List of Southeast Asia articles
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A fisherman floats on the Mekong River in Thailand Science Shows Chinese Dams Are Devastating the Mekong
New data demonstrates a devastating effect on downstream water supplies that feed millions of people.
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Migrant workers wearing protective face masks walk past a factory-converted dormitory. Singapore’s Coronavirus Success Story Hits a Snag
Though the curve has flattened, new cases have exploded among migrant workers who live in the country’s far-flung dormitories. Human rights watchers say these developments should be no surprise.
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Thai locals download music at an internet cafe in downtown Bangkok on Feb. 3, 2006. Thais Show How to Beat China’s Online Army
A pop culture battle turned into a nationalist frenzy and a propaganda problem.
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An officer takes the temperature of a commuter passing through a police checkpoint in Quezon City, the Philippines Duterte’s Response to the Coronavirus: ‘Shoot Them Dead’
The Philippines president’s order to kill quarantine violators amid coronavirus chaos tests democracy yet again in his country.
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Residents wearing face masks practice social distancing as they wait in line for free rice in Hanoi on April 11. The Coronavirus Loosens Lips in Hanoi
Vietnam’s repressive politics have opened up to handle the crisis. Will it last?
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Worried passengers wait at Wattay Airport in Vientiane, Laos, on March 19. Flying Home During the Pandemic: Expensive, Demanding, and Dangerous
Our author braves closing borders and airport chaos to catch one of the few planes still flying.
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi are greeted by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa Coronavirus Has Started a Censorship Pandemic
Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.
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A quarantine official checks the temperature of a Chinese medical expert in Cambodia Cambodia’s Leaders Line Up a Coronavirus Scapegoat
Hun Sen needs somebody to blame for the impending disaster.
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Malaysian police officers stop vehicles at a roadblock Malaysia’s Preventable Coronavirus Disaster
The country’s newest leaders should have jumped into action immediately. Instead, they wasted precious weeks jockeying over cabinet positions.
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Visitors to Luang Prabang town, Laos, a world heritage site, are drastically lower than usual Claims of a Coronavirus-Free Laos Are Probably Fiction
China’s poor rural neighbor says it has no cases. That’s unlikely to be true.
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Filipinos hoping to get on flights out of Manila hours before it is placed on lockdown queue at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on March 14, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Coronavirus Lockdown Launches Manila Into Pandemonium
Duterte announced unprecedented measures, but nobody knows what they mean.
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A student from China poses for family photos after graduating from the University of Sydney on Oct. 12, 2017. Who Needs a Coronavirus Quarantine When You Can Party in Thailand?
Australian universities are so dependent on money from Chinese students that they’re helping them circumvent travel bans and quarantines. The United States shows a better way.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Xi’s Fake History Lesson for Hun Sen
Eager to appease his benefactor in Beijing, the Cambodian leader is excluding China’s role from the Khmer Rouge narrative.
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Venezuelan dancers welcome the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark on its arrival at the port of La Guaira, Venezuela, on Sept. 22, 2018. China’s Military Can’t Deliver on Humanitarian Promises
Amid the coronavirus crisis, the PLA has been missing in action.
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Mahathir Mohamad looks on as he leaves the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 24. Malaysia’s Geriatric Palace Intrigues Are Causing Political Turmoil
94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad has betrayed his 72-year-old successor Anwar Ibrahim. Again.
