Archive: Dec 2017



Dec 22, 2017 • 3 min read
Shinta Mani Ankor

A modern ode to ancient design

Just minutes from Cambodia’s breathtaking temples in Siem Reap, Shinta Mani offers a luxurious modern ode to ancient design
By Colin Meyn • Dec 22, 2017

Dec 22, 2017 • 3 min read
Cambodia

"Some of the best and brightest will leave"

With Cambodia’s main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) dissolved and 118 of its officials banned from politics for five years, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party has effectively crushed the last threat to his 30-year rule. Occidental College associate professor Sophal Ear discusses the new face of resistance in a nation that no longer offers its citizens a political path to reform
By Paul Millar • Dec 22, 2017

Dec 21, 2017 • 3 min read
Rohingya crisis

Myanmar blocks entry of UN special rapporteur

Special rapporteur Yanghee Lee was set to visit the country and report back to the Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly on the rights situation in the country’s Rakhine state
By Madeleine Keck • Dec 21, 2017

Dec 20, 2017 • 3 min read
Cambodian dance

Cambodian dancer's success in performing arts despite initial lack of interest

Chumvan ‘Belle’ Sodhachivy is a classical and contemporary dancer who will perform in New York and Boston this month as part of Bangsokol, a stage production combining music and film. Before jetting off, the choreographer down with Southeast Asia Globe at Phnom Penh’s National Museum to share her advice for young dancers
By Nathan Paul Southern • Dec 20, 2017

Dec 20, 2017 • 3 min read
Alibaba Expansion

Jack Ma’s Alipay agrees partnership with Cambodia’s PiPay

Alipay has signed a deal with Cambodia’s PiPay that will allow customers to use their Alipay wallet to pay at PiPay POS payment systems across the country A customer pays for a cinema ticket by scanning a QR code with PiPay's mobile wallet app, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo supplied
By Euan Black • Dec 20, 2017