January 2018 - Southeast Asia Globe

Jan 29, 2018 • 3 min read

Cambodian enterprise

Going green with this manure can save lives and simultaneously fuel your stove

A Cambodian social enterprise helping farmers reduce toxic smoke, embrace a more sustainable lifestyle and save money through its unique biofuel solution
By Cristyn Lloyd • Jan 29, 2018

Jan 26, 2018 • 3 min read

India-Asean Summit

Southeast Asian leaders meet with India's Modi for annual summit

Trade between Asean and India amounts to around $70 billion per year, although they have set a target of reaching $200 billion by the year 2020
By Thomas Brent • Jan 26, 2018

Jan 25, 2018 • 3 min read

Singaporean sweets

Why this chef thinks more people should opt to eat dessert before dinner

Twice named Asia’s Best Pastry Chef at the renowned Asia’s 50 Best awards, Janice Wong is known for blurring the lines between food and art
By Dene Mullen • Jan 25, 2018

Jan 25, 2018 • 4 min read

Data breach

The personal details of more than 200,000 Malaysian organ donors have been leaked

Lowyat.net discovered the personal information of pledged organ donors had been available online – and for free – since as early as September 2016
By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 25, 2018

Jan 24, 2018 • 4 min read

Mayon volcano

Thousands of Filipinos flee after lava shoots nearly a kilometre into the sky

Since the volcano began rumbling last week, more than 56,000 people have been evacuated from their homes to centres outside Mount Mayon's danger zone
By Thomas Brent • Jan 24, 2018

Jan 24, 2018 • 9 min read

Cambodia

Bat faeces turn to ‘black gold’

Top read: We return to one of our most popular pieces of 2018, which looked at the Cambodians reliant on bat faeces to sustain their livelihoods. Nutrient rich guano – colloquially known as “black gold” – provides powerful fertility to farmers' lands and a solid income to those who farm bats, and their faeces
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jan 24, 2018

Jan 24, 2018 • 4 min read

Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh delays repatriation of refugees

Humans rights groups have welcomed the delay, saying issues central to the Rakhine conflict, namely the issue of Rohingya citizenship, have not been addressed
By Thomas Brent • Jan 24, 2018

Jan 23, 2018 • 2 min read

Trinh Xuan Thanh

Former oil exec jailed for life in one of Vietnam's biggest anti-corruption crackdowns

The 21 other officials involved in the embezzlement scandal come from Vietnam's business and political elite and they received between nine to 22 years in prison
By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 23, 2018

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Jong-nam trial Half-brother of Kim Jong-un met a mysterious American days before murder

Business briefing Southeast Asia’s digital economy is projected to have reached $50 billion in 2017

Photography Asean meets Modi, Mayon erupts and Timor-Leste dissolves parliament

India-Asean Summit Duterte tells Myanmar's Suu Kyi to ignore 'noisy' rights activists

Cambodian enterprise

Going green with this manure can save lives and simultaneously fuel your stove

India-Asean Summit

Southeast Asian leaders meet with India's Modi for annual summit

Singaporean sweets

Why this chef thinks more people should opt to eat dessert before dinner

Data breach

The personal details of more than 200,000 Malaysian organ donors have been leaked

Mayon volcano

Thousands of Filipinos flee after lava shoots nearly a kilometre into the sky

Cambodia

Bat faeces turn to ‘black gold’

Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh delays repatriation of refugees

Trinh Xuan Thanh

Former oil exec jailed for life in one of Vietnam's biggest anti-corruption crackdowns

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Archive: Jan 2018

Cambodian enterprise

India-Asean Summit

Singaporean sweets

Data breach

Mayon volcano

Cambodia

Rohingya crisis

Trinh Xuan Thanh

Lines of thought across
Southeast Asia

Everything
else