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By Southeast Asia Globe • Mar 27, 2013
In a pioneering project on the paradise island of Koh Samui, female prisoners are learning useful skills for life on the outside
By Bridget Di Certo • Feb 14, 2013
The spotlight has once again been cast on the Kingdom’s fractured judiciary. What are the roots of its problems?
By Southeast Asia Globe • Feb 08, 2013
In Photos: King-Father Norodom Sihanouk's cremation
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.
Rejected by their families, Indonesia’s mentally unwell are often subjected to torturous conditions in underfunded institutions
By Dene Mullen • Jan 04, 2013
Armed with creativity, the country’s young female artists are battling a repressive society
By Cassandra Naji • Nov 26, 2012
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
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
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
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is rapidly developing, resulting in many of its beautiful historic buildings being bulldozed to make way for high-rise complexes
By Marianne Brown • Oct 16, 2012
With insect intake on the rise, the industry is having to move with the times
By Peter Janssen • Oct 11, 2012
The quest to keep the Khmer script alive in a digital world
By Don Weinland • Oct 11, 2012