Stretched Thin: Inside Jakarta’s Ambulance Service
As COVID-19 has spread across Indonesia, with Jakarta at the centre of viral transmission, the capital’s under-resourced Emergency Ambulance Service…
Tag: Human Rights and Freedom from Tyranny
TraceTogether and the Societal Impact of Citizen Science
PJ Thum speaks to Hallam Stevens and Monamie Bhadra Haines, professors at Nanyang Technological University, about the TraceTogether app, and more broa…
Citizen of the Earth: A Refugee Speaks Out
During the COVID-19 pandemic, society’s most vulnerable are at risk in several ways. Refugees and migrants in particular, whether documented or undo…
Violence and Discrimination Against LBTQ Persons in Singapore
Research by Singapore LBTQ women’s NGO Sayoni reveals experiences of violence and discrimination at home, in schools and in public spaces—casting …
How Bad Laws Are Created and Abused in Singapore (A POFMA Case Study)
PJ uses POFMA as a case study to demonstrate how Singapore's People's Action Party government writes poorly worded laws that give themselves immense a…
Explainer: Discrimination in Singapore
Discrimination, bias and inequality of many kinds present problems in Singapore—just as they do in every society. Its laws, policies and practices s…
The Age of the Journalist
Today is World Press Freedom Day. In Southeast Asia, journalists face both legal and financial challenges when reporting. But now more than ever, qua…
How the Oxley Road Scandal shows the Weakness of Public Institutions in Singapore
PJ explains Singapore's Oxley Road dispute between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his siblings, Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang; how Lee Kuan Yew'…
Medical Waste Collectors: Cambodia’s Unseen Front-Line Workers
On the front lines of Cambodia’s fight against COVID-19, the five-man team responsible for disposing of all of Phnom Penh’s medical waste says the…
Myanmar’s Delayed Reaction to the “Foreign Virus”
Myanmar was relatively slow in acknowledging the COVID-19 public health threat. The government’s early denial is poised to have wide-ranging effects…
