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Vaccination in Southeast Asia: it's complicated
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 24/04/2021
» 'So which wave of Covid-19 are you in?" is a question Southeast Asians ask of one another these days. A year after the lockdowns that their countries went into, many of them are, well, back in them again, even as vaccinations are underway in all countries in the region.
Covid and the climate crisis in SE Asia
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 17/09/2020
» 'A global reset", "a sick planet", "health security" are huge, heavy phrases that have been swirling in the global psyche for most of this Covid-19-marked year. They speak of the "must-do-something" type of issues that weigh on the minds of people everywhere, including in Southeast Asia, as they hope for a post-pandemic period to come.
Hoax stories hamper Indonesia's Covid-19 fight
News, Kanis Dursin, Published on 06/07/2020
» These days, Sisa Primashinta's smartphone pings often and brings her notifications -- not about social-media posts or from her chat messages, but about corrections to "information" that she accessed an hour or two earlier.
Welcome to the pandemic-friendly home of the future
News, Kanis Dursin, Published on 13/06/2020
» When architects Sri Rahma Apriliyanthi and Vinsensius Gilrandy Santoso designed their version of a pandemic-friendly home, they veered away from one that "hides" people indoors in a hostile environment, and over-relies on technology. Instead, they dug deep into Indonesia's age-old traditions of being connected to the world that they are a natural part of.