Southeast Asia Dispatches — Episode 9
This week, Teodosia Dos Reis and Laura McDowell attend the anniversary of Timor-Leste’s Santa Cruz Massacre, Teguh Harahap looks at the future of Ku…
Tag: Timor-Leste
Akan Datang: Entrenching ruqyah as a “cure” for queerness in Padang
Among this week's round-up of stories to watch in Southeast Asia: Local police employ shamans to carry out exorcisms for Padang's LGBT community, a cr…
Timor-Leste’s Forgotten Heroes
16 years ago, Timor-Leste reclaimed its independence after decades of brutal occupation. The world’s attention turned away. But for the women whose …
Akan Datang: A media circus in Singapore as people take to the streets in Vietnam
A look at the stories to watch in Southeast Asia this week: Singapore turns into a media circus for a historic summit, protests break out in Vietnam, …
Behind Timor-Leste’s Pride
Timor-Leste’s first Pride parade last year was heralded in international headlines as a major win for LGBTQ equality, but advocates and activists sa…
Akan Datang: A stunning election, terrorism and that Trump-Kim summit
A weekly look-ahead at Southeast Asia's major stories.
Perang Melawan Narkoba di Asia Tenggara
Perang berdarah Duterte melawan narkoba di Filipina mungkin telah mengangkap perhatian seluruh dunia, namun retorik di balik ini semua bukanlah hal ba…
The War on Drugs in Southeast Asia
Duterte’s bloody war on drugs in the Philippines may have captured the world’s attention, but the rhetoric behind it is not new to the region.
2017: Southeast Asia’s Year in Review
Human rights, LGBTQ equality and protections for migrant workers—New Naratif's look back on 2017.
