Poetry
Phung Khac Bac
Poems by Phung Khac Bac
Category: Issue 11
Deadly populism
Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
Duterte’s anti-drug policy falls hardest on the weak
The local art of war
Michael Vatikiotis
Conflict and regionalism in precolonial Southeast Asia
Lansdale’s ghost
Thomas A. Bass
Resurrecting the architect of America’s Vietnam War
New Order child
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Eka Kurniawan talks about horror, history and sexuality
Unbowed
Gareth Richards
Rare glimpses into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Singapore
Leaving America
Richard McGregor
A road trip yields insights into the rise and decline of megapowers
Survivor stories
Anjan Sundaram
Truth, fiction and the Khmer Rouge
Tunnel visions
Kishore Mahbubani
The West ignores the story of Asia’s remarkable rise at its own risk
Marginalia
Theophilus Kwek
A poem by Theophilus Kwek
Cold War monks
Camille Devries
Zealotry and conflict in Southeast Asia
Tyranny of borders
Francis Wade
How nationalism and colonial legacies shape identity and belonging
State censor
Peter Zinoman
Suppressing free speech in the social media age
Vanishing
Scott Ezell
Trading away priceless heritage
Firefly
Michael Freeman
Exploring grief and defiance in North Korea
From the shadows
Marc de Faoite
Anger, love and alienation permeate K.S. Maniam’s short stories
Being Asian
Pim Wangtechawat
Crazy Rich Asians gets beyond the stereotypes
Gaijin
Peter Tasker
Ian Buruma comes of age in Japan’s warm, wet days of low-tech chaos
Claude Jacques
Aedeen Cremin
Claude Jacques leaves his quiet legacy on Khmer history
Coming out to dance
Erin Handley
Founder of Cambodia’s first all-gay dance troupe discovers freedom in limitation
A nation’s song
Beth Yahp
Bringing forgotten Malayan music back to vibrant life
Good old bad days
Michael L. Gray
How Hanoi’s cartoonists fought hardship with humour
Forgotten Naga
Rupert Winchester
On the trail of elusive hornbills and freedom fighters in India’s tense border zone
Eating amok
Robert Carmack
Defining Cambodian cuisine has its challenges.
Ibrahim Tahir
Peter Guest
Wardah Books lies at the historic heart of Malay Singapore