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STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 14, 2020 • 7 min read

History [Photos] Ancient Angkor as seen through the decades

By Dani Gill • Dec 14, 2020
On December 14, 1992 – after miraculously surviving decades of war, strife and looting – Angkor Wat was officially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, we've scoured through the pictorial archives to uncover some of ancient monument's more iconic moments

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 12, 2020 • 3 min read

Editorial One year with Covid-19

By Andrew Haffner • Dec 12, 2020
It may be too early to hope, but a wave of promising new vaccines could have us all breathing easier before long

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 11, 2020 • 11 min read

History Britain’s My Lai? Remembering the Batang Kali massacre in Malaysia

By Christopher Hale • Dec 11, 2020
On December 12, 1948, British troops massacred 24 civilians in the village of Batang Kali at the height of communist insurgency, the Malayan Emergency. Some regard it as Britain's My Lai, with the relatives' of those killed continuing their search for the truth to this day

Dec 11, 2020 • 8 min read
Covid-19

Filmmaker casts light on Singapore’s sex workers under lockdown

In squeaky clean Singapore, the reality of life for the city-state's thousands of sex workers remains an under-told story. As part of this year's FreedomFilmFest, director Jessica Lee hopes to shed light on the lives sustaining this murky industry under lockdown
By Ashley Tan • Dec 11, 2020

Dec 10, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Burying the dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Covid volunteers

Unable to rent apartments, a team of volunteers in virus-ravaged Yangon live in a cemetery isolated from their families. They provide a crucial funeral rite to the city's Muslim community, as they lay coronavirus victims to rest each day
By Lapyae Ko/AFP • Dec 10, 2020

Dec 10, 2020 • 7 min read
Opinion

Cambodia scrapping Human Rights Day is a worrying sign of the times

This year is the first time since 1993 that International Human Rights Day will not be a public holiday in Cambodia, with its symbolic shunning a sign of the wider deterioration of human rights and democracy in the Kingdom says CCHR executive director Chak Sopheap
By Chak Sopheap • Dec 10, 2020

Dec 10, 2020 • 4 min read
Opinion

Recover better: Stand up for human rights

On International Human Rights Day 2020, global celebrations are focusing on ensuring that all efforts to rebuild after the pandemic have human rights at their core. In Cambodia, the United Nations is calling for young people to be placed at the heart of that
By Pauline Tamesis • Dec 10, 2020

Dec 09, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Indonesia holds nationwide poll despite virus warnings

Indonesia held nationwide elections with more than 100 million voters expected to have cast a ballot, despite warnings it could spark a Covid-19 disaster
By Agnes Anya/AFP • Dec 09, 2020

Dec 09, 2020 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’ cut short after virus case

Singaporean officials said that a "cruise to nowhere" off the city-state was cut short after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19, in the latest blow to efforts to revive the hard-hit tourism industry
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 09, 2020

Dec 08, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Disabled delivery rider on ‘frontline’ of Malaysian virus war

Employers repeatedly rejected Muhammad Sidek Osman for full-time roles due to his disability, leaving him with little other option than to become a self-employed rider with delivery app Grab. But when on his bike, Sidek becomes a different man
By Patrick Lee/AFP • Dec 08, 2020