Archive: Dec 2016



STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 06, 2016 • 4 min read

The end of cheap labour in Southeast Asia?

By Logan Connor • Dec 06, 2016
As the International Labour Organisation kicked off its 16th annual Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting today, Maurizio Bussi, director of the ILO country office for Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, spoke to Southeast Asia Globe about the challenge of turning the region’s economic growth into social progress

Dec 02, 2016 • 4 min read

What Trump's triumph means for Southeast Asia

With unpredictable real estate tycoon Donald Trump bound for the White House, Southeast Asian nations could be forced to rethink their relationship with the US Uncertain times: there is much speculation over what Donald Trump will do as US president Even before he has announced any firm foreign…
By Tim Johnston • Dec 02, 2016

Dec 02, 2016 • 4 min read

Keys to the Kingdom: Thailand's new King tests military junta

The new king’s seven-week delay following the death of his father may have been the first move in a potential power struggle with the ruling junta A handout image provided by the Royal Household Bureau shows Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (R) listening to the invitation to ascend…
By Paul Millar • Dec 02, 2016

Dec 01, 2016 • 9 min read
Partyboat

Music and madness ahoy

Asia’s largest music festival at sea, It’s the Ship, ferried frenzied partygoers on a three-night bash from Singapore to Penang. Southeast Asia Globe hit the decks to meet the DJs, devotees and dancers that make up the region’s rising EDM scene
By Paul Millar • Dec 01, 2016