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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 05, 2018 • 3 min read
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Educating our children to be future-ready

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 05, 2018
Traditionally, students are taught to achieve good grades and graduate with credentials. However, in a rapidly changing world, the ability for an individual to embrace change, adapt and reinvent the wheel is far more essential in navigating the future. How can we prepare our children for the future, based on what we know about education today?

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 04, 2018 • 15 min read

Cambodia's media ‘We’re going to be blind’

By Paul Millar, Tom O'Connell, Janelle Retka • Jun 04, 2018
Critics decry the end of an era of press freedom in Cambodia as the nation's last independent newspaper is sold to the owner of a Malaysian "covert PR" firm

Life • May 25, 2018 • 2 min read
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What dreams are made of

Guests come to Navutu Dreams not only for its quiet luxury and full-service pampering, but also for its custom-tailored holistic wellness packages that include yoga, alternative healing and a complete range of spa services
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • May 25, 2018

Life • May 24, 2018 • 3 min read
Flight MH370

Author Larry Vance says new book solves mystery ‘beyond a shadow of doubt’

On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur but never reached its destination of Beijing. The aircraft disappeared, and has never been recovered. Now, veteran air crash investigator Larry Vance has released the book MH370: Mystery Solved, which claims to contain the truth behind what exactly happened
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • May 24, 2018

Life • May 21, 2018 • 7 min read
Healthcare

Race to combat growing cancer crisis

Cancer claimed an estimated 1.2 million lives in Southeast Asia in 2012, making it the region's number one killer. And rates are predicted to skyrocket 40% by 2030. Governments are finally addressing this ongoing crisis, forcing medical professionals to play catchup in building quality cancer care systems
By Cristyn Lloyd • May 21, 2018

Life • May 18, 2018 • 4 min read
Human rights

Revealing the Rainbow report sheds light on LGBTIQ rights in Southeast Asia

A recently published report that aims to highlight the human rights situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ communities and the people working to defend them has revealed both the challenges that the region faces and its progress
By Thomas Brent • May 18, 2018

Life • May 15, 2018 • 6 min read
Obesity

A Southeast Asian epidemic

Malnutrition is leaving Southeast Asia’s children predisposed to obesity and fatal diseases. With the rise of processed foods and less active lifestyles, these health impacts are only going to get worse unless children become the focal point of change
By Janelle Retka • May 15, 2018

Life • May 14, 2018 • 4 min read
Opinion

Duterte’s drug war feeds on his country’s worst fears

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs is pushing the country's most vulnerable people even further towards the margins, says Global Commission on Drugs executive secretary Khalid Tinasti
By Khalid Tinasti • May 14, 2018

Life • May 08, 2018 • 1 min read
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Prudential: life insurance is love insurance

Prudential Cambodia Prudential Cambodia believes that education is the best gift parents can give to their children. That’s why we created eduCARE to secure your child’s education no matter what happens to you. Corporate Social Responsibility This is Prudential…
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • May 08, 2018