More than just memory
Patrick Deer
Viet Thanh Nguyen tests the limits of fiction
Category: Issue 3
The king still never smiles
Nicholas Farrelly
The enigma of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej
When genocide starts
Minh Bui Jones
The éminence grise of the Cambodian genocide
The Lady’s not for turning
David Eimer
Who needs friends when a whole country is in love with you?
Thirty years of change
Khac Giang Nguyen
The legacy of Vietnam’s doi moi
Beauty scar
Pam Allen
Magical realism meets gritty realism
The magic is gone
Liam C. Kelley
The time has come to rethink Asian studies
Poetry
Maung Chaw Nwe, Sokunthary Svay
The latest in verse from around the Mekong region
Sorrow in a shopping mall
Chris Taylor
The word “miracle” is bandied about far too much in the context of China
From teacher to torturer
Philip Coggan
At S-21, Duch was responsible for the torture and death of some 14,000 people
Politics and patronage
Robert Turnbull
Personal patronage keeps the Cambodian arts alive
Wrong season dengue
Kim Philley
Dengue fever may become one of this century’s most devastating pandemics
Down the Mekong
Charnvit Kasetsiri
The Mekong is threatened by upstream hydroelectric dam projects
Lao hit ball
Robert Cooper
One sport has played a surprising role in defining Laos and the Lao — tikhi
The real thing
Connla Stokes
The undefinable, addictive nature of Vietnamese food
Books for everyone
Nic Dunlop
Established in Chiang Mai in 1989, publisher Silkworm now boasts more than 200 titles
The second laugh
Rachel Wong
Only Lonely Planet can get you “off the beaten path”, onto “the road less travelled”