Education

Hang Chuon Naron

Cambodia’s education minister on reforms and the fourth industrial revolution

Often held up as the poster boy for progressive reform in Cambodia, education minister Hang Chuon Naron sat down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss how a country that is struggling to provide basic primary level education can compete on the world stage
By Euan Black • Oct 10, 2017

Indonesia

The good jihadi

In North Sumatra, a former Indonesian radical has opened a boarding school for the children of terrorists to prevent their futures from looking like his own past
By Gabrielle Lipton • Oct 06, 2017

Media Freedom

Without fear or favour: The Cambodia Daily

Philanthropist and foreign correspondent Bernie Krisher launched a daily newspaper in 1993 with a handful of journalists working out of an old hotel. By the time the Cambodia Daily closed amid a fiery dispute with the government, it had become one of the region’s most respected sources of news
By Paul Millar • Oct 03, 2017

Elephant Tourism

A cruel world

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

Education

The millionaire teachers

Soaring demand for after-school tuition has spawned the rise of ‘super tutors’ in Singapore. But what is driving the growth of the industry, and is it negatively impacting social mobility?
By Sam Bradpiece • Nov 17, 2016

Cambodia

Knowledge for a better future

Forty years after the Khmer Rouge waged a devastating war on education, Cambodia’s children still cannot access the reading materials they need to start a new chapter in their, and the nation’s history. Now, a handful of NGOs are using technology to change that
By Paul Millar • Nov 10, 2016

Cambodia hopes to revolutionise its outdated education system

Rapid technological change means Cambodia must embrace progressive teaching methods if it is to compete on the world stage, the education minister has said
By Euan Black • Oct 27, 2016

Classroom or cult? Turkey's campaign against Fethullah Gülen

Southeast Asian schools linked to Fethullah Gülen, the cleric accused of masterminding the attempted coup in Turkey, are being targeted by the country’s furious regime
By Paul Millar • Oct 11, 2016