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...
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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...
01. PRESENTATION by Speaker → 02. COMMENT by Discussant → Presentation Thai Press’ Over-reliance on Government Information about COVID-19 Speaker Pravit...
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...
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)...
Reporting on Covid-19 amidst Political Upheaval in Malaysia
01. PRESENTATION by Speaker → 02. COMMENT by Discussant → Presentation Reporting on Covid-19 amidst Political Upheaval in Malaysia
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...
Reporting from the Frontline: Possibilities and Limits of...
About Reporting from the Frontline: Possibilities and Limits of Southeast Asian Media Responses to Covid-19 On 11 March, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that...
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...
Migration and COVID-19: Challenges for Nepal in Managing the...
Nepal is a land locked country surrounded by India on three sides: the south, east and west, and China to the north. Towards India, there exists a long, open, and porous border...
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...
COVID-19 and the Myth of the ‘Dirty Foreigner’ in Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed some of the best and worst traits of Malaysians. When Malaysia imposed a ‘stay in shelter’ lockdown in mid-March, known as the...
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...
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...
Capitalist Expansion, COVID-19, and the Misery of Papuans
The provincial government of Papua was one of the few regions in Indonesia that took swift action to impose ‘local restrictions’ during the initial stage of the...
Migrant Shelters under COVID-19: An Approach from Baja...
México is a country that presents many migration dynamics due to its proximity to the United States (US); it is not only a source of migrants, but also a country of transit...
Los Albergues para Migrantes en el Contexto del COVID-19: Una...
México por su vecindad con Estados Unidos es un país que presenta muchas dinámicas migratorias; es un país expulsor, de tránsito, destino y retorno
Indonesia’s problematic response to COVID-19
To date, Indonesia has yet to deal efficiently with the COVID-19 pandemic and the situation remains critical compared to neighboring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia...
The Life of the Bajo People amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Indonesia was firstly alerted on COVID-19 pandemic already entered this country, when the first case of infection was confirmed in Depok, West Java, on 2 March, 2020 (Nuraini 2020)
Creative Social Media Acts in Response to COVID-19
It was March when the ongoing pandemic became real for Indonesians. As soon as President Jokowi announced the first COVID-19 patient on March 2, 2020 (Kompas, 2020), people became...
The Philippines’ Response to COVID-19: Limits of State...
COVID-19 is more than just a health crisis. It has accelerated the shift to a digital economy/society, revealed the shaky foundation of international cooperation, escalated...
Reflexiones en Torno a la Lucha Contra el COVID-19 en el Perú
Palabras Claves: Perú COVID-19 Planificación Crisis EN Al momento de escribir estas líneas, Perú es el segundo país de Latinoamérica con mayor cantidad de personas infectadas con...
Reflections on the Fight Against COVID-19 in Peru
At the time of writing, Peru has the second highest number of people infected with COVID-19 (94, 933) in Latin America, only behind Brazil, and the fourth in regard to the number...
COVID Reflections: A View from Singapore
On 19 June 2020, Singapore entered the second phase of its exit from a seven-week Circuit Breaker (CB) that began on 7 April, 2020. This phase marks the reopening of businesses...
COVID-19 in Hong Kong as a Double Punch with Civil Unrest:...
On 31 December, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) received a report of an outbreak of ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’ in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in China...
Bhutan’s response to COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic situation continues to deteriorate and profoundly challenge life across the world, the people of Bhutan have managed to keep the pandemic situation under...
A Truly COVID-19 Malaysian Food Story
Worldwide, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, food production and distribution has been severely disrupted in a myriad of ways. This included panic-buying, delivery...
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...
SARS-CoV-2 Mutation and Dissemination in Southeast Asia:...
A devastating, once-in-a-century pandemic unleashed by COVID-19 has launched a groundbreaking vaccine development effort at a global scale: one never been seen before in the...
Southeast Asian Workers on the Ground of Pandemic-Stricken...
As with other countries around the world, the spread of COVID-19 in Japan, directly struck healthcare facilities and care homes for the elderly. By early May 2020, a total of 250...