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STORY OF THE DAY • May 12, 2021 • 5 min read

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By Southeast Asia Globe team • May 12, 2021
The Globe has been among the region’s most consistent news sources for 14 years. But as the pandemic bites, our future is uncertain as we face our hardest period to date

STORY OF THE DAY • May 08, 2021 • 4 min read

Editorial A region under fire

By Andrew Haffner • May 08, 2021
Covid-19’s more infectious variant is ripping through the Mekong countries, women fight domestic violence in Thailand’s Muslim communities and the Globe catches up with noted wartime reporter Elizabeth Becker

STORY OF THE DAY • May 01, 2021 • 4 min read

Editorial Growing Covid-19 outbreaks dampen vaccine optimism

By Andrew Haffner • May 01, 2021
Plus the underground press of Myanmar, the struggle for meaningful hacktivism, the modernist hold on Vietnamese architecture and marking the 46th anniversary of the fall of Saigon with a wartime reporter who saw it happen

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 24, 2021 • 4 min read

Editorial The Globe is going big with a new fundraiser. Here’s what it looks like now

By Andrew Haffner • Apr 24, 2021
Plus, we test the waters of a possible Myanmar federal army, explore the legacy of one of Vietnam’s female military icons and see what the Fourth Industrial Revolution actually means for Cambodia. In Thailand, we also explore the languishing world of academic freedom and learn of one man’s quest to end garbage for good with a bold new startup

Apr 17, 2021 • 5 min read
Editorial

A complicated New Year’s celebration and a somber anniversary for Cambodia

This week, against the backdrop of Khmer/Thai/Burmese New Year (and other lunar holidays across the region), the Globe recapped last week’s webinar on our controversial Myanmar trip, celebrated Chinese-Thai identity and explored the quiet halls of Cambodia’s languishing stock exchange. We also revisited the brutal history of the Khmer Rouge -- first through an intimate family narrative prompted by an outrage over doctored photos from S-21 prison, and later on the anniversary of Pol Pot’s death
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 17, 2021

Apr 09, 2021 • 5 min read
Editorial

Inside the Globe’s press tour with the Myanmar junta

Our trip to Myanmar last week thrust the Globe into a major ethical debate. Catch this roundup of everything related to the controversial media junket in this week's editorial
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 09, 2021

Apr 07, 2021 • 4 min read
Editorial

We went to Myanmar with CNN, here’s why we did it

Controversy erupted last week after CNN embarked upon a military-guided press tour in Myanmar. Watching this unfold was especially powerful for us. You see, we knew something that no one else did at this point – we also had a reporter on this trip
By Chia Chi Hsu • Apr 07, 2021

Mar 27, 2021 • 2 min read
Editorial

What are the prospects for peace in Myanmar? Plus, hot huskies …

This week we tackled perhaps the region’s biggest issue right now, the prospects for peace in Myanmar. We also covered hot huskies and child protestors in Bangkok, while we have a very exciting project on the go that we can’t quite announce yet
By Chia Chi Hsu • Mar 27, 2021

Mar 23, 2021 • 14 min read
Myanmar coup

Without military-CRPH cooperation, is ASEAN intervention next?

With the chasm between the Myanmar military and the opposing CRPH looking unbridgeable, the committee representing the toppled parliament is looking to ASEAN for support. But a bloc built on non-intervention, if they don't succeed, is open conflict next?
By Allegra Mendelson • Mar 23, 2021

Mar 22, 2021 • 4 min read
Editorial

Letter from the editor: How hitting our lowest ebb saved the Globe

This time last year, as I sat in a vacated newsroom, the Globe had truly hit rock bottom. In all kinds of trouble, we called on our readers for support, rolling out our membership programme. Today, we’re entering the most exciting period in the Globe’s 14-year history
By Chia Chi Hsu • Mar 22, 2021

Mar 20, 2021 • 3 min read
Editorial

Saving Vietnam’s biodiversity and setting sail with Cambodia’s literary pirates

This week, we spoke with Myanmar anti-coup protestors from the country’s ethnic minority groups, detailed the rough relationship between the Thai press and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha (a former junta boss himself) and got a look at the “world’s saddest zoo”
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 20, 2021