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August 26, 2020
Greetings! Welcome to Anthropology 244, also known as “Modern Southeast Asia” and listed on the course listing as “Social Change in Contemporary Southeast Asia”. Why so many...
September 19, 2018
The article talks about how the UN’s Fact-Finding Missoin (FFM) criticised Myanmar for its behaviour in the Rohingya Crisis, and called the military “the main...
September 18, 2018
This article is on a programme called “Girls Lead” launched by the Cambodian chapter of an NGO, Plan International, aimed at empowering youths to counter gender inequality in...
September 18, 2018
This article’s point is fairly simple: a Filipino singer named Sephy Francisco received a standing ovation from X Factor UK 2018 judges for her chilling rendition of Celine...
September 18, 2018
MOM investigating cases of maids being ‘sold’ on Carousell The Singaporean Ministry of Manpower is currently investigating a recent case of maids being “sold” on an online...
September 18, 2018
The article begins by describing the excited reaction when “a Filipina brought home the most coveted crown in the beauty pageant industry” for the “first time in 42 years”....
September 18, 2018
Catherine Harry is fighting angrily against her own culture. In Cambodia, women are raised with “Chhbab Srey … ‘Rules for Women’ – a traditional code of conduct that dictates...

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