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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 04, 2017 • 10 min read

Vietnam The fearless musicians fighting back

By Bennett Murray • Aug 04, 2017
With Vietnam's only independent recording studio as their home base, artists Ngoc Dai and Mai Khoi are starting a musical rebellion against the Communist party

Life • Jul 27, 2017 • 7 min read
Pactics

Why it pays to pay more

The only way forward for Cambodia's garment sector is good wages, worker empowerment and a focus on sustainability, according to the founder of this unconventional textile factory in Siem Reap
By Claire Knox • Jul 27, 2017

Life • Jul 12, 2017 • 2 min read
Vespa apocalyptica

Self-made road warriors

Often seen as the epitome of European cool, the iconic scooter has received a post-apocalyptic makeover by ragtag gangs of Indonesian rebel riders
By Muhammad Fadli • Jul 12, 2017

Life • Jul 10, 2017 • 7 min read
Kem Ley

Murder, mourning and martyrdom

A year after the assassination of popular political analyst Kem Ley, Southeast Asia Globe reviews the key events in one of Cambodia's great modern tragedies
By Colin Meyn • Jul 10, 2017

Life • Jul 06, 2017 • 11 min read
Cambodia

Murderous witch-hunts

A single word from one of Cambodia’s traditional healers can turn a whole community against outsiders in their ranks – often with fatal results
By Paul Millar • Jul 06, 2017

Life • Jun 15, 2017 • 4 min read
Opinion

Cambodians must find their own justice as Khmer Rouge Tribunal breaks down

Almost 40 years after Pol Pot’s bloody regime was toppled, judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have indicated that the three remaining cases will not proceed. But Cambodia's quest to show ‘the supremacy of civilisation over inhumanity’ should not be abandoned so lightly, argues Youk Chhang
By Youk Chhang • Jun 15, 2017

Life • Jun 06, 2017 • 9 min read
Football fraud

Pitch invaders

With Timor-Leste recently found guilty of illegally importing talented South American players to improve their national football team, Southeast Asia Globe investigates the fake passport epidemic sweeping the region
By Jack Kerr and Dene Mullen • Jun 06, 2017