How "digital nomad" is morphing into a visa category in a growing number of countries, great insight into a new cross-border class of global citizen by Marco Ferrarese asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks…

#journorequest I would love to talk to a delivery food driver (possibly Grab or FoodPanda, and a motorbike driver) to understand how the app works on their side. How they get orders and all. This is for something I am writing and is fully confidential. Anyone can help?

Malaysia still struggles to catch up with neighbors in recovering the tourism sector. My latest on Al Jazeera English aljazeera.com/economy/2023/1…

"When Netflix announced the exclusive production of seven Indonesian films and series in September 2022, few expected overnight success." But on the contrary... read my latest on Al Jazeera English and tune on "Dear David" by Lucky Kuswandi from tomorrow. aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/8/…

Stoked to debut on the excellent Atlas Obscura Welcome to the world of Koh Ah Keat, a Taoist funeral effigy maker by day, headbanger by night, talking about appeasing the dead in the afterlife as modernity changes ancient Chinese death rituals... atlasobscura.com/articles/paper…

Our latest newsletter is out! It features Marco Ferrarese, Lev Nachman, and Azrin Fauzi, as well as Kirsten Han and Kevin Yam 任建峰 eating exquisite gelato with South-East Asian flavours at Beku, Melbourne: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/231880… Subscribe to our newsletter: subscribepage.io/mekongreviewwe…

Yes, Alena Murang is good and all, but beyond the "gentrified" sape' there are dozens of other boat lutes in Borneo, and these people are finally helping with their revival... my latest rocking piece on Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts…

I spoke to Jin Ong, the director of Malaysian social drama "Abang Adik", on sweeping the top prizes at Udine’s Far East Film Festival - read it on SCMP Lifestyle scmp.com/lifestyle/ente…

I am back on BBC Travel with a piece on the Jungle Railway, Malaysia's most glorious train ride. This service may soon become obsolete, so if I were you, I'd run to Johor (or in the very early hours of the morning at Gemas) and enjoy the ride. bbc.com/travel/article…

Closing the year on Al Jazeera English with a story on the world's first Buddhist Death Metal band Dharma from Taiwan is quite a high note in this extremely busy yet rewarding 2023. aljazeera.com/features/2023/…

History of easternmost part of Islamic world told through works of Malaysia's finest gold & silversmiths, Marco Ferrarese on striking new book "Malay Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendour from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand" asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Book…

Some reflections on traveling to China after the pandemic and how domestic tourism has changed everything there. My latest on Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks…