News 24 November 2022 As GoTo slashes 12% of workforce, massive tech layoffs hit Southeast Asia Indonesia's “pandemic darlings” are now the biggest casualties of cost cuts. By Antonia Timmerman
Q & A 14 November 2022 89% of surveyed Twitter employees say the company will fail under Musk Sunguk Moon, CEO and co-founder of the anonymous workplace forum Blind, reveals how workers at Twitter and Meta really feel. By Sarah Hilton
Reports 14 November 2022 Malaysia built a WFH paradise. Now it just needs people to turn up. With pristine beaches and robot waiters, the country is luring back digital nomads — but it’s also making early stumbles. By Antonia Timmerman
Reports 10 November 2022 How Cambodia’s scam mills reel in new “cyber slave” workers Casual trafficking, calls to parents, misleading ads: even with global pressure, recruitment is rife. By Danielle Keeton-Olsen and Lam Nguyen
Reports 2 November 2022 Vietnam is luring tech giants out of China with flashy infrastructure projects Even as Apple and others move suppliers in, the boom has its skeptics. By Lam Le
Reports 31 October 2022 Meet Indonesia’s Joe Rogan — part YouTube star, part magician, all controversy Deddy Corbuzier, a master of conflict-as-entertainment, is now a defining force in the country’s influencer industrial complex. By Antonia Timmerman
Reports 27 October 2022 AI-generated art sparks furious backlash from Japan’s anime community Dall-E might be the hot new thing, but outside Silicon Valley, fear and outrage are ramping up. By Andrew Deck
News 26 October 2022 Singapore’s politicians are strangely popular on TikTok Welcome to the land where media laws and youthful optimism have made TikTok a bubble of positivity. By Nicole Lim
Reports 24 October 2022 Forget Netflix and Disney: A local streaming service is king in Indonesia Vidio cracked the code for what the masses actually watch, drawing tens of millions with teen fiction adaptations and premium sports. By Antonia Timmerman
