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Narciso Contreras
• Jun 18, 2012
As a new Myanmar emerges, the battle rages on for the inhabitants of Kachin, its northernmost state. Thousands of civilians have been displaced and ethnic troops have taken up arms once more to defend their homeland from government forces. Photographer Narciso Contreras captures their story
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Sacha Passi
• Jun 11, 2012
Poo may be the last taboo in Cambodia; but a conversation about good sanitation and sound water management is long overdue
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 09, 2012
Filipino director Yam Laranas is making headway in the United States after his horror flick The Road became the first Filipino project to get a US theatrical release. The movie begins with the reopening of a 12-year-old cold case following the disappearance of three teens on an abandoned road, and…
With the constitution relegating women to second-class citizens and the national army increasingly employing sexualised violence as a weapon of subjugation, Myanmar is still very much a military man’s world
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Charlie Lancaster
• Jun 08, 2012
Habib Salim Alatas, the Islam Defenders Front Jakarta branch chief told the Jakarta Post that Lady Gaga is not welcome in Indonesia. Her concert this month has been cancelled after the national police refused to issue a permit allowing her performance. It is reported more than 50,000 tickets, totalling nearly…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 06, 2012
Lone strummer: Jason Mraz Serious music fans may have to turn not just one, but a number of blind eyes in the direction of Jason Mraz in order to enjoy his laid-back, 70s-infused soft rock. That trilby he insists on wearing, for example, grates immediately and his pleasant vegan…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 05, 2012
Investors hungry for Singapore’s Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint will have to dig deep to raise the S$3.5m ($2.7m) asking price for one of the city-state’s most popular Cantonese-style restaurants
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 04, 2012
Running for a mammoth eight months until Christmas Day 2012 at Singapore Art Museum, Panorama: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia offers a window on the explosion of art produced in Asia since 2000. Featuring artists from Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, among others, Panorama charts issues affecting the continent…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 02, 2012