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STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 10, 2019 • 11 min read

Malaysia Mahathir’s birthday wish

By Simon Roughneen • Jul 10, 2019
Malaysia's seemingly ageless prime minister celebrates another birthday today. But will the man slammed by his detractors as the nation’s once and future dictator keep his promise to hand over the nation to former adversary Anwar Ibrahim?

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 09, 2019 • 8 min read

Khmer Rouge The revolution will be televised

By Marc Eberle • Jul 09, 2019
From our print archive: Movie producer and real estate mogul Oum Prum looks back at his past life as a filmmaker for the Khmer Rouge regime

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 08, 2019 • 2 min read

Editorial Time marches on.

By Paul Millar • Jul 08, 2019
This week we’re looking at the dangers facing Thai dissidents in exile, Cambodia’s dying spirit music tradition, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s succession plans and more.

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 07, 2019 • 12 min read

Thailand Nowhere to hide

By Caleb Quinley • Jul 07, 2019
Across Southeast Asia, Thai dissidents are under siege. At home, they are attacked by masked thugs. Abroad, they live in fear as their comrades are hunted down, killed or disappeared

Jul 05, 2019 • 10 min read
New media

Creative destruction

We sit down with some of the leading lights of Southeast Asia's media startup scene to talk about the way forward for the region's press
By Thomas Brent • Jul 05, 2019

Jul 04, 2019 • 8 min read
Terrorism

The other jihad

A former bomb-maker behind the 2002 Bali blasts that killed more than 200 people is now serving soup in Central Java – and helping other ex-terrorists find their way back to the light
By Kusumasari Ayuningtyas • Jul 04, 2019

Jul 03, 2019 • 14 min read
Endangered wildlife trade

Hunting the hunters

From our print archive: A few unsung heroes try to stem a trade that begins in the forests of Asia and then spans the restaurants and pet shops of the world
By Ben Davies • Jul 03, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Jul 02, 2019 • 11 min read
Climate crisis

Words of warning

The climate catastrophe is the biggest story of our times. Here’s how we intend to tell it
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 02, 2019

Jul 01, 2019 • 3 min read
Editorial

The weight of words.

Words matter. This week we’re looking at the words we use for the world's end, reformed terrorists and the state of the region’s most independent presses.
By Paul Millar • Jul 01, 2019

Jul 01, 2019 • 13 min read
Acid attacks

Scarred for life

From our print archive: The corrosive effects of an all-too-familiar crime need immediate attention and then a lifetime of recuperation
By Stefan V. Jensen • Jul 01, 2019

Jun 28, 2019 • 15 min read
Plastic waste

The waste land

Southeast Asia is racing to follow China's ban on plastic waste imports. And with Cambodia now forced to clean up its own mess, the Kingdom has a chance to turn piles of plastic trash into treasure
By Evie Breese and Thim Rachna • Jun 28, 2019

Jun 27, 2019 • 15 min read
Analysis

Debt traps

Cambodians are sinking deep in debt to meet their basic needs. And with the Kingdom's financial sector so reliant on foreign investment, it won't take much for the house of cards to come crashing down
By David Hutt • Jun 27, 2019