Across Southeast Asia, interest in German is on the rise as the German government taps increasing numbers of the region's skilled workers to tackle the country's severe labor shortages.
The Vanuatu Government is considering the possibility of allowing the Manila Times University of Philippines to run nursing courses at the Vanuatu College of Nursing Education (VCNE) starting from June.
Thailand has been lauded for the progressive legislation it has passed into law which ensures that women and girls have the right to a range of sexual and reproductive health services, but many teenagers struggle to access the care they need. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has been working with organizations in the South East...
amaq riajim, leader of the bayan people on the island of lombok, has died last night after a long illness > for many years, amaq riajim was the well-respected leader of wetu telu, an indigenous religion in lombok with a long history...
Southeast Asia is home to the third-largest expanse of tropical rainforest in the world, making it a pivotal region for global efforts to address the biodiversity crisis and climate change. But intense development pressure and global consumption are transforming the region’s landscapes, fragmenting forests, degrading waterways...
Mina Setra remembers a time before oil palm plantations changed the landscape of her childhood home. Setra, an Indigenous Dayak Pompakng, grew up when forests surrounded her village in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. Setra and her brother would spend their days canoeing on a nearby river, she...
LOMBOK, Indonesia — Suhardi, 43, glides across a technicolor coral garden. Freediving down to the seafloor, he scoops up a handful of sand that he sprinkles over the reef. The reef becomes a blur of color as reef fish scurry from all four corners to see what delicacies can be found among the falling grains.
This guest blog, by Prof. Edwin Wieringa of Cologne University, How Old is the Language of Young Malay Manuscripts?...
According to a report by the International Labour Organization, one-third of migrant domestic workers in Malaysia are toiling as forced labourers. But what exactly is forced labour and what makes migrant domestic workers vulnerable to such modern-day slavery in Malaysia?
Content warning: Act of Killing movie details
Went out to Seafood City for my biweekly-ish groceries. Meats with cuts I use and also vegetables I eat! And there's also food there to tapau home. There was also a Filipino bakery around the corner so I tapau-ed some stuff there too. My fav places to shop at: Vietnamese markets, Filipino markets #Food 📎 (2)
JAKARTA — Indonesian fisheries authorities have welcomed as “better than nothing” a new policy by neighboring Singapore that should in theory help stem the smuggling of lobster larvae out of Indonesian waters. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has since Oct. 1 required traders in the city-state who are reexporting live...
PHNOM PENH — A court in Cambodia has denied the requests of three activists from environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia to travel to Sweden to accept an international award. In a letter published Oct. 2 by Phnom Penh Municipal Court and posted publicly to Mother Nature Cambodia’s Facebook page, decrees the travel of the...
sharing it here because it mentioned SEA as another under-studied multilingual region, and we share the same issues:...
This page is a list of open access resources and primary sources related to the history of the Malay world, broadly defined including, but not limited to, the lands and peoples in what are today Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
A year ago, Samsung and suppliers for Apple and Google were crazy for Vietnam. Now demand for electronics has dropped, pushing some 45,000 people out of work.
The concept of queer and non-binary identities has long been a part of Indonesian culture, including the Bugis culture in Sulawesi, where the Bissu, who embody all genders, play a significant role in society, despite facing discrimination from various conservative groups. Yuyun and Eka are very few Bissu who are still fighting...
Đạo Mẫu, the worship of mother goddesses, has helped destabilise gender norms and stigma towards the queer community in Vietnam. The tradition is often regarded as a safe space for Vietnamese queer people people to express their authentic self, as the belief transcends social stigma against queer people.
"We want to be free." That's the message of an increasing number of women in the Philippines, who are trapped in marriages they cannot escape. That's because divorce is illegal in the Catholic majority country...
I'll just let the about page explain it all:...
Joaquim (@jaybaeta):...
Cool resource in outlining the pattern of right-wing harassment and incitement, up to utilizing state apparatus. Using the Malaysian film Mentega Terbang as the case study, it:...
Juan Luna's long-lost painting "Hymen, Oh Hyménée" has resurfaced after over 130 years, and has been loaned to the Ayala Museum for exhibition by present owner, Filipino Jaime Ponce de Leon. The painting, considered the holy grail of Philippine art, is considered somewhat more significant than Luna's other major award-winning...
While we wait for Tumblr to fully federate, here's something for your dash
From Emily Ding's post:...