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By
Amanda Oon
• May 11, 2023
Though now in decline, the party was a dominant force for decades thanks to its loyal Malay base. On the anniversary of the founding of the “Grand Old Party”, the Globe caught up with Professor James Chin, a Malaysian politics expert with the University of Tasmania and Sarawak native, for a Q&A on UMNO's past, present and possible future
A Lao democracy activist survived shooting while the country keeps struggling with mental health support. In Cambodia, World Press Freedom Day event failed to address the country’s alarming decline in free press, plus interview with an amphibian conservation expert
By
Andrew Haffner
• May 06, 2023
Memory projects are upgrading digital databases with hundreds of thousands of documents used in the 15-year prosecution. Questions remain over the balance between confidentiality and the public good
By
Nasa Dip
• Mar 27, 2023
The Vietnamese novelist's English-language debut, 'The Mountains Sing', was an international hit. Now, her second epic, 'Dust Child', examines the scars of war through the circuitous journey of an Amerasian man searching for acceptance
By
Govi Snell
• Mar 09, 2023
Increasing labour migration and hurdles in the welfare system have left more older people in Cambodia struggling to get by without family support
By
Leila Goldstein
• Mar 02, 2023
Illegal fishing on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake, Indonesian president regrets past human rights violations, HIV infections surge in Cambodia
By
Beatrice Siviero
• Jan 14, 2023
New Editor-in-Chief, trishaws in Malaysia, child abuse in Timor-Leste, Marcos Jr. on territorial disputes and drug war, endangered turtles in Vietnam
By
Beatrice Siviero
• Jan 07, 2023
A series of unique images tracks the important and unique journey of the three-wheeled trishaw carriage, once a vital mode of transport, now a rarer sight on George Town's streets
By
Philippe Durant
• Jan 02, 2023