By Peter Janssen • Nov 10, 2009
 As host to the 2009 SEA Games, Laos will expect to strike gold with its young female petanque team and see off the Thais – the region’s unlikely champions

By Cameron Cooper • Nov 10, 2009
 Paula Taylor, Thailand’s most successful model and Geoff Heydt, a talent representative, explain how to make a face very famous

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Nov 10, 2009
Local photojournalists have gradually replaced foreign professionalsand are now enjoying greater exposure on the international market

By Charlie Lancaster • Nov 10, 2009
 After getting its knuckles rapped by the prime minister,the Cambodian advertising industry needs to consider how best to sell products and keep everyone on its side.There can be few countries in the free world where a prime minister’s attention is diverted from matters of state to matters of media morality. But that’s exactly what happened to Hun Sen, Cambodia’s prime minister, recently when he felt obliged to ban a condom advertisement, saying it promoted prostitution and promiscuity