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STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2020 • 6 min read

Rohingya photography A life in pictures

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 26, 2020
Driven from their homes and living in arduous conditions, three Rohingya refugees have been equipped with smart phones and trained in photography in order to document day-to-day life in Bangladesh's refugee camps

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 25, 2020 • 11 min read

Southeast Asian languages The power of script

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

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 24, 2020 • 1 min read

COVID-19 Laos confirms first cases of COVID-19

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

Mar 24, 2020 • 3 min read
COVID-19

Myanmar confirms first coronavirus cases

After weeks of claiming to have zero cases despite its 2,100-kilometre border with China, Myanmar has finally confirmed its first COVID-19 cases
By Sun Myat Mon and Richard Sargent • Mar 24, 2020

Mar 24, 2020 • 11 min read
Cosmetic surgery

The ugly face of Cambodia’s beauty industry

Most Read Archive Story: Despite the grave dangers associated with cosmetic procedures in Cambodia, the beauty business in Phnom Penh is booming
By Sam Bradpiece • Mar 24, 2020

Mar 23, 2020 • 5 min read
Garment sector

As COVID-19 hits global economy, Cambodian workers face layoffs

As COVID-19 brings the global economy to a grinding halt, industry insiders warn that Cambodian workers face factory closures and job suspensions as the demand for goods falls in the West
By Alastair McCready • Mar 23, 2020

Mar 23, 2020 • 11 min read
Lee Kuan Yew

The founding father

Five years ago on March 23, Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away at the age of 91. Professor Michael Barr discusses the enduring legacy of the city-state's founding father
By Michael Barr • Mar 23, 2020

Mar 20, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Escaping the present

This week, under the gloom of COVID-19, we've largely focused our attention away from the present and have taken a look at several significant events past and future. Among these is arguably Cambodia's most consequential occurrence, the 1970 coup d'etat that would change the course of the Kingdom's history
By Alastair McCready • Mar 20, 2020

Mar 20, 2020 • 10 min read
Cambodian rock

Cambodia’s ‘diva of the rice fields’

On March 20, 2018 Cambodia lost one of its great musicians when Cambodian Space Project frontwoman Kak Channthy was killed in a traffic accident. Two years on, her friends and family reminisce about the singer's life
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 20, 2020

Mar 19, 2020 • 10 min read
Refugee camps and COVID-19

When social distancing isn’t an option

As the world locks down and social distancing goes into full effect to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh don’t hold such a luxury. What happens if the virus takes hold in the world’s most vulnerable communities?
By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Mar 19, 2020

Mar 18, 2020 • 8 min read
Cambodian history

The 50-year legacy

50 years ago on March 18 1970, Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk was overthrown in what is widely regarded a bloodless coup by military general Lon Nol. The tragic events that befell Cambodia in the decade after would go on to shape the Kingdom for generations, with the effects still visible to this day
By Samantha McCabe and Andrew Haffner • Mar 18, 2020