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A quarterly magazine of arts, literature, culture, politics, the environment and society in Asia, written by people from the region or those who know it well.

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Bring a unique piece of Mekong Review history home with you this year! There's still time to support us by purchasing an original watercolour painting of one of our print issue covers by Erica Eng : ko-fi.com/mekongrevi....

A heartfelt thanks from us to you, this holiday season.
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Looking for a special gift for a loved one--or yourself--this holiday season? How about choosing one of Erica Eng's beautiful watercolour paintings on our online shop: ko-fi.com/mekongrevi....

Purchasine each art piece is also a meaningful contribution to Mekong Review's year-end push!
December 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Playing with nationalism is to take part in a risky game. A reflection by Peixuan Xie, prompted by Thai–Cambodian tensions earlier this year, before conflict flared up again.

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December 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Celebrate 10 years of inspirational Asian literature by supporting us with an annual subscription! The code MR10 is valid until November 30 so act fast.

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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Really looking forward to everyone reading our tenth anniversary edition! It’ll be with our stockists in November, and is already at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival bookstore 🤩🤩🤩
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We're compiling our mailing list for the next issue on 13 October—if you'd like your subscription to start with the November 2025 issue, remember to subscribe to Mekong Review before this weekend! (And remember our discount code!)

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October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dina Zaman brings a lot from her past to Malayland, but she’s also firm in looking forward and seeking the humanness in Malaysia’s obsession for categories and othering.

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September 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We're turning 10 soon! To celebrate, we're sharing a discount code, valid until the end of November. If you want your subscription to start with the November 2025 issue (our 10th anniversary issue!), remember to subscribe by 10 October, before we compile our mailing list!

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September 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A rare comic on Mekong Review! This comic by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray was produced as part of our partnership with RMIT University's nonfiction/lab, responding to the prompt 'hope in the everyday'.

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September 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In the face of funding cuts and growing oppression, Cambodian reporters cling on to hope through memories of a golden age of journalism.

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September 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Half an hour to closing time and this is all we’ve got left at the booth 🥰🥰🥰
August 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here at lyf Farrer Park running a booth in support of the launch of Mynah Magazine’s latest issue!

If you’re in Singapore, drop by before 8pm to pick up a copy of our magazine or get access to an event-exclusive discount for subscriptions!
August 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In a world that often overlooks the power of young people online, fan communities have emerged as an unseen engine of revolution in Myanmar.

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August 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"...the moment darker aspects of its past are discussed, Indonesia retreats like a wounded animal into a world of myopia and amnesia."

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August 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It’s August, which means a new issue of Mekong Review 🥳

In this issue: young K-pop stans in Myanmar join resistance efforts, the contestation of Indonesia’s history, an interview with Saigon Soul Revival… and more!

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August 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Did the man who inspired a character in Joseph Conrad’s novels leave behind a fortune in a Swiss bank?

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July 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Kornel Chang, a diasporic Korean historian and author, paints a picture of a post-Second World War Korea searching for a singular vision of what independence looks like.

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July 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
You Must Take Part in Revolution combines powerful imagery with a compelling plot to convey the political turmoil we’ve experienced and might face in the near future.

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July 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
While the voices and expressions in Chinese rock have come from Chinese musicians, outsiders have consistently injected know-how and resources into the country’s marginalised underground musical movements.

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July 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Khieu Ponnary, once called the “mother” of the Khmer Rouge, had seemingly vanished from history while the regime was at its height.

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July 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A review of two books on finding—or perhaps ‘freeing’ is a better word—one’s voice through acts of creation, whether it’s prose, poetry, painting, drawing or cooking.

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June 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Dorothy Wai Sim Lau undertakes a nuanced interrogation of how fame, altruism and regional identity intersect in Asia’s transnational mediascape.

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June 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
When families affected by extrajudicial killings in the Philippines speak and shed tears of sorrow and anger in front of legislators and flashing cameras, they’re finally able to transform shame into outrage.

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June 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Young people from Myanmar are being forced to choose between survival and service in a conflict they had no say in and strongly object to.

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May 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Forty years after the world’s worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, activists and survivors are still struggling for justice and accountability.

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May 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM