Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 10, 2016 • 9 min read
George Town Heritage lives in Penang
By Daniel Besant • Aug 10, 2016
George Town’s charming heritage buildings are repurposed by Penang citizens devoted to resurrecting the city's identity
Life
Putting people at the heart of the story.
Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 25, 2016 • 7 min read
Indonesia Turning profit into progress
By Gabrielle Dunlevy • Jul 25, 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
Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 15, 2016 • 11 min read
Restaurants Dave Pynt of Burnt Ends in Singapore is redefining barbecue
By Dene Mullen • Jul 15, 2016
Underneath his gruff everyman exterior, Dave Pynt is one of the region's keenest culinary minds, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with a barbecue
Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 14, 2016 • 8 min read
Coaching Trading advice and inspiration for cash
By Justin Calderon • Jul 14, 2016
The region’s swelling middle class is fuelling a rise in Southeast Asian self-help gurus dispensing motivation and advice
Life • Jul 13, 2016 • 8 min read
Craft Beer
Southeast Asia’s beer revolution
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
Life • Jul 13, 2016 • 8 min read
Tobacco
Not kicking the habit
If current trends hold, Indonesia is on track to become the world’s largest market for tobacco. As other countries move to regulate the industry, why is Indonesia having such a tough time kicking the habit?
By Nithin Coca • Jul 13, 2016
Life • Jul 12, 2016 • 6 min read
Cambodia
Memories of a violent past
The murder of respected political analyst Kem Ley marks a return to Cambodia’s dark past of political violence
By Paul Millar • Jul 12, 2016
Life • Jul 11, 2016 • 9 min read
Myanmar
Big Tobacco is back
Since global players entered the market en masse in 2013, smoking rates have increased markedly. Their sophisticated strategies are likely to push more people into the clutches of addiction
By Holly Robertson • Jul 11, 2016
Life • Jul 08, 2016 • 9 min read
Professional Gaming
Leagues of legends
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
Life • Jul 01, 2016 • 3 min read
Portside with Pelni – the last great passenger ships of Indonesia
Southeast Asia Globe sets sail on Indonesia’s iconic Pelni ships, the last outsized passenger vessels to traverse the vast archipelago
By Muhammad Fadli • Jul 01, 2016
Life • Jun 27, 2016 • 7 min read
Literature
A desire to belong
Amid marginalisation of refugee communities in the US, Vietnamese-American poets feel a sense of displacement
By Paul Millar • Jun 27, 2016
Life • Jun 17, 2016 • 9 min read
Conserving Cambodia’s cultural treasures
In Phnom Penh and Penang, experts in art conservation are meticulously preserving Cambodia’s artistic legacy, but a punishing climate and scarcity of resources have forced them to get creative
By Daniel Besant • Jun 17, 2016