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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 08, 2013 • 0 min read

Cambodia Portraits of a cremation

By Southeast Asia Globe • Feb 08, 2013
In Photos: King-Father Norodom Sihanouk's cremation

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 05, 2013 • 3 min read

To cremate a King

By Daniel Otis • Feb 05, 2013
Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Photo by Lim Mengkong Cambodia’s King-Father, Norodom Sihanouk, was cremated in a public ceremony on the evening of February 4. In Phnom Penh, more than one million mourners lined the streets while government officials, members of the royal family, Buddhist clergy and foreign dignitaries clustered around the towering Veal Preah Meru stupa to witness the cremation. Daniel Otis provides a glimpse of the final event.

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 04, 2013 • 4 min read

Mental Health Bleak house

By Dene Mullen • Jan 04, 2013
Rejected by their families, Indonesia’s mentally unwell are often subjected to torturous conditions in underfunded institutions

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 26, 2012 • 6 min read

Painting over tradition

By Cassandra Naji • Nov 26, 2012
Armed with creativity, the country’s young female artists are battling a repressive society

Life • Nov 13, 2012 • 15 min read

Perfect isolation: Song Saa Private Island

Nestled in the stunning Koh Rong archipelago, Song Saa Private Island has taken luxury to a new level, in more ways than one
By Dene Mullen • Nov 13, 2012

Life • Nov 08, 2012 • 3 min read

Exiled to nowhere

Recent sectarian violence has brought renewed attention to the Rohingya. Brutal oppression is nothing new to this Muslim ethnic group, many of whom have chosen to endure a hellish existence in hostile Bangladesh rather than return to their native Myanmar
By Greg Constantine • Nov 08, 2012

Life • Oct 26, 2012 • 8 min read

Little champions: tennis federation of Cambodia

With extensive work in orphanages and schools, the Tennis Federation of Cambodia hopes to prove it is not just a game for the elite
By Dene Mullen • Oct 26, 2012

Life • Oct 11, 2012 • 5 min read
Cambodia

Digital Khmer: Cracking the code

The quest to keep the Khmer script alive in a digital world
By Don Weinland • Oct 11, 2012

Life • Sep 10, 2012 • 7 min read
Cambodia

The missing link

The Kingdom’s first generation of social workers are on a mission to right society’s wrongs
By Sacha Passi • Sep 10, 2012

Life • Aug 01, 2012 • 8 min read
Boeung Kak Lake

No man’s land

Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak lake development project has become a flashpoint for clashes over valuable land as the Kingdom develops. Will a high-profile protest movement encourage the Cambodian government to side with its electorate?
By Sebastian Strangio • Aug 01, 2012

Life • Jun 18, 2012 • 3 min read

Gimme shelter

As a new Myanmar emerges, the battle rages on for the inhabitants of Kachin, its northernmost state. Thousands of civilians have been displaced and ethnic troops have taken up arms once more to defend their homeland from government forces. Photographer Narciso Contreras captures their story
By Narciso Contreras • Jun 18, 2012