Archive: Oct 2012



STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2012 • 7 min read

Food Going with the grain: A golden rice breeding method

By Sacha Passi • Oct 10, 2012
Despite Southeast Asia sitting at the heart of the world’s rice bowl, scientists are working to ensure food security issues won’t leave much of the region hungry

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Lady in waiting: Nurul Izzah Anwar

By Sacha Passi • Oct 10, 2012
She has the lineage to rival some of the world’s most prominent political families, yet Nurul Izzah Anwar is set to pave her own path towards a new democracy

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Top 5: Football scandals

By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 10, 2012
Murderous goalkeepers, racist officials, cheating teammates: the beautiful game is often anything but

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2012 • 6 min read

An upsurge of traffic accidents in Cambodia

By Frédéric Janssens • Oct 10, 2012
From killing fields to killer roads: Since 2005, the number of deaths has doubled on Cambodian roads, yet the problem remains largely ignored

Oct 10, 2012 • 2 min read

Muslim fashion Mecca

Indonesia has designs on becoming the world’s Islamic fashion capital by 2020
By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 10, 2012

Oct 09, 2012 • 3 min read

Rising tides: Seaweed farming in Indonesia

Seaweed’s surge in popularity across the world spells good news for a farming community on an island off Bali. Photographer Putu Sayoga captures their story
By Putu Sayoga • Oct 09, 2012

Oct 04, 2012 • 10 min read
Cambodia Wildlife

Hunters and hunted

Patrolling Cambodia’s southern Cardamom Mountains with Wildlife Alliance and the rangers of Stung Proat 
By Daniel Otis • Oct 04, 2012

Oct 04, 2012 • 3 min read

Hunger games: Food crisis ahead?

Experts warn the world is entering an era of permanent food crisis that will hit the poor hardest and spark social unrest. Ill-prepared and exposed to the elements, Southeast Asia remains particularly vulnerable
By South East Asia Globe • Oct 04, 2012

Oct 03, 2012 • 1 min read

Mastering Myanmar

Myanmar is making its first moves towards being integrated into the global financial system after MasterCard issued the country’s Co-Operative Bank a license. The US company has become the first payments operator to make such a move in the formerly reclusive state. Co-Operative Bank has the largest number of ATMs…
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 03, 2012

Oct 02, 2012 • 7 min read
Cambodia

Sitting pretty in Cambodia

Despite the Cambodian government feeling threatened by a ‘secessionist’ movement, observers say the leadership has no revolution to fear
By Faine Greenwood • Oct 02, 2012