Archive: Jun 2017



STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 14, 2017 • 3 min read

Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy not returning home although travel ban lifted

By Euan Black • Jun 14, 2017
Rainsy’s position remains unchanged despite Prime Minister Hun Sen overturning a decision that prevented his return to the country, where he faces years in prison Sam Rainsy, then president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), arrives at the National Assembly during a plenary session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 09 April 2015. Photo: EPA/Mak Remissa

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 14, 2017 • 2 min read

Myanmar army slammed for abuses of non-Rohingya minorities

By Euan Black • Jun 14, 2017
In a new report, Amnesty International says the systematic abuses that have drawn international attention in Rakhine state are also occurring against ethnic minorities elsewhere in the country

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 14, 2017 • 11 min read

The creative minds cashing in on Southeast Asia’s cocktail craze

By Claire Knox • Jun 14, 2017
From designer drinks to bespoke menus, beverage consultancies are creating a stir in Southeast Asia's high-end bar scene It takes approximately ten minutes for bartenders to prepare the gin-based Loi Krathong, a cocktail created by the F&B consultancy Cocktail Professor. Photo supplied

Jun 12, 2017 • 3 min read

Head to head with Cambodia’s MMA master

Having become a regular on the One Championship mixed martial arts circuit, Chan Rothana discusses making a career in sports and the personal branding opportunities that come with it
By Ouch Sony • Jun 12, 2017

Jun 09, 2017 • 7 min read

Laotian restaurateur Somsack Sengta on the business of eating bugs

The entrepreneurial spirit burns bright in the former tour guide who has opened one of his country’s finest restaurants, bringing together classical European techniques with unconventional six-legged ingredients
By Claire Knox • Jun 09, 2017

Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read
Cambodia

The fewer forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black • Jun 07, 2017

Jun 06, 2017 • 2 min read

Skincare fad in Myanmar driving elephant poaching

An increasing trend in the use of elephant skin in beauty products has created what the WWF is calling a “perfect story” for poaching of the endangered species
By Will Feuer • Jun 06, 2017

Jun 06, 2017 • 9 min read
Football fraud

Pitch invaders

With Timor-Leste recently found guilty of illegally importing talented South American players to improve their national football team, Southeast Asia Globe investigates the fake passport epidemic sweeping the region
By Jack Kerr and Dene Mullen • Jun 06, 2017