Archive: Feb 2015



STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 06, 2015 • 3 min read

Fighting gender-based violence with technology

By Logan Connor • Feb 06, 2015
Asia Foundation of Cambodia launches VXW Award to recognise three young Cambodian women’s efforts to promote gender equality in the Kingdom

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 06, 2015 • 4 min read

“I can only handle it because I’m in love with my music”

By Daniel Besant • Feb 06, 2015
Internationally acclaimed DJ Nakadia hails from Thailand but now calls Berlin her home. As ‘the queen of turntables’ prepares to play with legendary DJ Sven Väth on Koh Samui, she speaks to Southeast Asia Globe about her unrelenting love for her art

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 05, 2015 • 6 min read

Short but sweet

By Dan Riley • Feb 05, 2015
Southeast Asia Globe talks filmmaking, crowdfunding and Clint Eastwood with the three winning directors at this year’s Tropfest Southeast Asia short film festival

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 05, 2015 • 5 min read

Alley cat

By Daniel Besant • Feb 05, 2015
Behind the scenes in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Tuýp Pho No, a young artist-entrepreneur is subverting tradition in the one-party state

Feb 04, 2015 • 12 min read

A new cold war?

With the United States’ renewed affection for Asia provoking suspicion from China, will Southeast Asian nations become pawns as the two superpowers battle for influence?
By David Hutt • Feb 04, 2015

Feb 03, 2015 • 7 min read

A view to a kill

Indonesia’s president is seen by many as a symbol of hope for human rights, so why is he firmly behind the death penalty for drug offences?
By Daniel Besant • Feb 03, 2015

Feb 02, 2015 • 2 min read

Cambodia's got talent

Cambodians snatched first and third places in the short-film competition at this year’s Tropfest Southeast Asia
By Logan Connor • Feb 02, 2015

Feb 02, 2015 • 3 min read
Prince Norodom Ranariddh

The little prince

After five decades in and out of Cambodian politics, Prince Norodom Ranariddh has breezily announced yet another return, but many doubt his abilities and motives
By David Hutt • Feb 02, 2015