Alastair McCready
Southeast Asia Editor
alastair.mccready@vice.comAlastair McCready has lived and worked in Southeast for five years, covering politics, the environment, human rights and press freedom.
Save the Children Confirms Staff Among 35 Killed in Christmas Eve Massacre
The two slain aid workers were new fathers who leave behind infant children in Myanmar.
‘I Don’t Know What Normal Is Anymore’: One Woman’s Search for Her Kidnapped Husband
“I wish I had gone up to hug him,” she recalls of the last time she saw him on that December evening in 2012. Today, she’s still fighting for answers.
This Is What It Looks Like When a City of 5 Million People Goes on Strike
Citizens stayed at home en masse to protest Myanmar’s military junta, as major cities across the country were turned into ghost towns.
Disabled Man and Teenagers Among 11 Shot and Burned in Horrific Massacre
Some of the victims’ hands were tied when their bodies were found in a Myanmar village, locals said.
We Asked the Doctor Who Discovered the Omicron Variant What to Expect
VICE News spoke to Dr. Angelique Coetzee about her findings and the world’s reaction to the new variant.
Myanmar Military Sentences American Journalist to 11 Years in Prison
Danny Fenster was arrested at the airport trying to leave Myanmar in May. He has not been heard from since.
Teenager With Autism Sentenced to Prison Over Social Media Posts
A 16-year-old with autism has been jailed for criticizing the government in a Telegram group, in a case highlighting the rapid deterioration of free speech in Cambodia.
Her Brother Was Kidnapped, and Police Are Investigating Her for Campaigning
Sitanun’s brother was kidnapped in broad daylight. But as she campaigns for justice, police are threatening to charge her for breaking COVID rules.
New Research Directly Links Western Fashion Brands to Deforestation
A recently released report reveals the environmental destruction that fast fashion is wreaking in the developing world, and the Western brands responsible.
This Couple Caught COVID-19, So Authorities Drowned and Burned Their Dogs
What started as a heartwarming story of human kindness has within days evolved into a national reckoning on animal abuse.