Reformasi, remembered
Kean Wong
Before the rise of conservative Islam in Malaysia, there was reformasi
Category: Volume 3
The Tribunal
Alexander Hinton
Putting the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in the dock.
Miserablism
Rupert Winchester
Modern-day India, where societal oppression is balanced by personal freedom
An earful
Peera Songkünnatham
How a poem about Yingluck Shinawatra’s ear shines a light on the patriarchal culture embedded in Thai folk tales.
Lost in translation
Liam Kelley
Ben Kiernan’s history of Vietnam gets lost in translation
Singing is listening
Michael Freeman
New poetry from Asia’s remote borderlands
Pulp horror
Tiffany Tsao
How Western reviewers missed the point of Eka Kurniawan’s latest work.
Fall for Saigon
Connla Stokes
Can Ho Chi Minh City survive the drive to transform it into little Singapore?
Drawing Charlie Chan
Calvin Godfrey
The genius behind Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
White out
Pim Wangtechawat
Think Hollywood whitewashing is just about representation and diversity?
Fleas and lice
Richard Milazzo
Poetry by Richard Milazzo.
Riding the bamboo
Brent Crane
In the north-west of Cambodia, a foreigner finds his home.
Yellow music
Cuong Pham
Pre-’75 Saigon music is popular among young Vietnamese.
Light as air
Michelle Vachon
I was warned about interviewing Cambodia’s greatest architect, Vann Molyvann.