Mekong Review

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

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

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'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/flooding-the-s…

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/what-is-asia/

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.exacteditions.com/mekong-review

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-mothers-and…

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

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/keeping-secret…

We're excited to share that Mekong Review is now available in @Periplus_Store 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/writing-back/

Artist Tyrus Wong’s extraordinary 106 years on earth, told in meticulous detail by Karen Fang, is a story of resilience and triumph. Read the full review at mekongreview.com/i-am-chinese/

Our May–July 2026 issue has been added to our online store! If you'd like to order a print copy (or even more than one!) head over to ko-fi.com/mekongreview/s…

Sri Lanka’s railways aren’t just conveyances with spectacular views; they’re also an integral part of the country’s story. Read here: mekongreview.com/the-tracks-of-…

"There’s poignancy in the idea of artistic ambition sacrificed for something as fundamental as war—of trading words for bullets." Read Oliver Raw's review of Frontline Poets: mekongreview.com/trading-words-…

For more than 60 years, Parsiana carried the stories, debates, and perspectives of the Parsi community. But with an ageing team and a dwindling community, the magazine printed its final issue in October 2025. Read more about Parsiana: mekongreview.com/the-end-of-an-…

Censorship is common in Kashmir, but people find ways to read what the authorities say they shouldn't. In our February 2026 issue, Adil Amin Akhoon takes a look at how readers persist even as the government orders titles off shelves. Read here: mekongreview.com/quiet-persiste…