Archive: May 2012



STORY OF THE DAY • May 30, 2012 • 5 min read

Freedom in a can

By Susanne Lenz • May 30, 2012
Hip-hop culture is booming in Vietnam. A circle of graffiti artists is taking to the streets and saying it with spray

STORY OF THE DAY • May 28, 2012 • 6 min read

The people vs. Asean

By Frédéric Janssens • May 28, 2012
The most recent Asean Summit was marked by significant clashes between the Cambodian chair and civil society organisations. Is this a new trend, or just an old habit?

STORY OF THE DAY • May 25, 2012 • 2 min read

Tax me if you can

By Southeast Asia Globe • May 25, 2012
The future could be bright for private banking and tax evasion in Southeast Asia

May 23, 2012 • 4 min read

A chain reaction

Rami Sharaf explains what links RMA Cambodia’s car assembly, agriculture development and fast food businesses
By Philippe Beco • May 23, 2012

May 16, 2012 • 2 min read
Wildlife Trade

The killers

For more than 10 years, photographer Patrick Brown and author Ben Davies have followed the global wildlife trade and its gruesome pursuit of profits
By Navet Tab • May 16, 2012

May 14, 2012 • 5 min read

The final countdown

The island of Phu Quoc has enchanted independent travellers for years. What does the future hold for this teardrop in the Gulf of Thailand?
By Simon Hare • May 14, 2012

May 13, 2012 • 1 min read

Plane sailing

Garuda, Indonesia’s flag carrier, has inked a $2.5 billion deal with the European plane manufacturer Airbus for the delivery of 11 A330 passenger jets. It is the second contract in a year between the two businesses after Garuda ordered 25 A320 Airbus planes for a price of $2.18 billion last…
By Southeast Asia Globe • May 13, 2012

May 13, 2012 • 3 min read

Gibbon gabber

Ben Rawson is a primatologist with Conservation International and has worked with gibbons for more than ten years
By Charlie Lancaster • May 13, 2012

May 11, 2012 • 4 min read
Myanmar

The future starts here

Reforms are meaningless unless accompanied by fundamental changes to the constitution
By Sebastian Strangio • May 11, 2012

May 08, 2012 • 4 min read

A system stonewalled

Political meddling may topple the Khmer Rouge tribunal – an outcome that would suit the government just fine
By Sacha Passi • May 08, 2012

May 08, 2012 • 5 min read

Northern rights

With reforms spreading hope across much of the country, the future is less auspicious for isolated Kachin State
By Sebastian Strangio • May 08, 2012