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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 24, 2017 • 2 min read

Flying high The first female commercial pilot trained in Laos

By Logan Connor • Mar 24, 2017
Phinanong Leusasinh discusses her lifelong dream of flying, the difficulties she has faced in a male-dominated industry and what it takes to become a certified pilot

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 07, 2017 • 11 min read

Cambodia How leaks, lies and fake news took over politics

By Paul Millar • Mar 07, 2017
As social media becomes the number one news source for young Cambodians, the spectre of ‘fake news’ is haunting a nation whose politics is wracked by rumour and ridicule

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 27, 2017 • 11 min read

Cambodia Pay and divide

By Paul Millar • Feb 27, 2017
Islamic organisations from the Middle East are pouring money into Cambodia’s Cham Muslim communities, spreading hardline teachings and threatening to drive a wedge between the Muslim minority and their Buddhist neighbours

Life • Feb 21, 2017 • 7 min read
Thailand

How tech reshapes ancient animist beliefs

Mass urbanisation and an increasingly interconnected world are pushing animism to embrace the 21st century
By David Hutt • Feb 21, 2017

Life • Feb 09, 2017 • 3 min read
Indonesia

Learning to teach

Southeast Asia Globe explores the austere conditions of Pondok Pesantren Lirboyo, where 6,000 male pupils ages five to 40 study to become religious teachers
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Feb 09, 2017

Life • Feb 01, 2017 • 9 min read
Buddhism

Pagoda problems

As Cambodia modernises and sex and drug scandals rock the monkhood, the famed saffron robes no longer command the respect they once did
By Euan Black • Feb 01, 2017

Life • Jan 31, 2017 • 7 min read
Cambodia

The rain gamblers

Climate change could spell the end for Cambodia’s high-stakes habit of betting on the weather
By Paul Millar • Jan 31, 2017

Life • Jan 31, 2017 • 3 min read
Drug war

Duterte halts ‘war on drugs’ to clean up police unit

The drug war is on hold as the Philippine police force seeks to rid itself of corrupt “scalawags” – but the president has vowed to continue his deadly campaign through 2022
By Logan Connor • Jan 31, 2017

Life • Jan 30, 2017 • 3 min read

Trump's 'Muslim ban' met with anger in Southeast Asia

US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations has been condemned by the region’s Islamic nations
By Logan Connor • Jan 30, 2017

Life • Jan 19, 2017 • 8 min read
Cinema

The quest to save Southeast Asia’s independent cinemas

The region's ageing cinemas are fighting a losing battle against corporate forces, but a determined American is fighting to save these fading silver screens
By Max Crosbie-Jones • Jan 19, 2017