Archive: Apr 2016



STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 22, 2016 • 10 min read

Innovation Top startup entrepreneur Cheryl Yeoh shares tips for success

By Dene Mullen • Apr 22, 2016
Cheryl Yeoh sold her shopping app to Walmart and led Malaysia’s national startup programme, making her one of the region’s most in-demand entrepreneurs. Here, she discusses building startups, lessons learned in Silicon Valley and selling junk to strangers

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 21, 2016 • 7 min read

Luxury Strand Cruise gives fine taste of Myanmar’s culture

By Holly Robertson • Apr 21, 2016
The road to Mandalay was made famous by an ode in its honour, but the new five-star Strand Cruise along the riverine route to Myanmar’s cultural capital is a far more enticing way to travel

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 21, 2016 • 2 min read

State of press freedom remains dire across much of region

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 21, 2016
Reporters Without Borders’ annual press freedom report shows that many journalists in Southeast Asia operate under threat from oppressive regimes

Apr 20, 2016 • 7 min read
Artistic Activism

How the military junta is stifling Thai artists

With a heavy-handed military government in power, many of politically engaged Thai artists have gone underground – or fallen silent
By Max Crosbie-Jones • Apr 20, 2016

Apr 19, 2016 • 4 min read

Better infrastructure critical for Myanmar’s economic success

Martin Jancik and Joshua Brown, country managers for Myanmar and Singapore at Tractus Asia, a leading management consulting firm, give their insights into the future of Myanmar’s investment climate
By Martin Janick and Joshua Brown • Apr 19, 2016

Apr 18, 2016 • 3 min read

Cambodian forest activist wins top environmental prize

Working undercover, Ouch Leng has exposed how private companies and Cambodia’s government have colluded in the illegal logging and export of valuable timber
By Daniel Besant • Apr 18, 2016