Archive: Apr 2017



STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 19, 2017 • 3 min read

PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards set sights on Asian expansion

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 19, 2017
SPONSORED POST: As the prestigious real estate awards celebrate their 12th year, the platform has vowed to cement its position as the region’s benchmark for excellence in development and design Winners and Highly Commended at PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards, the first event of the 2017 Asia Property Awards series. Photo: Kampuchea Party Republic

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 19, 2017 • 9 min read

Going underground with Cambodia’s hard-living professional poker expats

By Sam Bradpiece • Apr 19, 2017
Western players are flocking to Cambodia to exploit the country’s illegal poker scene. But in their pursuit of easy money and easy living, many fall prey to the high-stakes lifestyle that comes with the profession A player places a bet on a game at Phnom Penh’s Riverking poker room. Photo: Sam Jam

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 13, 2017 • 7 min read

Cambodia Siem Reap’s self-made hospitality hero

By Claire Knox • Apr 13, 2017
Over a feast of classical Cambodian countryside dishes in his tropical villa, Cambodian entrepreneur Soann Kann discusses taking risks, the value of professional experience and why he ditched his family-oriented business model

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 13, 2017 • 3 min read

Anies Baswedan: the ousted minister who may be Jakarta's next governor

By Paul Millar • Apr 13, 2017
Dropped from his role as minister for education and culture by Indonesian President Joko Widodo last July, academic-turned-agitator Anies Baswedan seemed an unlikely candidate for Jakarta governor. Now, he is but one winning vote away from claiming the capital’s top job

Apr 12, 2017 • 2 min read

Notorious rebel commander among nine killed in Philippines, general says

Blamed for beheadings of three foreigners, Moammar Askali was among the gunmen killed in shootout on Bohol island Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff General Eduardo Ano delivers a statement during a press conference at AFP headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines, 12 April 2017. Photo: Rolex Dela Pena
By Colin Meyn • Apr 12, 2017

Apr 11, 2017 • 2 min read

Myanmar authorities begin shutting down controversial camps in Rakhine state

Weeks after Kofi Annan said it was “really about time” Myanmar closed its internally displaced person (IDP) camps, authorities say they are heeding his advice Rohingya woman with her face covered with Thanakha, a yellowish-white traditional cosmetic paste, sits at Thet Kel Pyin internally displaced persons camp near Sittwe of Rakhine State, 08 March 2017. Photo: EPA/Lynn Bo Bo
By Euan Black • Apr 11, 2017

Apr 11, 2017 • 2 min read

Jakarta court delays Ahok hearing until after tense election

Judges say decision made to give prosecutors more time, not as response to request from police to keep city calm amid political tension Jakarta's governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama popularly known as 'Ahok' talks to his lawyers inside the courtroom during his blasphemy trial at the North Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, 11 April 2017. Photo: EPA/Beawiharta/Pool
By Colin Meyn • Apr 11, 2017

Apr 10, 2017 • 2 min read

Indonesia to decide on new capital by the end of the year: official

Facing gridlock and the grim reality that Jakarta could soon be subsumed by water, the Indonesian government says it is moving ahead with plans to move the country’s capital A general view of heavy traffic on a main road in Jakarta, 08 April 2016. Photo: EPA/Mast Irham
By Euan Black • Apr 10, 2017

Apr 10, 2017 • 10 min read
Microfinance

In whose interest?

Cambodia’s microfinance sector reels from the central bank’s decision to introduce an interest rate cap
By Euan Black • Apr 10, 2017

Apr 07, 2017 • 7 min read
Yangon

Grand designs and crumbling colonial architecture

A new city council and a growing number of progressive architecture firms may signal fresh hope for the city's decaying colonial buildings
By Thomas Kean • Apr 07, 2017

Apr 07, 2017 • 2 min read

Last Hoorah for Formula One in Malaysia

Malaysia’s 19-year relationship with world’s premier racing tour has come to an end due to escalating costs and declining ticket sales Dutch Formula One driver Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing in action during the Formula One Grand Prix of Malaysia in Sepang, Malaysia, 02 October 2016. Photo: EPA/Fazry Ismail
By Euan Black • Apr 07, 2017