Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist and author, made history last week when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov ‘for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.’
Chinese President Xi Jinping surprised many when he announced last week at the UN General Assembly that China would ‘not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.’
Last week, Australia joined an elite club after a new security pact put it in line to be the seventh nation in the world to possess nuclear-powered submarines.
The wholesale reshaping of Hong Kong’s civil society continues apace. From politics to NGOs to the arts and culture, every sector of society is feeling the impact of the new national security regime.
Who makes up Myanmar’s rightful government? The officials elected by the public? Or those who are currently ruling, having deposed the civilian leadership in the 1 February coup?
Today’s Beijing is assiduously digitised, connected, monitored and manicured.
In May 2018, the mood in Malaysia was jubilant. One of the greatest get-out-the-vote drives in history had resulted in an overthrow of a party that had ruled Malaysia for 61 years.
My name is Shams but I am also known as Erfan. I’m a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, currently living in an International Organisation for Immigration (IOM) shelter in Indonesia
In our latest issue of Mekong Review, our lead review is a look at two new books on Xinjiang. There, the PRC’s surveillance system has reached a terrifying apex as authorities seek to detain, control and ultimately break the Muslim population.
Last week, Lloyd Austin, US Defence Secretary, travelled to the Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines—part of a weeklong Indo-Pacific tour intended to demonstrate American allyship
Last Saturday, Hanoi became the latest Vietnam city to enter lockdown as Covid cases surge
When Myanmar’s military overthrew the civilian government on 1 February, public health officials warned there would soon be a coronavirus crisis.
Five years ago last Saturday, Kem Ley was gunned down in broad daylight at a Phnom Penh gas station.
KABUL — On Friday, 2 July, the last US aircraft departed Bagram Airfield, the largest American military base in Afghanistan.
If you visited the Mekong Review website this week you might have noticed a minor embellishment to our masthead. The ‘apple on our “i”’ was our modest tribute to Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper.
In Kayah State, near the border of Thailand, over 100,000 civilians face starvation after fleeing air strikes and military raids
While the latest Covid-19 spikes in Southeast Asia have complicated plans to finally begin boosting international tourism, some countries are still pushing forward.
Friday marks the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Previously, Hong Kong’s annual 4 June vigil drew well over 100,000 people to Victoria Park.
The recent surge in Covid-19 cases reported by Thai authorities has revealed staggering numbers of infected inmates.
If most of the action in 2019 Hong Kong was to be found on the streets, most of the action today is happening in its courts, as the government continues its crackdown against opposition politicians, activists and dissidents.
As India struggles with its devastating second coronavirus wave, the impacts are being felt well beyond its borders.
Famed for its principle of non-interference, the Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s effort to come to any sort of consensus on the situation in another country is striking.