Book Depository

Published on Aug 18, 2024 by Luke Hunt

Studio Bomborra is sponsoring the Mae Sot Book Depository to deliver books written in English or Burmese for children under eight years of age across the border from Thailand to a school in Myanmar. Key people involved in this are Ei Ei Love, David Armstrong and Luke Hunt. Please do not send money. If, however, you have old, unwanted books at home that are suitable for young children and you're prepared to send them via sea mail, then please post to the following address:Mae Sot Book Depository: 61/21 Rat Uthit Road, Mae Sot Subdistrict, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, 63110, ThailandPlease do not send money. Money is not needed.The school looks after 80 children who have been isolated into relative....

Condoms & Cabbages

Published on Jul 26, 2024 by Luke Hunt

Mechai Viravaidya has spent the last 50-years at the helm of Thailand's family planning policies and is credited with saving millions of lives through his  safe sex campaigns as the HIV-AIDS virus took hold in 1981. Mechai spoke with Luke Hunt from Beyond the Mekong. Click here to listen..

AsiaLIFE in Vietnam

Published on Jan 14, 2024 by Luke Hunt

AsiaLIFE and Publishing Hip Magazines in Vietnam Jonny Edbrooke speaks about his various media ventures and the importance of being nice in Southeast Asia.Jonny Edbrooke studied book making and worked for a printing company in Britain before moving to Hong Kong via Bangkok in 1985, when he began carving out a career in publishing as a designer of high-end magazines.In Hong Kong, he worked for Marco Magazine, which was produced for the Hong Kong Group, Epicure, and the South China Morning Post’s Sunday Magazine. All were full color, glossy and targeted an audience with money to spend.Ten years later he took that knowledge to Vietnam. The country was still recovering from war, the expat communities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh....

John MacDougall: 1970-2023

Published on Dec 30, 2023 by Luke Hunt

John MacDougall, an American Academic in Indonesia, has Passed AwayA brave and intelligent man, and scholar of all things Balineseby Luke HuntJohn MacDougall, a cultural anthropologist from Princeton University in the United States who dedicated his life to Indonesia and all things Balinese, died on December 30 after a long suffering illness, a sad finale for 2023. He was 52.Over a career that spanned almost 30 years, McDougall’s writings and influence would reach the highest ranks of governments struggling to cope with Islamic terrorism across Southeast Asia which was borne out of 9/11 and the murkyties between al-Qaeda and its regional affiliates.He arrived in Indonesia in 1988 and quickly became a recognized specialist, universally known as Johnny. He spoke the....

Making Art

Published on Dec 16, 2023 by Luke Hunt

Nico Mesterharm has spent more than 15 years as director of Meta House in Phnom Penh, producing films, plays, and books, while offering a stage for aspiring local and international artists who have rebuilt Cambodia’s arts scene with the backing of foreign donors.However, Cambodia is no longer a struggling post-war country nor is it a major recipient of foreign aid, with conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza grabbing the majority of the world’s attention.For that reason, finding backers to support fresh projects in Cambodia is proving difficult but Mesterharm still has a number of works in the pipeline, including the documentary “Fraternal Help,”  Mesterharm spoke with Luke Hunt.Click here to listen to from Beyond the Mekong.