The fourth wave of Covid-19 pandemic (27 April to October 2021) had a large impact on Vietnam and forced Hanoi to apply social distancing and lockdown directives. This affected...
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Corona Chronicles: Voices from the Field
FEATURES
Surviving COVID-19 and Seeking Vaccination: Stories and Notes...
Partly because of lack of mass testing (Mendoza et al. 2021) and effective contact tracing (Hapal 2021), the Philippines remains a COVID-19 hotspot with 52,029 “active cases” as...
Covid-19 Infections in Indonesia: Status and progress of...
According to the Indonesian government, as of 15 April 2021, the number of persons infected with coronavirus in Indonesia stood at 1,589,300, with 1,438,000 recovered and 43,000...
Thai Press’ Over-reliance on Government Information about COVID-19
Regressive Indonesian Freedom? The Rise of Digital Harassment against Journalists and Civil Society in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic
Is the COVID-19 Lockdown Undermining Journalism in Myanmar?
Reporting on Covid-19 amidst Political Upheaval in Malaysia
BY COUNTRY
INDONESIA
Covid-19 Infections in Indonesia: Status and progress of...
According to the Indonesian government, as of 15 April 2021, the number of persons infected with coronavirus in Indonesia stood at 1,589,300, with 1,438,000 recovered and 43,000...
Regressive Indonesian Freedom? The Rise of Digital Harassment...
01. PRESENTATION by Speaker → 02. COMMENT by Discussant → Presentation Regressive Indonesian Freedom? The Rise of Digital Harassment against Journalists and...
Fighting Fires in the Time of COVID-19
In August 2020, 64.9% of Indonesia’s regions are expected to reach the peak of the dry season (BMKG, 2020). It’s onset also signals the beginning of the fire season which in the...
Capitalist Expansion, COVID-19, and the Misery of...
Indonesia’s problematic response to COVID-19
The Life of the Bajo People amidst the COVID-19...
Creative Social Media Acts in Response to COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 Mutation and Dissemination in Southeast...
Neighborhood Lockdown as the New Normal? Jakarta’s...
PHILIPPINES
Surviving COVID-19 and Seeking Vaccination: Stories and Notes...
Partly because of lack of mass testing (Mendoza et al. 2021) and effective contact tracing (Hapal 2021), the Philippines remains a COVID-19 hotspot with 52,029 “active cases” as...
Slow Virus Response, Quick Rights Suppression: The Philippine...
01. PRESENTATION by Speaker → 02. COMMENT by Discussant → 03. REPLY by Speaker → Presentation Slow Virus Response, Quick Rights Suppression: The...
Coping in this Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of a...
The COVID-19 pandemic caught everyone by surprise and disrupted the day-to-day life of many Filipinos. The virus was first detected in China in December 2019, and then spread...
The Philippines’ Response to COVID-19: Limits of...
Vaccine inequality in the Philippines: How the...
Philippines TV Network Shutdown as a COVID-19...
Opening a COVID-free “Fortress”: Bohol’s Experience
Global Problems, Local Pain: Coronavirus in Mexico and...
Amid the Pandemic, a Killing, Arrests and Crackdown on...
THAILAND
Thai Press’ Over-reliance on Government Information about COVID...
01. PRESENTATION by Speaker → 02. COMMENT by Discussant → Presentation Thai Press’ Over-reliance on Government Information about COVID-19 Speaker Pravit...
No One is Safe, until Everyone is Safe: Migration and COVID-19...
In the mid-1990s, six countries bordering the Mekong river in Southeast Asia entered a program of sub-regional cooperation to enhance economic growth and reduce poverty through...
COVID-19 Response in Thailand
Keywords: Thailand, COVID-19, Thai Government, Restrictions Despite the apparent lack of political leadership and slow action by the Thai government, the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Uncertainties Hound Overseas Filipinos in the Mekong...
Political Plague1: Thailand’s COVID-19 State of...
Thailand and COVID-19: What’s Happened and What’s Next
Two Prayuths Dilemma and COVID-19 in Thailand
Discursive Control, Thai-Style: The Ministry of...
Living in the Time of the Virus: A Note from Thailand
MYANMAR
Is the COVID-19 Lockdown Undermining Journalism in Myanmar?
01. PRESENTATION by Speaker → 02. COMMENT by Discussant → Presentation Is the COVID-19 Lockdown Undermining Journalism in Myanmar? Speaker Ye Ni (The Irrawady)...
Yangon under lockdown. A photo essay
After months of semi-lockdowns, on 21 September 2020, the Yangon Region Government ordered a second complete shutdown in an effort to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus...
The New Normal and Conversations Under the Tamarind Tree
Adapting to the new normal prompted by the pandemic is challenging for a developing country like Myanmar. Wearing a mask is proving a difficult adaptation for people from all...
