Natashya Gutierrez
Editor-in-Chief, Asia-Pacific, Vice World News
Natashya is the Editor-in-Chief of VICE World News in Asia-Pacific. She is passionate about covering women's issues, politics, democracies and human rights.
For the First Time, Chinese Protesters Are Standing With Uyghurs. Will it Last?
It took a deadly fire linked to China’s COVID curbs to draw national attention towards Uyghurs, but their larger struggle remains invisible.
Suicide Bomber Attacks Police Station to Protest Indonesia's New Criminal Code
The bombing comes a day after the passage of a controversial ban on pre-marital sex, blasphemy, and the spreading of views counter to state ideology.
Chinese Students Invent Coat That Makes People Invisible to AI Security Cameras
“Security cameras using AI technology are everywhere. They pervade our lives... Our privacy is exposed,” a researcher told VICE World News.
Sex Outside Marriage to Be Banned in Indonesia
Cohabitation before marriage, black magic and insulting the president will also be outlawed under a controversial new criminal code.
Annoyed at Noisy Children, Man in Thailand Shoots at School 18 Times
He said that he was upset by the school’s daily morning activities, which included playing the national anthem and chanting.
‘End of an Era’: Gay Sex Is Finally Legal in Singapore, but There’s a Catch
A colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex has officially been repealed in Singapore, but along with it comes a constitutional amendment that keeps same-sex marriages firmly out of reach.
Buddhist Temple Left Without Monks After They All Test Positive for Meth
It follows a string of criminal scandals involving monks in Thailand, where authorities are reporting record-breaking quantities of synthetic drugs.
Pakistan Lost $30 Billion in Floods. Should Rich Polluting Countries Pay Up?
“What’s happening in Pakistan demonstrates the sheer inadequacy of the global response to the climate crisis,” the UN Secretary-General said.
Meth Is Turning Fiji From a Tropical Paradise Into a Narco’s Playground
The Pacific island has become collateral damage in the global drug trade, as an influx of meth fuels a rise in sex work, poverty and corruption.
Indigenous Australian Athlete Gets Fined for Criticising the Queen
“This idea that we should be magnanimous about the passing of the queen…We never got that respect. And in fact, all we really got was exploitation.”
Australian Workers Are the Latest International Apple Staff to Unionise
Unionised Apple workers in Australia told VICE World News that they plan to protest poor pay by refusing to sell certain products or to work at all.
Police Just Made Australia’s ‘Largest Ever Meth Seizure’
Officers arrested three men, aged 24, 26, and 34, after the drugs were found in marble slabs.