Category Archives: Opinions

Why Should Taiwan’s Civil Society Raise Its Focus on Southeast Asia and Forge Concrete Collaborations?

While Taiwan gradually receives interest from all over the world, including Southeast Asia, “the world” used to signify only China and the United States to the Taiwanese government and society. Located at the crossroads of Northeast and Southeast Asia and frequently using the slogan “The Heart of Asia” in its global tourism advertisements, it had, however, rarely shared the same interests and consciousness with its southern neighbours.

Indonesian Women’s Ulema Congress (Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia – KUPI) – 2: Women’s Movement in Religious Space

Despite the societal differences between Indonesia and Thailand, the opportunity to be an observer of an event like the KUPI-2 has been a uniquely eye-opening and empowering experience.

Combatting the risks of harm using a Do No Harm approach

This blog briefly introduces the Do No Harm approach throughout every stage of trafficking’s identification and justice process and announces its adoption by ASEAN.

Author highlights Asian slavery at Cape of Good Hope

In the 17th and 18th centuries, thousands of people from what is now Indonesia and Malaysia were taken as slaves to the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.

Bangkok Photo Exhibit Portrays Plight of Myanmar Refugee

The United Nations estimates that nearly 1 million people have been internally displaced since the takeover and tens of thousands of people have either left the country or are camping along the 1,500-kilometer-long border with Thailand. Organized by SEA Junction, the work by photographers Yan Naing Aung, Zin Koko, media collective Visual Rebellion Myanmar, and Aung Naing Soe documents the plight of villagers displaced by the conflict between December 2021 and March 2022.

Lost in Translation: Linguistics, Cross-disciplinary and Beyond?

Translation and interpretation are commonly perceived in the linguistic sense, changing one language into another language. They however can refer to much beyond as the processes of converting something into a different form.