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May 2026

Thai island community rallies to protect beloved dugongs, revive declining seagrass

A seagrass shortage has devastated Koh Libong’s once famed dugong population.

Jun 2, 2026

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Carolyn Cowan
Carolyn Cowan

Climate-induced floods wash away USAID-abandoned Mozambique’s efforts to eliminate trachoma

Jun 2, 2026

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Ashley Simango
Ashley Simango

The Philippines is failing to include Indigenous people in climate decision making

Jun 2, 2026

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Judy Ann Egay
Judy Ann Egay

Klatham MP sues university student for defamation over Facebook share

May 28, 2026

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Prachatai
Prachatai

Citizen indicted for defamation over Facebook post criticizing Thammanat Prompao

May 28, 2026

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Prachatai
Prachatai

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Việt Nam’s social media crackdown: Why the state fears online speech

May 28, 2026

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Thúc Kháng
Thúc Kháng
A family’s daily survival after Rohingya refugee aid cut to $7 a month

May 25, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Niyamot Ullah
Details of alleged scam violence emerge from Cambodia’s far-west Pailin

May 21, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara
Transboundary mining pollution spreads further down Thailand’s Mekong

May 20, 2026

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Pratch Rujivanarom
Pratch Rujivanarom
Philippine fishing and Indigenous communities wary of clean energy boom in Marcos stronghold

May 20, 2026

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Michael Beltran
Michael Beltran
Democracy meets extreme heat: The end of summer elections?

May 12, 2026

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Priyanka Thirumurthy
Priyanka Thirumurthy
Former Thai PM Thaksin released from prison

May 12, 2026

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Prachatai
Prachatai
Rohingya abductees allegedly ransomed for millions of kyat in Myanmar’s Rakhine

May 8, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Niyamot Ullah
In Cambodia, the state claims forests. But people push back

May 7, 2026

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Magdalena Rojo
Magdalena Rojo
Hun To says he had no decision-making authority in Huione

May 6, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara
Poipet raids, firefights leave residents uneasy

May 5, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara
Vulnerable living conditions worsen as rainy season begins in Rohingya camps

May 2, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Niyamot Ullah
The five men and 24 businesses in Kok An sanctions

May 1, 2026

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Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
Mech Dara
Thailand and Cambodia ended their war. The Kui are still measuring the loss

May 1, 2026

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Ru-orn Promprasit
Ru-orn Promprasit
‘I need help’: Plight of trafficked workers continues in Cambodia

Apr 29, 2026

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Democracy meets extreme heat: The end of summer elections?

May 12, 2026

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Priyanka Thirumurthy
Priyanka Thirumurthy

Poipet raids, firefights leave residents uneasy

May 5, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara

Another Rohingya boat tragedy: When desperation meets the world’s silence

Apr 22, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Niyamot Ullah