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Passing for Protection is a photojournalism exhibit that showcases moments from Cambodia’s most remote forests and the lives of those who live in some of the most controversial protected areas in the Kingdom
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Anton L. Delgado
- Jan 30, 2023
Controversy erupted last week after CNN embarked upon a military-guided press tour in Myanmar. Watching this unfold was especially powerful for us. You see, we knew something that no one else did at this point – we also had a reporter on this trip
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Chia Chi Hsu
- Apr 07, 2021
The Globe is proud to announce it has been selected as one of eight regional outlets to participate in the Google News Initiative’s Asia-Pacific Subscription Lab programme. Here's what this exciting development means for you, our readers
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Chia Chi Hsu
- Oct 30, 2020
Southeast Asia Globe is changing, but our commitment to new ideas, quality journalism and outstanding design isn't going anywhere
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- Jun 03, 2019
After more than 70 years as monarch of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s reign has come to an end. Bhumibol, the longest-reigning monarch in the world, held a demigod-like status in Thailand, with well-wishers gathering outside Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital in recent days to pray for his recovery. Many observers believe his death is likely to throw the country into turmoil. Maha Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand and heir to the throne, is a controversial figure and, for some, an unsuitable ruler.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 13, 2016
Mr & Mrs Smith is a specialist travel company that focuses on luxury boutique hotels. Simon Westcott, managing director and co-founder of its Asia-Pacific operation, lets us in on his travel secrets
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 14, 2013
The critically endangered saola - known as the Asian unicorn - captured on camera for the first time in 15 years
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 13, 2013
Amnesty has been granted to Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy, 62, allowing him to end his self-imposed exile without risk of imprisonment
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 12, 2013
A peek behind the masks of comic books reveals much more than catching bad guys and leaping tall buildings in a single bound
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 27, 2013
In a pioneering project on the paradise island of Koh Samui, female prisoners are learning useful skills for life on the outside
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Mar 27, 2013
A master blender since 1989, Colin Scott is Chivas Regal’s guardian of quality consistency. Armed with an outstanding sense of smell, Colin lays the groundwork for a range of whiskies, some of which won’t be drunk for another 40 years
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Mar 21, 2013
Yale University is building foundations in Southeast Asia, but critics say its liberal concepts won’t work in Singapore’s censored state
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Feb 21, 2013
Eric Costille, a native of Cannes, France, is the executive chef tasked with calling the tune at Spiral, the Sofitel Philippine Plaza’s flagship restaurant. Following an $11m restaurant reboot, Costille has assembled a team of seven master chefs to bring the tastes of Asia’s sidewalks and hawker centres to Manila
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Feb 20, 2013
From the days of yore to the modern era, there has always been some quack ready to offer a preposterous cure for any type of ailment
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Feb 19, 2013
Luxury car manufacturers are seizing an opportunity to tap into increasing demand for new automobiles in Cambodia, after new car sales rose sharply in 2012.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Feb 13, 2013
Award-winning pianist Boris Slutsky will perform alongside violinist Igor Yuzefovich at the InterContinental Hotel in Phnom Penh on January 26, when the winner of Catch a Cambodian Star, a global competition that will assist Cambodia’s top classical talent to continue their musical education, will be announced
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jan 18, 2013
A surge in labour demands in Southeast Asia has left analysts wondering how long the era of dirt-cheap labour will last in the region.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jan 04, 2013
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, commonly called ANZ, is expected to open a representative office in Myanmar early this year
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jan 04, 2013
Sky-high quality makes rooftop bars the perfect destination to revel in the splendour of Southeast Asian metropolises
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Dec 25, 2012
As open spaces decrease in ever-crowding emerging cities, we pay homage to some of the best architectural designs from across the region
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Dec 20, 2012
Finally, the opportunity to laugh at uncoordinated celebrities desperate for a final crack at the fame game is coming to Thailand
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Dec 19, 2012
In December, 700 cyclists from 25 countries will don Lycra for the 7th annual Angkor Bike Race and Ride to raise money for vulnerable children in Cambodia. Todd Sigaty, race founder and board member of host organisation Village Focus International, saddles up for a chat about fancy dress, medals and speedy racers
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Dec 17, 2012
Three Southeast Asian nations are ranked within the top ten countries in the world in terms of high-growth in electronic-learning revenues over the next few years, according to the US-based market research firm Ambient Insight. Vietnam and Malaysia top the chart, with a projected growth rate in e-learning of 44.3%…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Dec 13, 2012
In a move that will boost Malaysia’s efforts to rejuvenate its rubber industry in the face of intensified competition from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the world’s biggest condom manufacturer is set to expand its capacity once it sells shares next year. Malaysia-based Karex Industries is seeking funds through a share…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Dec 13, 2012
Asean’s outgoing Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan discusses the burning issues at the heart of a diverse region
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 12, 2012
This month, the world’s very best footballers who aren’t quite good enough at football will clash in Bangkok. Of course, futsal is actually a vastly different game and its prime exponents are tremendously skilled athletes, but its global popularity would suggest that many still view it as ‘mini football’. Nonetheless,…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 09, 2012
Jamie Fox, a 22-year-old who recently graduated from Bangor University with a degree in Music and English describes his working day after taking a job as a ‘human scarecrow’ in Norfolk, England.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 09, 2012
Director Paul Thomas Anderson discusses his new movie. The master has been read as a thinly veiled biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, but Anderson has insisted this is not the case and the last thing he wanted to do was “make something provocative”.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 09, 2012
A snip: “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Juliette Clovis is available for $2,280 Whether you are a young buck hoping for something to catch your eye, or a seasoned art buyer replete with cravat and mismatched blazer and trouser combo, the…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 09, 2012
At a glance, it might be difficult to resist the temptation to come over all Indian mystic and pound out a cosmic rhythm on these handcrafted wooden beauties. But look again, for that is not a pair of tabla you see before you. It is, of…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 08, 2012
East Timor will have to bide its time for accession to Asean, as its request to join the ten-member bloc will not be on the table at this month’s 21st Asean Summit in Phnom Penh. Next step: East Timor’s President Jose Maria Vasconcelos, popularly known by his nom de…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 08, 2012
With the Asean Economic Community due to take effect at the end of 2015, economically stable countries in Southeast Asia are upgrading infrastructure to woo investors and spur growth through jobs.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 07, 2012
The parents of a 14-year-old girl in Indonesia, who was kidnapped and repeatedly raped by a Facebook friend, have pleaded to the teenager’s school to let her return to class. Media reported she had been expelled after the incident because of her tarnished image.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 07, 2012
As investors around the world strive to find a safe place to put their money, Asean stock exchanges are keen to offer them more opportunities to capitalise on the region’s growth
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 07, 2012
Maruhan Japan Bank has become the first Cambodian commercial bank to make a direct equity investment in a microfinance institution in Cambodia
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 05, 2012
Joshua Oppenheimer, an American film director who has been based in Indonesia for much of the past decade, speaks about his new documentary The Act Of Killing, after its successful release at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film delves into the elimination of an estimated 500,000 suspected Communists between…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 05, 2012
OPINION: Many believe that the United States’ re-engagement policy in the region has been to minimise Chinese influence
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Nov 05, 2012
High fuel costs and low freight rates have severely damaged the global shipping industry, and Southeast Asia has not escaped unscathed
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 25, 2012
OPINION: King Father Norodom Sihanouk dies in Beijing on October 15, a fortnight before he would have celebrated his 90th birthday. Dr Markus Karbaum takes a look back at the turbulent life of Cambodia’s greatest patriot
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 22, 2012
Rapidly maturing Hollywood pretty boy Brad Pitt responds to the question of whether it was still possible for stars to command salaries of more than $10m per movie.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 22, 2012
An administrator at Wikipedia responds to Pulitzer-winning author Philip Roth, who was told he was not a credible enough source to correct a mistake in the website’s entry about his book The Human Stain.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 22, 2012
Maita Gonzaga, a senior official at the President Commission on Good Government, discusses plans to put on public display jewels seized 26 years ago from former first lady Imelda Marcos. The government plans to auction them off after they have been on display. The widow of Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos,…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 22, 2012
– Dau Xuan Tuong, deputy administrator at the Vietnam Association of Agent Orange Victims, says 22 Agent Orange victims have seen marked improvement to their quality of life after undergoing a month-long ìdetoxificationî treatment developed by the Church of Scientology, which includes sauna sessions and vitamins.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 22, 2012
The company behind arguably the world’s most celebrated rail journey, the Orient Express from Singapore to Bangkok, is searching out a new frontier in Myanmar. A new cruise route up the Irrawaddy River is set to open in July 2013, on a locally built cruiser named Orcaella after the…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 15, 2012
Exposed and vulnerable: Southeast Asia is vulnerable to climate change for three main reasons. Firstly, most of the population and economic activity is along the coastline, which is more vulnerable to physical impacts such as storms and rising sea levels. Secondly, the economy is closely linked to natural resources, such as…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 12, 2012
While rice consumption in Asia is declining rapidly as a consequence of the region’s economic growth, rising disposable income, lifestyle changes and massive rural-to-urban labour migration, the staple remains Asia’s most important crop. It continues to be the single largest source of calories for the majority of consumers who are…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 12, 2012
The creation of the Asean Economic Community will likely be postponed by a year, said secretary general Surin Pitsuwan. The implementation of the AEC was scheduled for January 1, 2015, but it may be pushed back to December 31 of that year.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 12, 2012
“I like to create multi layers of meaning in my paintings. it’s fun to play hide and seek”
Pham Huy Thong is an artist with a conscience. Raised in a politically aware family in his native Vietnam, he has gone on to create incredible works that deal with the often broken society he finds around him. Thong’s latest exhibition, Hands, is on display at the Craig Thomas Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City from October 18, 2012.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 11, 2012
The quality of roads in the Philippines and Vietnam took a bashing in the 2012 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum. A key indicator in a country’s infrastructure competitiveness ranking, the Philippines scored a disappointing 3.1 and Vietnam an even worse 2.6 on a scale of one to…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 11, 2012
China’s yuan is set to usurp the US dollar and the euro as the trading currency of choice in Southeast Asia, experts say. Money matters: by 2015, Asean will become China’s biggest trading partner, say experts Thanks to zero tariffs, preferential trade policies and geographic advantages, trade between China…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 11, 2012
Malaysia stands to gain as Russia increasingly seeks to bolster economic and diplomatic ties with Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 02, 2012
Former hell’s angel turned preacher Todd Bentley discusses his unique healing methods. The tattooed leader of Fresh Fire Ministries in Florida said that the “holy spirit” told him to kick an elderly woman in the face. He also claims to have cured a man of cancer by punching him in…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 28, 2012
As the economic momentum increasingly moves to Southeast Asia, a region with diverse economies and a large workforce, the region is tipped to power growth in Asia for the next two decades, according to IHS Global Insights, a global information company that offers industry and economic analysis. Thanks in part…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 24, 2012
Hungry for fuel: Two days after the launch of Thailand’s first station to charge electric vehicles, the Ministry of Energy announced that Thailand will be a fuel hungry nation in ten years’ time. The Kingdom can currently produce 44% of the country’s demand for natural gas and oil, a figure that…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 18, 2012
A proud moment: Following the country's first Gay Pride parade, could Vietnam lead the way on LGBT rights in Asia?
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 15, 2012
Whoopi Goldberg offers her thoughts on the relative merits of kinky sex in reaction to this year’s publishing behemoth Fifty Shades of Grey. The erotic book traces the relationship between a college graduate and business magnate Christian Grey.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 15, 2012
Given the growing penetration of smartphones, social networks and the advancements of mobile payment technology in Southeast Asia, social gifting could be about to take the region by storm, according to Brian Riley of CEB TowerGroup, a consumer financial monitor. Warm tidings: Heinz’s ‘Get Well Soup’ campaign allowed users…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 12, 2012
Whether making a grand entrance or a dramatic exit, Southeast Asia provides some of the best backdrops for the sun’s radiant colour spectrum
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 10, 2012
Harry Kissowo, the company founder and audio advisor for the presidential palace, explains one reason for an increase in high-quality speaker installation during Ramadan. Poorly synchronised public calls to prayer in the Muslim-majority state using low-quality speakers have become an increasing irritation, prompting some mosques to invest in upgrades to…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 08, 2012
Indonesia’s national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar lists the animals that were seized in a house near Jakarta as part of an investigation into an illegal network of rare animal traders.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 01, 2012
A study has found that batman could fly using just his cape but that he would be travelling so fast he would crash and most likely die on landing, says David Marshall, one of the Leicester University physicists involved in the study.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Aug 27, 2012
– Rabiabrat Pongpanich, a staunch defender of Thai family values, expresses her outrage after a young woman stripped topless and used her breasts to paint a picture on tv show Thailand’s Got Talent. The two male judges voted the woman through to the next round.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Aug 09, 2012
Provincial police commander Anthony Wagambie Jr speaks about cult members arrested during raids in Madang province, Papua New Guinea. Twelve of the 29 people caught are accused of murdering seven people they believed were practicing black magic. All of those arrested, including a 13-year-old boy, allegedly cannibalised their victims.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Aug 02, 2012
Thailand’s biggest oil and gas conglomerate, PTT Plc, is betting big on Myanmar. The company will launch a network of petrol service stations there in the next two years before competition from other major brands intensifies.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 30, 2012
Renowned cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek puts forth his thoughts on the state of the world in the 21st century. The slovenian has courted controversy in the past for comments such as: “the problem with Hitler is that he wasn’t violent enough.”…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 27, 2012
Hadi Awang, president of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Pas), speaks during a rally to promote the party manifesto ahead of Malaysia’s parliamentary elections later this year or next. Photo: Mohd Rasfan/AFPTimes are changing for the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Pas is the Muslim-majority state’s second-largest political party with…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 24, 2012
The discovery of a new fossil by a team of international scientists may prove that early anthropoids originated in Southeast Asia before colonising Africa, where they evolved further. Four fossilised teeth, dating back 37m years, were unearthed after six years of sifting through tonnes of sediment in central Myanmar.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 22, 2012
The Filipino food and beverage behemoth behind beer brands such as San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Red Horse, San Mig Light and Gold Eagle is studying plans to build breweries in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. Each brewery would require a minimum investment of $100m and would result in additional revenues…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 19, 2012
Psychologist Prof. Richard Wiseman discusses new research stating we are more likely to die on our birthday than any other day. Researchers studied more than two million people over 40 years, finding an increase in heart attacks, strokes and suicides.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 17, 2012
Rachel Dougall, a 38-year-old British woman who faces the firing squad alongside four other people after a $2.6m-cocaine bust in Indonesia, speaks from inside a Bali jail. The mother of a six-year-old girl says she was set up by a travel partner who disguised the drugs as a present for…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 05, 2012
Human rights standards across the region will be on the agenda this month as foreign leaders meet in Phnom Penh for the 45th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jul 05, 2012
Vienna resident Takako Ishimitsu discusses cafe Neko, Austria’s first cat cafe, where customers can enjoy a drink while playing with cats adopted from an animal shelter.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 25, 2012
Three Southeast Asian countries are among the top 15 destinations by international tourism receipts, according to the latest statistics by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). Ranked 11th, Thailand leads the pack with $26.3 billion followed by Malaysia (14) with $18.3 billion and Singapore (15) with $18 billion. The worldwide…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 25, 2012
The fiscal network: In what appears to be a strategic move to reduce his tax bill, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his US citizenship in anticipation of the social network’s initial public offering last month. Though he made his decision late last year, it was only made public last month. Brazilian-born…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 25, 2012
Filipino director Yam Laranas is making headway in the United States after his horror flick The Road became the first Filipino project to get a US theatrical release. The movie begins with the reopening of a 12-year-old cold case following the disappearance of three teens on an abandoned road, and…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 09, 2012
Habib Salim Alatas, the Islam Defenders Front Jakarta branch chief told the Jakarta Post that Lady Gaga is not welcome in Indonesia. Her concert this month has been cancelled after the national police refused to issue a permit allowing her performance. It is reported more than 50,000 tickets, totalling nearly…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 06, 2012
Lone strummer: Jason Mraz Serious music fans may have to turn not just one, but a number of blind eyes in the direction of Jason Mraz in order to enjoy his laid-back, 70s-infused soft rock. That trilby he insists on wearing, for example, grates immediately and his pleasant vegan…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 05, 2012
Investors hungry for Singapore’s Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint will have to dig deep to raise the S$3.5m ($2.7m) asking price for one of the city-state’s most popular Cantonese-style restaurants
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 04, 2012
Running for a mammoth eight months until Christmas Day 2012 at Singapore Art Museum, Panorama: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia offers a window on the explosion of art produced in Asia since 2000. Featuring artists from Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, among others, Panorama charts issues affecting the continent…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 02, 2012
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen likens himself to an angel (Deva) in the Buddhist pantheon in a speech about the country’s political future.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Jun 02, 2012
KFC Thailand gets itself into hot water after posting this Facebook message urging people to hotfoot it back home during a tsunami scare and order a bucket of fried chicken. After being denounced by the online community, the company removed the message the next day, replacing it with a grovelling…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- May 30, 2012
Garuda, Indonesia’s flag carrier, has inked a $2.5 billion deal with the European plane manufacturer Airbus for the delivery of 11 A330 passenger jets. It is the second contract in a year between the two businesses after Garuda ordered 25 A320 Airbus planes for a price of $2.18 billion last…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- May 13, 2012
Renowned Cambodian psychotherapist Sathya Pholy brings a message of peace and brotherhood to Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese societies
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 10, 2009
The second speaker on the Bridges programme, Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer Jackie Chan, has worked tirelessly for humanitarian causes for years and is a Unicef and UNAids goodwill ambassador
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Oct 10, 2009
Peak service: the finishing line on the Banyan Tree rooftop Fitness enthusiasts and charity supporters can put on their running shoes and hit the steps for the 11th Banyan Tree Vertical Marathon. Supporting the Hiv Formula Feeding Fund, which provides babies of HIV-positive mothers with specially formulated milk,…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 30, 2009
For years recliners have been a symbol of retirement. The preserve of senior citizens, recliners were drab reminders of less colourful times
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 30, 2009
Southeast Asian nations continue to offer competitive advantages as outsourcing choices, occupying four of the top seven places on AT Kearney’s Global Services Index.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 10, 2009
A new species of Nepenthes, a carnivorous pitcher plant that boosts its nutrient intake by catching and digesting insects, has been discovered in the Cardamom Mountains. The discovery was made by Fauna and Flora International and verified by François Mey, a botanist who specialises in pitcher…
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Sep 10, 2009
Verdict: a getaway within the city. Great Thai food served in a unique setting Le Lys is well known as a quiet retreat for a romantic outing or a game of petanque. It recently relocated to Sathorn and was followed across town by its loyal clientele.
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Southeast Asia Globe
- Aug 01, 2009
