‘WTF is Up in Southeast Asia + Hong Kong’ is a podcast by Coconuts Media that delivers impactful, weird, and wonderful reporting by our journalists on the ground in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Bali. Listen to headline news and insightful interviews on matters large and small, designed for people located in – or curious about – Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
The last episode of the year does not disappoint with this week’s stories true to the WTF brand: notably allegations of security personnel sticking fingers in festival goers’ bras and grabbing crotches at the recent 808 Festival in Bangkok. Coconuts Bangkok Nicky Tanskul (who was also there at...
Published 12/14/22
The Indonesian parliament quietly passed a bill to revise its colonial-era penal code, with much of the media attention turned to all but one provision: outlawing sex between non-spouses. Coconuts Regional Managing Editor Andra Nasrie gives us the lowdown on what that’s really about, and why...
Published 12/07/22