Archive: Feb 2015



STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 27, 2015 • 1 min read

Big names feature on Festival of Media's agenda

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 27, 2015
Speakers from Huawei, Facebook, Diagio and Google feature on Festival of Media Asia Pacific's 2015 agenda

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 26, 2015 • 3 min read

Poetry "Have I become stateless?"

By Nathan A. Thompson • Feb 26, 2015
The latest part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry – this month verse from Myanmar

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 24, 2015 • 2 min read

Performance issues

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 24, 2015
Southeast Asian countries come in last in range of global rankings for electoral integrity

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 24, 2015 • 2 min read

Rooms with a view

By Focus Asean editorial • Feb 24, 2015
A wave of foreign-built resorts in Cambodia is reshaping the country’s tourism sector in a race for guests

Feb 23, 2015 • 6 min read

Pitch perfect

A night in a plush tented camp next to one of Cambodia’s most enigmatic temples renders ‘glamping’ an appropriate portmanteau
By David Hutt • Feb 23, 2015

Feb 20, 2015 • 4 min read
Indonesia

On a wind and a prayer

As part of his modern re-telling of Sindbad the Sailor, photographer Beat Presser boarded traditional pinisi cargo boats
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 20, 2015

Feb 16, 2015 • 5 min read

In all shapes

Lavi Lev, senior vice-president of Ultra Clean Holdings in Asia, discusses the region’s burgeoning 3D-printing industry and the plans that could revolutionise the sector
By David Hutt • Feb 16, 2015

Feb 13, 2015 • 10 min read
Hmong Resistance

Farewell to arms

For more than four decades, sections of the Hmong community have been in conflict with the Lao government, but is the resistance all but over?
By David Hutt • Feb 13, 2015

Feb 11, 2015 • 7 min read

The fast lane

Thailand has long been in the driving seat of Asean’s automotive industry, but the Kingdom could be about to lose its va-va-voom to regional rivals
By Jennifer Meszaros • Feb 11, 2015

Feb 09, 2015 • 5 min read

Losing a legacy

Vann Molyvann’s name is synonymous with the golden era of modern Cambodian architecture. Filmmakers Christopher Rompré and Haig Balian discuss their upcoming documentary that chronicles his life and explores the Kingdom’s contemporary skyline
By David Hutt • Feb 09, 2015

Feb 06, 2015 • 6 min read

The preservation of memory

Award-winning filmmaker Rithy Panh has dedicated his life and work to ensuring that Cambodia’s struggles are never forgotten
By Daniel Besant • Feb 06, 2015