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By Navet Tab • Sep 29, 2016
Painted up: ten-year-old Kadek Yuda Putra is one of hundreds of boys who take part in Bali’s Ngerebeg parade each year With their faces and upper torsos painted in bright colours to resemble the supernatural beings and demons of Balinese imagination, the boys of Tegelalang are difficult to ignore…
By Ana Salvá • Sep 29, 2016
In Thai soap operas, rape is routinely depicted as a precursor to romance, with female protagonists shown falling in love with their rapists. Led by an outraged viewer, the country’s television industry is starting to examine its normalisation of sexual violence
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Sep 14, 2016
Dwelling in the forest and dabbling in magic, the hermit sages known as ruesee have long inhabited the fringes of Thai Buddhism. Now, they are turning to modern marketing in a race for survival
By Holly Robertson • Sep 06, 2016
Behind the scenes at the Singapore Grand Prix
He spent his youth battling poverty and dreaming of rock stardom. But after a career volte-face, Gaggan Anand has become a highly successful chef, with his restaurant recently named the best in Asia for the second consecutive year. The only trouble is, he’s already tiring of his celebrity chef status
By Dene Mullen • Aug 30, 2016
With more and more customers seeking out socially conscious products, the business of ‘doing good’ is booming for social enterprises
By Paul Millar • Aug 23, 2016
Vietnamese pop singer Mai Khoi was recently barred from running for an independent seat in the communist state’s National Assembly. Now, “Vietnam’s Lady Gaga” is leveraging her star power in an effort to bring change to her country
By Logan Connor • Aug 19, 2016
George Town’s charming heritage buildings are repurposed by Penang citizens devoted to resurrecting the city's identity
By Daniel Besant • Aug 10, 2016
Coffee cultivation is putting the world's tropical forests in peril, but some Indonesian coffee farmers are proving that ecology and economy can coexist
By Gabrielle Dunlevy • Jul 25, 2016
The region’s swelling middle class is fuelling a rise in Southeast Asian self-help gurus dispensing motivation and advice
By Justin Calderon • Jul 14, 2016
In Cambodia and further afield in Southeast Asia, craft breweries and brewpubs are now catering to a more discerning caste of beer drinkers
By Logan Connor • Jul 13, 2016
Video gaming is becoming a global phenomenon, generating multimillion-dollar sponsorship deals and celebrity investments. Now Southeast Asia is trying to cash in
By Logan Connor • Jul 08, 2016