Anakut, the podcast about Cambodia’s future, is back! As June is the Pride Month, we're kicking off with Cambodia's LGBTQ+ community, discussing the hopes and challenges facing individuals today. Joining new host Toch Thina and the ever-present Andrew Haffner is Skyler Ros, a transgender fashion designer, and Seng Reasey, executive director of rights group SILAKA.
#Cambodia #Anakut #Podcast #LGBT #AndrewHaffner

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/anakut-season-2/

In Myanmar, military paper The New Light is infamous, reporting on the mundane and the pleasant as it's remained absurdly quiet on the coup. Back in 2015, author Jessica Mudditt got a glimpse into the propaganda machine, becoming one of the paper's first foreign editors. Here, she publishes an adapted version of that experience, taken from her recently released book Our Home in Myanmar.
#Myanmar #Military #Media #JessicaMudditt

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/the-new-light-myanmar/

One of the world's poorest countries three decades ago – Vietnam has made a quick push to middle-income status. While the expertise of outsiders was necessary to this growing prosperity, a new clampdown on foreign workers showcases the country's evolution. The Globe’s Govi Snell reports from Ho Chi Minh City.
#Vietnam #Immigration #Work #Visa #GoviSnell

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/vietnam-visa-crackdown/

Distinct waves of immigrants from Vietnam to the US have shaped and been shaped by the country. Today, in the Texan city of Houston, the evolution of the country's Vietnamese community can be seen in the differing outlooks and experiences of each generation. Ryan Anders reports for the Globe from the southern United States.
#Vietnam #Immigration #Community #RyanAnders

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/vietnamese-american-experience/

Thailand's millions of migrant workers have long acted as a scapegoat for many of the kingdom's social ills. With Covid-19 outbreaks occurring in these cramped and impoverished communities, they've again become a go-to for authorities looking for someone to blame. Globe columnist Mark S. Cogan delves into the issue.
#Thailand #Workers #Covid19 #MarkSCogan

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/migrant-workers-thailand/

We have a hot one for the second episode of Anakut Season 2. Things get animated as former Cambodian ambassador to Japan Pou Sothirak and former Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan discuss Cambodia's role in ASEAN, under scrutiny as its ties with China grow stronger. Tune in to listen to co-hosts Toch Thina and Andrew Haffner guide our guests through this thorny debate.
#Cambodia #Anakut #ASEAN #China #AndrewHaffner

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodia-in-asean/

Once a bustling port of the British Empire, by the late 1960s George Town was a city in decline. But 1972, the year these photos were taken by American photojournalist Harrison Forman, would prove to be the turning point for Penang, transforming the island once again into a Malaysian economic powerhouse.
#Malaysia #Photography #Development #AlastairMcCready

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/1972-george-town/

Indonesian president Joko Widodo has earned a reputation as pro-business – to the detriment of all else in the eyes of his critics. With the country's pandemic-ravaged economy risking plans to move the capital, he will be keen to see his defining legacy come to fruition, according to Indonesian researcher Edbert Gani Suryahudaya.
#Indonesia #Capital #Jokowi #Analysis #EdbertGaniSuryahudaya

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/jokowi-indonesia-legacy/

Singapore is known for its harsh approach to crime and punishment, justified on the grounds of deterrence and the public good. But the Transformative Justice Collective is looking to change this mindset, campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty and promoting alternative approaches to criminal justice in the city-state that don’t create more harm. Singaporean journalist and human rights campaigner Kirsten Han runs us through the group’s goals.
#Singapore #Justice #DeathPenalty #KirstenHan

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/abolish-death-penalty-singapore/

Vietnamese art has long suffered from severe conservation challenges, ranging from climate, to insects and resources. But today, spurred on by the closure of traditional art spaces due to the pandemic, the digitisation of the country's art scene is in full swing. First-time Globe contributor, Emma Duester, a lecturer in the School of Communication & Design at RMIT University in Hanoi, guides us through Vietnam’s artistic evolution.
#Vietnam #Art #Digital #Evolution #Covid19 #EmmaDuester

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/vietnams-art-scene/

Proposals for an internet gateway in Cambodia have inevitably drawn comparisons to China's Great Firewall. In this week’s episode of podcast Anakut, we speak with digital security expert Moses Ngeth and James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China, to hear what this plan could mean in practice. Hit the link to join Thina and Andrew for this week’s episode, it’s an informative one.
#Cambodia #Podcast #Anakut #Digital #Security #AndrewHaffner

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/internet-gateway-cambodia/

After a quarter century of Indonesian occupation, East Timor was on the brink of self-rule in 1999. Amidst a brutal conflict, sisters Sophie and Lyndal Barry were among a band of journalists documenting the country's long and bloody road to independence. Today, the Globe’s Allegra Mendelson delves into a tragic and jubilant time in one of the region’s lesser-covered countries.
#Timor-Leste #History #Journalism #Independence #AllegraMendeslon

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/east-timor-conflict/

As the world marks International Day of Justice tomorrow, EarthRights International Executive Director Ka Hsaw Wa reflects on how the Yadana gas pipeline inspired him to first resist the junta in the 1990s, and how the fight for justice in Myanmar has evolved today in the wake of the coup.
#Myanmar #Justice #Coup #InternationalDayOfJustice #KaHsawWa

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/international-day-of-justice-myanmar/

While Covid-19 has decimated the tourism sector for most countries, in Timor-Leste, the industry was already on its knees pre-pandemic. For a select few hotels, the introduction of mandatory quarantine has offered a lifeline and a vital source of revenue. Aashna Jamal reports for the Globe from the capital Dili.
#Timor-Leste #Covid19 #Quarantine #Tourism #AashnaJamal

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/timor-leste-covid-19/

Indonesian president Joko Widodo is known for his business-first approach to politics – nowhere is this more true than in Papua. But while the region has seen development and infrastructure growth under his tenure, ecological damage and unsolved rights abuses undermine this legacy. Academic Dr Arie Ruhyanto looks at Jokowi’s impact in Indonesia’s easternmost provinces.
#Indonesia #Jokowi #Politics #Papua #ArieRuhyanto

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/jokowi-papua-legacy/

Being Khmer is often treated as synonymous to being Cambodian. But many ethnicities are woven throughout the Kingdom's rich tapestry, as social commentator Din Darathtey and Cambodian Living Arts executive director Prim Phloeun join Thina and Andrew on the podcast this week to discuss.
#Cambodia #Anakut #Podcast #Culture #AndrewHaffner

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/the-anakut-podcast/

Human rights groups in Malaysia have for years battled impunity surrounding deaths in police custody, with little success. Now, following police attempts in recent weeks to suppress an animated film recounting abuses, the discussion has come to the fore once again. In her first piece for the Globe, our new trainee reporter in Kuala Lumpur, Ashley Yeong, speaks with the film's producers to dig into this most thorny of issues.
#Malaysia #HumanRights #Police #AshleyYeong

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/malaysia-police-deaths/

In 1975, Indonesian forces invaded Timor-Leste in an occupation that lasted nearly 25 years. During that time, future president and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta navigated Cold War dynamics as he travelled the world lobbying for international support. In her final piece for the Globe, Allegra Mendelson fittingly goes out with a bang as she interviews one of the 20th century’s icons of international diplomacy.
#TimorLeste #Interview #History #AllegraMendeslon

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/jose-ramos-horta-peace-prize/

Thailand's vast informal sector accounts for the majority of the kingdom's workforce. Now, amidst the pandemic that has interrupted vital industries like tourism and hospitality, the lack of government support and planning for this large chunk of low-wage workers has been exposed, as writes Globe columnist Mark S. Cogan.
#Thailand #Workers #Covid19 #MarkSCogan

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/thailand-informal-sector-covid/

As KTVs and massage parlours continue to be interrupted in Phnom Penh, sex workers in the Cambodian capital say they’re increasingly desperate for clients as debt piles up. With limited ability to change jobs and scant government aid, many have turned to the streets to find customers.

In the Globe’s first mini-documentary, reporter Kiana Duncan and videographer Ines Sothea reported and shot around Phnom Penh in recent weeks, presenting a human face to this most shadowy of industries.
#Cambodia #Covid19 #Workers #Video #KianaDuncan #InesSothea

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/sex-workers-phnom-penh/