Athena Thang

Feb 22, 2024 | jom.media | Athena Thang |Jonathan Lin |Sim Jiaying |Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh

A former garment workers’ dormitory on a quiet Chiang Mai backstreet is an unlikely place to witness South-east Asia’s media rebirth. Last November, I was there to meet Sonny Swe, the co-founder of Frontier Myanmar, a news and business magazine whose strident independence since 2015 has won it the adoration of fans and the ire of the junta.

Feb 16, 2024 | jom.media | Athena Thang

Dear reader,Jom’s essay of the week: “Boys will be boys? Masculinity in Singapore’s National Service” by Athena Thang is an exploration of NS as a key site for the contestation and reproduction of masculinity in Singapore: its complexities, challenges, and possible ways forward.