Archive: Dec 2019



STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 31, 2019 • 9 min read

Community action Award-winning farming

By Thim Rachna • Dec 31, 2019
In late November, Battambang rice farmer Roeum Socheat received international acclaim for his work empowering Raingkesei agricultural community since 2017. Can his model provide hope for farmers across the Kingdom?

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2019 • 5 min read

Southeast Asian photography The year in pictures

By Alastair McCready and Julija Veljkovic • Dec 30, 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, we return to the most striking images and stories published this year from across the region by Southeast Asia Globe

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 27, 2019 • 2 min read

Editorial Planning ahead

By Julija Veljkovic • Dec 27, 2019
This week we looked at how an emerging breakdancing scene in Phnom Penh is helping marginalised youth, whether Southeast Asia is better prepared for natural disasters 15 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Cambodia’s future outlook in agriculture and the environment, and more.

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 26, 2019 • 8 min read

2004 tsunami The big wave

By Samantha McCabe • Dec 26, 2019
Fifteen years after the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004, Southeast Asia Globe looks back at the tragedy, examining its lasting impact and how the region is addressing the issue of disaster preparedness today.

Dec 25, 2019 • 10 min read
The Kingdom in 2040

Cambodia’s green revolution?

In the fourth installment of our eight-week series in conjunction with Future Forum looking at Cambodia in 2040, we turn to the future of energy and the environment in the Kingdom. While deforestation is currently rampant, does Cambodia have the capacity to transform itself into a green beacon in the region?
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 25, 2019

Dec 24, 2019 • 7 min read
Southeast Asian hip-hop

Finding refuge in breakdancing

From civil war and genocide, to US refugees and deportees, Cambodia’s emerging breakdancing and hip-hop scene has been more than four decades in the making, moulded by profound social forces
By Alastair McCready • Dec 24, 2019

Dec 23, 2019 • 8 min read
Green dollars

The eco-option

Top read: With the number of visitors to Angkor Wat severely dropping this year, Cambodia’s tourism industry, so vital to the economy, is in danger of becoming reliant on Chinese gambling dollars in Sihanoukville. In search of alternatives, we return to a piece from 2009 looking at Cambodia's then budding ecotourism industry. Could green be the answer to the Kingdom's tourism woes?
By Sam Campbell • Dec 23, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Dec 20, 2019 • 2 min read
Editorial

Road to disaster

Look around you. Environmental collapse is fast-approaching and environmental degradation is already hitting Southeast Asia.
By Julija Veljkovic • Dec 20, 2019

Dec 20, 2019 • 8 min read
North Korean refugees

The long way South

Top read: As countries across Southeast Asia prepare to expel all North Korean migrant workers this weekend to comply with UN Resolution 2375, we return to a piece from 2011 looking at the then-growing trend of North Korean refugees fleeing oppression and abject poverty to seek refuge in Thailand
By Jared Ferrie • Dec 20, 2019

Dec 19, 2019 • 12 min read
Opioid epidemic

Southeast Asia’s looming fentanyl crisis

Last week, Southeast Asia Globe uncovered the presence of fentanyl in at least one batch of street drugs in Bangkok – potentially the first discovery of its kind in Thailand. With the potent opioid destroying communities across North America, advocates and people who use drugs worry of the potentially devastating effect of fentanyl infiltrating Southeast Asia
By Samantha McCabe • Dec 19, 2019

Dec 18, 2019 • 10 min read
Farming and food

Hungry for change

In the third installment of our eight-week series looking at Cambodia in 2040, we examine how the next two decades will see the Kingdom's food production and farming face a mix of challenges posed by technology, drought and trade. How will a country so reliant on its agricultural sector manage to adapt and survive?
By Simon Roughneen • Dec 18, 2019