Culture

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 16, 2016 • 10 min read

Aliens The believers: Southeast Asia’s UFO enthusiasts

By David Hutt • Jan 16, 2016
UFOs were first reported in the region in 1810. Nowadays, aliens are calling on the telephone, cloning using only their fingers and preparing to lend a hand in the aftermath of World War Three. Welcome to the hospitable world of Southeast Asia’s UFO enthusiasts

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 13, 2016 • 4 min read

Interview The politics of imagination: Patrick Samnang Mey

By David Hutt • Jan 13, 2016
Comic book creator Patrick Samnang Mey discusses the difficulties he faced in having his work published and why there is so little political art in Cambodia

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 11, 2015 • 11 min read

Luxe lifestyle Luxury brands court Southeast Asia’s consumers

By Dene Mullen • Dec 11, 2015
The world’s most prestigious brands are working hard to attract the region’s swelling middle class. To achieve success, they must seek to understand the Southeast Asian consumer, create compelling digital content and offer unrivalled boutique experiences

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 20, 2015 • 3 min read

Culture Bring out your dead

By Agung Parameswara • Nov 20, 2015
In Indonesia, the remarkable ma’nene ritual reveals the Toraja ethnic group’s deep devotion to their deceased relatives

Culture • Oct 09, 2015 • 11 min read
Supernatural

Singapore’s ghost hunters

Join Singapore's paranormal investigators for a night of ghost hunting in the city-state
By David Hutt • Oct 09, 2015

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Culture • Aug 14, 2015 • 7 min read
Timor-Leste

Blood and feathers

In Timor-Leste, young men used to prove their worth by decapitating members of rival tribes. Now they do battle via the country’s cockfighting pits. Southeast Asia Globe delves into a world of masculinity, spiralling debt and martial arts gangs
By David Hutt • Aug 14, 2015

Culture • Jul 07, 2015 • 10 min read
Tim Page

“Without the Vietnam war, I wouldn’t be”

He shot some of the most iconic images of the Vietnam War, but Tim Page became just as famous for his ferocious appetite for life. Now 71 years old, the famed photographer says he still hasn’t taken his best picture
By David Hutt • Jul 07, 2015

Culture • Jul 03, 2015 • 1 min read
Aerial photography

A region in view

Google Earth celebrated its tenth birthday by uploading some fantastic ariel shots of the planet, including this selection from Southeast Asia
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Jul 03, 2015

Culture • Jun 17, 2015 • 6 min read
Vietnam's Trap DJs

No country for old men: trap music in Ho Chi Minh City

Named after drug dens in the United States’ dirty south, trap music is one of the region’s more unlikely musical imports. But the youth of Ho Chi Minh City are hoisting on high-tops, slipping on snapbacks and embracing the genre
By Logan Connor • Jun 17, 2015

Culture • Mar 26, 2015 • 3 min read
Singer

Top five: Pop-tastic songbirds

Southeast Asian songstresses are doing the region proud
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Mar 26, 2015

Culture • Mar 24, 2015 • 3 min read

Rites of our ancestors

The animist beliefs of Marapu are a basis for guidance, cultural identity and social values on the Indonesian isle of Sumba
By Agung Parameswara • Mar 24, 2015

Culture • Feb 26, 2015 • 3 min read
Poetry

"Have I become stateless?"

The latest part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry – this month verse from Myanmar
By Nathan A. Thompson • Feb 26, 2015