Archive: Jun 2014



STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 13, 2014 • 10 min read

colour-soaked art Ashley Bickerton: In two minds

By Jemma Galvin • Jun 13, 2014
Once one of the East Village’s precocious golden kids of the 1980s, Ashley Bickerton swapped suicidal geniuses for tropical obscurity. And he wouldn’t change a thing… 

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 11, 2014 • 7 min read

The consummate diplomat

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 11, 2014
As national elections loom, Indonesia’s foreign minister talks regional diplomacy and the need for sensitivity in negotiation

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 11, 2014 • 4 min read

“A lot of precision planning goes into a fight scene”

By Daniel Besant • Jun 11, 2014
Born in Thailand and schooled in the UK, filmmaker Tom Waller discusses the realities of filming in the Kingdom and his latest movie The Last Executioner

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 09, 2014 • 6 min read

"The needs are enormous"

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 09, 2014
Wiebke Schloemer, an infrastructure expert at the International Finance Corporation, discusses the challenges arising from the region’s pressing need for improved connectivity

Jun 09, 2014 • 9 min read

Trade behemoth

To avoid losing out in trade pacts, Asean must move up the value chain and increase its competitiveness
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 09, 2014

Jun 09, 2014 • 6 min read

The charm and the mettle

Daughter to a recently sentenced father; leader to an ethnic Malay community; mother to a son and daughter. Nurul Izzah Anwar has the lineage to rival some of the world's most prominent political families and for many embodies the battle for genuine democracy in Malaysia
By Arnaud Dubus • Jun 09, 2014

Jun 08, 2014 • 2 min read

Trouble at the border

More than 100,000 Cambodian migrant workers have fled Thailand, apparently due to fears of a crackdown on illegal foreign labourers by the ruling military junta. The border town of Poipet was inundated with returning workers, with an estimated 45,000 crossing back into their home country on one day alone.
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 08, 2014

Jun 06, 2014 • 1 min read

Connectivity in figures

A surge in connectivity is filtering through the region as its citizens' appetite for communication steadily increases
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 06, 2014

Jun 06, 2014 • 6 min read
Music

Still the girl next door: Taylor Swift

As she embarks on the Southeast Asian leg of her Red Tour, Taylor Swift tells Southeast Asia Globe that, even after selling millions of records and playing sold-out stadium shows, for her, home is where the heart is
By Katy Hiddleston • Jun 06, 2014

Jun 04, 2014 • 5 min read

All aboard

Myanmar’s telecoms industry is set to explode following a landmark deal
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 04, 2014

Jun 04, 2014 • 7 min read

The consummate diplomat: Marty Natalegawa

As national elections loom, Indonesia’s foreign minister talks regional diplomacy and the need for sensitivity in negotiation
By Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata • Jun 04, 2014

Jun 02, 2014 • 5 min read

Girls' business

While an increasing number of women hold senior corporate positions, true equality remains a long way off
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 02, 2014