Archive: Sep 2019



STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 28, 2019 • 6 min read

Skills Training initiatives in the Kingdom

By Robin Spiess • Sep 28, 2019
As Cambodia struggles to overcome the skills gap that plagues its young workforce, several organisations have taken matters into their own hands with various in-house training programmes designed to bring new hires quickly up to speed

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 27, 2019 • 13 min read

Indonesia Disasters Washed away

By Simon Roughneen • Sep 27, 2019
Last year’s tragedies forced authorities to better prepare for the disasters that are inevitable across the seismically hyperactive, drought and flood-prone archipelago

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 26, 2019 • 9 min read

Myanmar politics Life of the party

By Hunter Marston and Abigail Chen • Sep 26, 2019
Seemingly unbeatable ahead of elections next year, Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party has nonetheless struggled to achieve much during nearly four years in office

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 25, 2019 • 4 min read

Vann Molyvann Concrete dreams

By Janelle Retka • Sep 25, 2019
This week marks two years since the death of Cambodia’s most prolific architect, Vann Molyvann. Southeast Asia Globe explores the monuments left behind by this legend of the Kingdom's New Khmer Architecture movement

Sep 24, 2019 • 9 min read
Human rights

Putting Cambodia back on track

Cambodian Centre for Human Rights executive director Chak Sopheap breaks down how Cambodia has strayed from the promises of its constitution – and how the nation can get itself back on course
By Chak Sopheap • Sep 24, 2019

Sep 19, 2019 • 5 min read
Climate strikes

Striking out

Across the world, teenagers are striking to protest the climate crisis. We look at why the region's own stand against the fossil fuel industry is so important
By Andrew Haffner • Sep 19, 2019

Sep 19, 2019 • 6 min read
Thai politics

A nation on hold

Thirteen years ago today, Thaksin Shinawatra’s overthrow by the Thai military sparked a political crisis that has set the nation’s progress back more than a decade
By Giles Ji Ungpakorn • Sep 19, 2019

Sep 18, 2019 • 11 min read
Poverty in Cambodia

Houses divided

Single-income families must endure a precarious dependence, with penury, divorce and emigration looming when things go wrong for a breadwinner
By Veng Sonita • Sep 18, 2019

Sep 17, 2019 • 8 min read
Thai politics

Waiting in the wings

More than a decade on from the overthrow of Thaksin Shinawatra, the monarchy-backed military still rules supreme in Thailand. But with Prayuth Chan-ocha struggling to keep his civilian coalition in line, he could soon find himself looking over his shoulder
By Pavin Chachavalpongpun • Sep 17, 2019

Sep 13, 2019 • 11 min read
Cambodia construction

Building a Kingdom

Buried amid the noise of Cambodia’s real estate boom, the Kingdom’s construction workers are still struggling for access to a steady wage and basic social protections
By Paul Millar • Sep 13, 2019

Sep 12, 2019 • 14 min read
Counterfeit goods

Bad medicine

Fake medicine remains a scourge in Southeast Asia despite years of widespread coverage of the issue and promised government crackdowns
By Andrew Haffner • Sep 12, 2019

Sep 11, 2019 • 3 min read

A commercial credit report platform for Cambodia

A thriving bank and microfinance sector has helped drive economic development in the Kingdom. Credit Bureau Cambodia CEO Oeur Sothearoath talked about the new tool enabling financial institutions to make better-informed decisions.
By Credit Bureau Cambodia • Sep 11, 2019