https://www.scmp.com/rss/311051/feed Carol Isoux worked as a journalist in Paris and Shanghai before settling in Bangkok during the street unrest of 2010. She is covering South East Asian events for both French and international press. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In suburban Taytay, a 20-minute drive from downtown Manila, in the Philippines, a distraught family have gathered at a funeral parlour. At the back of the building, in a wide, white-tiled room, the body of a 12-year-old boy lies on a stainless-steel table, face up, legs slightly bent. Five forensic investigators put on blue plastic overalls before they cut open Elijah Rain de Guzman to perform an autopsy. Over almost four hours, they collect tissue samples, measure and weigh the major organs and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3006712/philippines-suspicion-dengue-vaccine-linked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3006712/philippines-suspicion-dengue-vaccine-linked?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Apr 2019 01:30:08 +0000 “You’re not machines! You’re not cattle! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let’s all unite!” An odd rallying cry to be booming forth from a park in the middle of Yangon, the capital of military-controlled Myanmar, you may think, but the Memory! International Film Heritage Festival, which aims to open dialogue on the heavy censorship that still shackles artistic creation in the country, is itself incongruous. The powerful voice of Charlie... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2121267/backstage-yangons-festival-banned-films-billy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2121267/backstage-yangons-festival-banned-films-billy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Nov 2017 00:15:45 +0000 For the first time in the history of France, a signifi­cant number of French Asians are prepared to make their voice heard in a presidential election. Ahead of the first of a probable two rounds of voting, which takes place on April 23, Post Magazine talked to some French Asian voters to see which of the 11 candidates appeal to them. We meet Li Hong in Le Bistrot de Pekin, an elegant restaurant a few hundred metres from the Chinese embassy in the chic Parisian neighbourhood of the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2088952/who-getting-chinese-vote-french-presidential?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2088952/who-getting-chinese-vote-french-presidential?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Apr 2017 05:19:53 +0000 With a ferocious roar, Pu Ying leaps at the man who just shot her – but succeeds only in striking the bars of her enclosure. After 15 minutes of confused groaning, shaking her head under the effect of a powerful cocktail of ketamine and diazepam, the young tiger falls asleep. Veterinarians cover her eyes with a piece of cloth, place her on a stretcher and conduct medical tests. “We are checking the heartbeat and the blood pressure, and also taking a few samples for further DNA analysis,”... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2017620/thailand-serious-about-curbing-trade-tigers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2017620/thailand-serious-about-curbing-trade-tigers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Sep 2016 03:00:45 +0000 "Thank you for giving me life and please forgive my mistakes," says Sunanta, 29, weeping at her mother's feet. She is taking part in a ceremony that would-be clergy must go through as part of their ordination. Today, 28 women, between the ages of 13 and 69, have come to Songdhammakalyani temple, on the outskirts of Bangkok, to affirm, under a scorching sun, their vows and their desire to become bhikkhunis, the ancient Pali term for the female equivalent of a monk. After having their heads and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1789268/thai-tv-anchor-turned-monk-fights-womens-right-be-ordained?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1789268/thai-tv-anchor-turned-monk-fights-womens-right-be-ordained?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 May 2015 14:13:10 +0000