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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 29, 2018
Hav Kongngy hopes his affordable, interlocking bricks can help tackle a housing crisis that has left many Cambodians unable to afford a home
By Janelle Retka • Mar 27, 2018
The beach town of Sihanoukville has great tourism potential, but industry experts say proper planning and infrastructure must come first
By Janelle Retka • Mar 22, 2018
The directors of Raintree, Cambodia’s first “boutique office space”, reveal how simple tweaks can improve work culture and performance
By Cristyn Lloyd • Mar 14, 2018
Southeast Asia has long been a hub for the exotic wildlife trade, but the business is increasingly moving online - where unwitting social media users are playing a part in its proliferation
The country with arguably the world's worst traffic is having to rely on civilians to manage congestion, but not everyone thinks Indonesia's freelance traffic organisers are helping
By Aisyah Llewellyn • Feb 19, 2018
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
If a company's existence depends on fossil fuels, the single most polluting activity on the planet, should they be allowed to engage in climate talks at all?
By Alanah Torralba • Dec 14, 2017
The Vietnamese blogger will serve seven years in prison, and will then face an additional three years of house arrest under charges of "conducting propaganda against the state"
By Johanna Chisholm • Nov 28, 2017
The construction industry in Cambodia has been enjoying great growth in recent years. Yet there are concerns over the quality of some of these projects and an over-reliance on Chinese investment
By Nathan Paul Southern • Nov 06, 2017
Chomping on crickets is nothing new in Southeast Asia, but a global market for critter-based foods could turn edible insects into a major industry
By Colin Meyn • Oct 31, 2017
Zoë Ng worked at McKinsey, Google and the beauty startup Charlotte Tilbury to build up a range of experience before striking out on her own. Now she heads up Raintree, an award-winning office and retail development in Phnom Penh
By Euan Black • Oct 18, 2017
Since 2015, World Animal Protection has visited 220 venues across Asia that use elephants to entertain tourists. The findings were worrying, but better informed tourists can be part of a crucial change, argues World Animal Protection advisor Jan Schmidt-Burbach
By Jan Schmidt-Burbach • Sep 15, 2017