Economics

China’s economy Slowing down

Having benefitted from decades of breakneck growth in China, trade- and investment-dependent ASEAN is vulnerable to fluctuations in the world’s second-biggest economy By Kevin Livingston

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Winning the battle, losing the war?

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Manufacturing change

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CHINA AND THE WEST

Too little, too late

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18 November 2019
THIS WEEK IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

People power.

This week we’re looking at Southeast Asia’s longest-running dam dispute, China’s slowing economy and ten years since the bloody Maguindanao massacre.
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DC-CAM

The archivists

Robert Carmichael

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE

CHINA’S ECONOMY

Slowing down

Kevin Livingston

THIS WEDNESDAY

Second chances

Fighting against addiction on the outskirts of Cambodia’s capital.

THIS THURSDAY

It takes a village

What Southeast Asia can learn from the region’s longest-running dam protest.

THIS FRIDAY

Ten years on

Finding justice for the victims of the devastating Maguindanao massacre.

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Power

Political reporting and analysis on the big questions facing the region.
Joko Widodo’s arch-nemesis Prabowo Subianto has been appointed Indonesia’s newest defence minister. We look back at Indonesia’s tangled web of political patronage.

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 13, 2019 • 7 min read

Analysis Great expectations

By Yohanes Sulaiman • Aug 13, 2019
Ahead of Indonesia’s Independence Day on August 17, Indonesian political analyst Yohanes Sulaiman looks at the prospect of reform during recently re-elected President Joko Widodo’s second term

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Money

Business insights and innovation, from industry to entrepreneurs.
Women continue to play a central role in businesses across Southeast Asia. It’s time that more took their place at the top.

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 26, 2019 • 5 min read

Cambodian business leaders ‘I climbed the ladder to be here today’

By Robin Spiess • Jun 26, 2019
Around the globe, women face persistently low representation in the highest levels of business leadership – and the number of females leading the world’s largest companies has actually been on the decline in recent years. In celebration of this International Women’s Day, Southeast Asia Globe sat down with Cham Krasna, the CEO of Cambodian company Soma Group, to discuss challenges and successes encountered during her first year working as the company’s first female CEO, as well as her vision for the future of Soma Group

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 09, 2018 • 9 min read

Gender equality Banking on change

By Janelle Retka • Aug 09, 2018
Cambodian women are traditionally charged with overseeing their families’ finances once the paycheque comes home. While this skillset remains an essential part of Cambodia’s economy, what more can the financial sector do to take advantage of this home-grown expertise?

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Life

Putting people at the heart of the story.
Almost 40 dead bodies found locked in a refrigerated truck in the UK are now believed to have come from Vietnam. We look at some of the factors driving people to desperate measures in search of a better life.

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 25, 2019 • 10 min read

Singapore The desperation of migrant workers

By Silvia Boccardi • Jan 25, 2019
Southeast Asia Globe speaks with foreign workers and the aid organisations that help them get back on their feet after on-the-job injuries force them to battle with employers. A new law that takes effect in April could change the game

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 12, 2018 • 17 min read

Cambodia’s building blocks Blood bricks

By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Nov 12, 2018
Cambodia’s construction boom has demand for clay bricks climbing. But a transformation to Cambodia’s rural economy feeds some of the most vulnerable into the growing brick sector and its toxic debt bondage

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Earth

How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.
The push against plastic waste is ramping up across the region. We look deeper into how Southeast Asia can solve this crisis.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 22, 2019 • 13 min read

Waste pickers A brief history of Cambodia’s plastic crisis

By Kathrin Eitel • Aug 22, 2019
Cambodia’s plastic waste is kept in balance thanks to an army of waste pickers, who represent the only functioning infrastructure. We look back at how plastic conquered the Kingdom

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 28, 2019 • 15 min read

Plastic waste The waste land

By Evie Breese and Thim Rachna • Jun 28, 2019
Southeast Asia is racing to follow China’s ban on plastic waste imports. And with Cambodia now forced to clean up its own mess, the Kingdom has a chance to turn piles of plastic trash into treasure

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