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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 29, 2016 • 6 min read

Mogok Myanmar’s mysterious mining mecca

By Feliz Solomon • Dec 29, 2016
Myanmar’s miners have been left with little more than scraps following years of military plunder

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 27, 2016 • 8 min read

Islamic Fashion Hipsters in hijabs

By Sam Bradpiece • Dec 27, 2016
The future looks bright for Southeast Asia’s multi-billion Islamic fashion industry

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 21, 2016 • 9 min read

Vietnam A screaming madness

By Logan Connor • Dec 21, 2016
A group of Ho Chi Minh City rockers has built a community based around rage and rebellion

Life • Dec 13, 2016 • 8 min read
Yuna

“I don’t wear anything sexy”

The Malaysian singer on working with Pharell, her fashion collection Hatta x Yuna and why she doesn’t wear revealing clothes
By Holly Robertson • Dec 13, 2016

Life • Dec 12, 2016 • 7 min read
Laos

The future is underground

Home to some of the most complex rock formations in Southeast Asia, Laos looks to cash in on cave tourism
By Jennifer Meszaros • Dec 12, 2016

Life • Dec 08, 2016 • 8 min read
Illegal love

Hypocrisy and the war on sex

The Islamist push for a ban on extramarital sex runs counter to the nation’s more liberal sexual practices
By Sam Bradpiece • Dec 08, 2016

Life • Dec 01, 2016 • 9 min read
Partyboat

Music and madness ahoy

Asia’s largest music festival at sea, It’s the Ship, ferried frenzied partygoers on a three-night bash from Singapore to Penang. Southeast Asia Globe hit the decks to meet the DJs, devotees and dancers that make up the region’s rising EDM scene
By Paul Millar • Dec 01, 2016

Life • Nov 29, 2016 • 12 min read
Thailand

Diving unlimited

Koh Tao hosts one of the world's biggest freediving companies
By Claire Knox • Nov 29, 2016