Mekong Review

We're going to the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival! 21–25 October in Ubud, Bali ✨ Our editor-in-chief, Kirsten Han, will be speaking on a panel and moderating another. And our magazine will be in the festival bookstore! Get your tickets: www.ubudwritersfesti...

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There are no longer any Muslim families in Mari in eastern India, yet the Hindu residents continue tending to their village’s empty mosque. 📖: mekongreview.com/a-m...

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In contexts where public narratives are written and rewritten according to the whims of those in power, and selective amnesia is imposed upon the population, remembering becomes a political act. 📖: mekongreview.com/rem...

The General: Vietnam in the Age of Tô Lâm shows that not even foreigners or non-Vietnamese speakers have immunity from the iron fist Tô Lâm, the Communist Party of Vietnam’s general secretary. 📖: mekongreview.com/pow...

We're going to the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival! 21–25 October in Ubud, Bali ✨ Our editor-in-chief, Kirsten Han, will be speaking on a panel and moderating another. And our magazine will be in the festival bookstore! Get your tickets: www.ubudwritersfesti...

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A father and son travel to experience Vietnam through the birds that call it home, even if only for a little while. 📖: mekongreview.com/let...

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Don't miss your chance to own some of the original artwork from Mekong Review's past covers. We only have one of each of these watercolours by Erica Eng available on our webstore: ko-fi.com/mekongrevi...

For the Tibetan community in London, the upcoming Chinese mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court is just another physical manifestation of the surveillance and climate of fear they have to navigate. 📖: mekongreview.com/the...

The Chinese government relies on dancing ethnic minorities to project normalcy. Last year, it brought dancing #Uyghurs to #Japan. For the wonderful @mekongreview.com, I unpack the bizarre propaganda of 'Xinjiang Week' mekongreview.com/xinjiang-week/

1/ My cover design for @mekongreview.com for August - October Look closer where AI is leading to us to. I think its a right time to post it following jacob Coxton ‘s AI doom warning tweet after resigining from Anthopic.

The three volumes of Eiji Yoshikawa’s Musashi: The Novel contain a rollicking yarn with a cast of colourful characters that swirls about its nucleus, Musashi, with curious and often calamitous results. 📖: mekongreview.com/the...

The Chinese government relies on dancing ethnic minorities to project normalcy. Last year, it brought dancing #Uyghurs to #Japan. For @mekongreview.com, my latest unpacks the propaganda of '#Xinjiang Week' https://mekongreview.com/xinjiang-week/ #China

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A former teacher turned resistance medic supports civilians and fighters in the revolution against the Myanmar military junta. 📖: mekongreview.com/a-f...

What's happened in Tibet and Nepal is devastating. Our hearts break for the families who have lost loved ones and for those who will need to rebuild their lives completely. Many tragic stories will be told, and we hope the artists and journalists who tell them will speak the truth bravely.

Here's a snippet from our last Writers Room series, in which writer Jamyang Phuntsok explains how Tibetan books reach the Tibetan diaspora worldwide. Find the full conversation on our YouTube channel through the link in our bio.

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Singapore proudly declares itself a “pro-family” nation. But in her latest book, Teo You Yenn uncovers a sense of unease among Singaporean parents from all walks of life. 📖: mekongreview.com/no-...

The way Daniel York Loh, a London-based actor of Singaporean and British heritage, sees it, there’s no way anyone can resist rising facism simply by being ‘reasonable’ and ‘sensible’. 📖: mekongreview.com/sta...

Our second installment from our Writers' Room series is now up! Tune in for a candid conversation about the state of Tibetan literature with Kirsten Han and two of our contributing writers from May-July 2026 issue, Bhuchung D. Sonam and Jamyang Phuntsok. Full conversation on our Youtube channel!

Don't miss your chance to own some of the original artwork from Mekong Review's past covers. We only have one of each of these watercolours by Erica Eng available on our webstore: ko-fi.com/mekongrevi...

"I don’t know what Ba makes of these converging lines of flight: our escape from Vietnam as political refugees over forty years ago, and our return to the country as birdwatching ecotourists." A tale of human & shorebirds migration: mekongreview.com/letter-from-... @mekongreview.com #birds

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Our August–October 2026 issue is now available online!⁠ ⁠ Check it out... or better yet, subscribe and never miss an issue: mekongreview.com/sub...

Excited to be headed to the George Town Literary Festival at the end of the year, representing @mekongreview.com! Looking at the line-up, I'll get to reconnect with old friends and hopefully make lots of new ones 🥰

Chan Eng Thai the man may steel himself against disappointment by adopting the pose of a fatalist, but Chan the poet wields his words with a vigour that stubbornly defies the fading of the light. 📖: mekongreview.com/sav...

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This is what you have to do to navigate life in Vietnam: accept that things are precarious and constantly vulnerable to change. 📖: mekongreview.com/mou...

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If you’re based in Singapore, come check out our booth at the Singapore Independent Media Fair on Saturday (25 July) from 1–7pm at Golden Village Cineleisure! Our latest issue will be available at a discounted price, and a selection of back issues will also be available for a suggested donation ⭐️

Even if you declare yourself politically apathetic, politics still has a way of seeking you out and banging on your door. 📖: mekongreview.com/whe...

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Don't miss out! Subscribe to Mekong Review by 10 July to make sure you get added to our mailing list for the August–October 2026 issue. Subscriptions placed after 10 July will start with the November 2026–January 2027 print issue instead. Subscribe now: mekongreview.com/sub...

Don't miss out! Subscribe to Mekong Review by 10 July to make sure you get added to our mailing list for the August–October 2026 issue. Subscriptions placed after 10 July will start with the November 2026–January 2027 print issue instead. Subscribe now: mekongreview.com/sub...

Would you like to see Mekong Review in your library? Institutional subscriptions are available, covering our entire archive as well as upcoming issues. Recommend us to your librarian or reach out for more information: institutions.exacted...

'Arnold Is A Model Student', a film by Sorayos Prapapan, shines a light on unfairness within the Thai education system, challenging the notion of what it means to be a “model” within broken structures. 📖: mekongreview.com/flo...

Is the twenty-first century an Asian one? According to former Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan, this is entirely the wrong question to be asking. 📖: mekongreview.com/wha...

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I've been asked if this was a reaction to @mekongreview.com running into issues with AI use among our contributors. It isn't, actually—I've not come across anything that's raised red flags while editing. But that doesn't mean we can assume that we'll never have to deal with AI.

Mother Mary Comes To Me is Arundhati Roy’s most astute political act; in it, she fearlessly makes her most intimate confessions and, by doing so, reclaims the conditions under which she can be known. 📖: mekongreview.com/of-...

Earlier this year, we published our policy on AI—particularly generative AI—on our website. Read it here: mekongreview.com/mek...

The publication of The Albatross File: Inside Separation is very welcome for those with an interest in the Singapore story—though less for the hitherto secret documents it reproduces and more for the hitherto secret oral histories. Read now: mekongreview.com/kee...

Good news. Mekong Review is now available in Periplus shops in Bali, Jakarta and Surabaya.

We're excited to share that Mekong Review is now available in Periplus in Indonesia! Pick up a copy of our latest issue at your nearest P+ shop or find us the next time you fly into Indonesia through one of the P+ airport terminal shops.

Packed with prose, poetry, stories, and reportage, Tsering Woeser's Ocean, as Much as Rain is essential reading for all Tibetans and for anyone who wants to understand what it means to live under colonial occupation. Read the review: mekongreview.com/wri...