To get around this, some groups are moving celebrations online
By Alexi Demetriadi • Apr 16, 2020

Apr 16, 2020 • 5 min read
Global economy

IMF: Asian economic growth set to be lowest for six decades

Cambodia and Thailand are set to be two of the region's hardest hit economies according to the IMF, as nations across Southeast Asia are forecast to be ravaged by the global economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 16, 2020