Archive: Dec 2014



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

Fighting fire with fire

By Daniel Besant • Dec 09, 2014
One of the region’s longest-running and most intractable conflicts continues to smoulder in Thailand’s deep south. The new military government has promised peace, but one of its first moves was handing out military-grade weapons to locals

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 08, 2014 • 7 min read

The big year

By David Hutt • Dec 08, 2014
Will a new region-wide convention and regional integration, both slated for next year, succeed where past efforts have failed and quash human trafficking?

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 05, 2014 • 7 min read

The recovery model

By Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata • Dec 05, 2014
Southeast Asia’s biggest natural disaster in modern history provided a nation and a region with a lesson they never expected to learn. Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, how much has changed?

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 04, 2014 • 3 min read

The quiet achiever: Retno Marsudi

By Daniel Besant • Dec 04, 2014
There is a new gang running things in Indonesia. One of its more notable members is Retno Marsudi – the country’s first female foreign minister

Dec 03, 2014 • 3 min read

Life graft

The latest Corruption Perceptions Index has just been released by Transparency International and its findings in Southeast Asia have a wearily familiar ring
By Lauren Vardy • Dec 03, 2014

Dec 03, 2014 • 7 min read
Cambodia

The one and only: Hun Sen

This month marks 30 years since Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen took control of the country. His reign as the world’s longest serving leader has been marked by success and progress, fear and corruption. And it’s not over yet…
By Markus Karbaum • Dec 03, 2014

Dec 02, 2014 • 3 min read

Getting a rise

Cambodia's garment workers recently scored a pay rise. Reactions to this decision are mixed
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Dec 02, 2014

Dec 02, 2014 • 7 min read
Transgender sex workers

The skin I live in

A lack of understanding of transgender issues means that hundreds of women are presented with scant employment opportunities and often turn to sex work to make ends meet
By Kirsten Han • Dec 02, 2014

Dec 01, 2014 • 7 min read

Interview: Régis Wargnier

Acclaimed French film maker Régis Wargnier, director of the Golden Globe and Academy Award winning Indochine and the soon-to-be-released The Gate (Fr. Le Temps des Aveux) talks to Southeast Asia Globe
By David Hutt • Dec 01, 2014

Dec 01, 2014 • 5 min read

Tradition is a guide

George Town’s E&O hotel laid the foundations for luxury hotels in the region and remains a role model today
By Daniel Besant • Dec 01, 2014