Archive: Oct 2015



STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 12, 2015 • 4 min read

Trading places: Caravelle Saigon

By Daniel Besant • Oct 12, 2015
Slap bang in the middle of Ho Chi Minh City’s swanky District 1, the Caravelle Saigon joins the dots between the city’s historic past and its exciting future

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 09, 2015 • 11 min read

Supernatural Singapore’s ghost hunters

By David Hutt • Oct 09, 2015
Join Singapore's paranormal investigators for a night of ghost hunting in the city-state

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 07, 2015 • 5 min read

Last Question: Kulikar Sotho

By Daniel Besant • Oct 07, 2015
Kulikar Sotho cut her teeth as a line producer working on 2001’s blockbuster adventure Tomb Raider before recently directing her first feature, The Last Reel, a tale of reconciliation with roots in Cambodia’s turbulent past. Here she talks to Southeast Asia Globe about authenticity, maintaining one’s vision and how her film is not about the Khmer Rouge

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

Portrait: Grace Poe

By Daniel Besant • Oct 05, 2015
Despite her status as a relative outsider and political newcomer, Grace Poe is hoping to beat a pair of heavyweights to win the presidency of the Philippines

Oct 02, 2015 • 11 min read

The future starts here: inside Myanmar’s election

Next month the people of Myanmar head to the polls for a famous general election. With ethnic allegiances, miniature coups and a skewed constitution already in play, the outcome looks anything but predictable
By Sebastian Strangio • Oct 02, 2015

Oct 01, 2015 • 2 min read

High price to pay

A new report outlines the harsh conditions endured by child gold miners in the Philippines
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Oct 01, 2015

Oct 01, 2015 • 10 min read
Politician

Gang of four: Cambodia's new political parties

Four new political parties have entered the fray in Cambodia since the start of the year. And it’s not just the long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party in their sights, but the opposition too
By David Hutt • Oct 01, 2015