Archive: Jun 2015



STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 29, 2015 • 6 min read

The hills are alive: Mondulkiri

By Dene Mullen • Jun 29, 2015
Mondulkiri's rolling green scenery marks it out as a special destination within Cambodia, but it is the province's indigenous people and their rich culture that make it quite unlike anywhere else on earth

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 29, 2015 • 5 min read

“I feel like I really come alive when I’m visiting artists in their studios and looking at the work they make”

By Daniel Besant for Southeast Asia Globe • Jun 29, 2015
As senior curator at the Singapore Art Museum, Tan Siuli is responsible for seeking out new talent and buying artworks in Indonesia. Following the launch of the museum’s latest exhibition, After Utopia: Revisiting the Ideal in Asian Contemporary Art, she speaks about her passion for the region’s creative talent

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 28, 2015 • 4 min read

Jet set: Regency House in Singapore

By Dene Mullen for Southeast Asia Globe • Jun 28, 2015
Regency House is poised perfectly betwixt Orchard Road’s alluring malls, but it is tempting not to leave its welcoming walls

Jun 27, 2015 • 7 min read
Traditional detox

The urge to purge

At one Thai temple, Wat Thamkrabok, herbal remedies, steam baths and vomiting are all part of the daily routine for recovering addicts
By Nathan A. Thompson • Jun 27, 2015

Jun 26, 2015 • 2 min read

Endless summer

Vibrant holiday looks from Cambodia's best fashion labels light up the island of Koh Rong
By Jemma Galvin • Jun 26, 2015

Jun 26, 2015 • 4 min read

Top five: silent-era comedians

In today’s world of crash-bang-wallop CGI effects and state-of-the-art sound, it is hard to imagine that films were once silent. Join us as we take a trip down to the studio lot to recall some mirthmeisters of yore
By Daniel Besant • Jun 26, 2015

Jun 26, 2015 • 7 min read
Charlie Chaplin

The little tramp lives on

Charlie Chaplin visited Cambodia in 1936 and continues to inspire performers to this day
By Kevin Ponniah • Jun 26, 2015

Jun 25, 2015 • 3 min read

All shook up: Cambodia's cocktails

Many of Cambodia’s most tastebud-tingling tipples take inspiration from the country’s bounty of fresh local fruits
By Discover editorial • Jun 25, 2015

Jun 25, 2015 • 9 min read
Community Law

Tara bandu: homegrown justice

A centuries-old form of community law and order known as tara bandu could hold the key to overcoming many of the difficulties in modern-day Timor-Leste
By David Hutt • Jun 25, 2015

Jun 24, 2015 • 3 min read

Do it yourself

Led by one of cambodia’s finest homegrown chefs, the Shinta Mani Club's cooking class provides all the excitement of the kitchen minus the hard work and sweaty brows
By Dene Mullen • Jun 24, 2015

Jun 24, 2015 • 8 min read
Malay Skinheads

This is Malaysia

Meet the Malaysian skinheads who are fighting off the subculture’s fascist stereotypes and striving to laud the 1960s scene’s original anti-racist ideals
By Marco Ferrarese • Jun 24, 2015