Archive: Apr 2018



STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 27, 2018 • 2 min read

Smells like success The Singapore café using durian in every dish

By Paul Millar • Apr 27, 2018
At a time when restaurants across Southeast Asia are desperate for a way to stand out from the pack, Singapore’s Mao Shan Wang Café has found its niche as the city-state’s first durian-centric eatery

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 26, 2018 • 4 min read

Fashion Revolution Week Highlighting the true cost of the clothes we wear

By Thomas Brent • Apr 26, 2018
With Fashion Revolution Week 2018 underway, an art project is looking to change the way we think about the clothes we wear, and the waste and environmental damage they cause in developing countries like Cambodia

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 25, 2018 • 3 min read

Superfoods Purple grain

By Cristyn Lloyd • Apr 25, 2018
Siam Organic is helping to tackle Thai poverty while also jumping on the superfood bandwagon with a new breed of richly coloured rice that it claims is the healthiest in the world

Apr 24, 2018 • 4 min read
Bajau people

The secret behind the incredible diving ability of Southeast Asia's sea nomads

As a snorkeler you have two options if you want to increase your time underwater: either you can train to increase your lung capacity or you can increase the amount of red blood cells in your body. But the ‘sea nomads’ of Southeast Asia have developed a third option: they have doubled the size of their spleens
By Uffe Wilken • Apr 24, 2018

Apr 24, 2018 • 10 min read
Creative Culture

Is Singapore losing its standing as Southeast Asia’s art hub?

Despite the government's desperate attempts to position Singapore as Southeast Asia's arts hub, flagging figures at major shows and accusations of artificiality have put the city-state's art scene under more scrutiny than ever
By Cristyn Lloyd • Apr 24, 2018

Apr 24, 2018 • 4 min read
Earth Day 2018

What we can do to 'live greener' and effect change, according to experts

Earth Day takes place every year on 22 April, with the intention of raising awareness of plastic pollution. Here, three green experts offer their suggestions on what can be done to reduce environmental damage in Cambodia and around the world
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 24, 2018

Apr 23, 2018 • 7 min read
West Papua

Preserving paradise

Indonesia's Raja Ampat archipelago is the most biodiverse marine environment in the world. But as word of its magnificence gets out, and visitors swoop in, locals and expats alike are striving to protect the paradise
By Carolyn Beasley • Apr 23, 2018

Apr 20, 2018 • 5 min read
Photography

Myanmar pardons 8,000 prisoners and Songkran sparks feminist outcry

This week Myanmar's new president Win Myint signed a pardon to release more than 8,000 prisoners, feminists in Thailand hit back against authorities' advice to not dress 'sexy' for Songkran, and 12 new sea creatures were discovered off the coast of Indonesia
By Thomas Brent • Apr 20, 2018

Apr 20, 2018 • 3 min read
Oscar Albayalde

Duterte's new police chief promises to continue war on drugs

In a police reshuffle, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed avid supporters of his war-on-drugs campaign to top positions, fuelling concern among human rights groups that his bloody anti-drug crackdown is set to continue
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 20, 2018

Apr 20, 2018 • 2 min read
2018 Sony Photography Awards

How one photographer's dream of being an astronaut led to this stunning image

A fascination with the universe has taken photographer Jack Yong from space science facilities throughout Malaysia all the way to the 2018 Sony Photography Awards, where his image, "Space Project 2088", has been shortlisted
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 20, 2018