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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 18, 2016 • 8 min read

Thai Cinema Reel struggle: Thai cinema’s lost classics

By Max Crosbie-Jones • Oct 18, 2016
The resurrection of two long-lost classic films is a stark reminder that Southeast Asia’s rich cinematic heritage is in danger of fading away

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 13, 2016 • 9 min read

Muay Thai Blood, sweat and debt

By Tate Zandstra • Oct 13, 2016
Perceived by most to be run by gangsters and corrupted by gamblers, one of the world’s most graceful combat sports is in danger of extinction. Southeast Asia Globe investigates Muay Thai’s slow and painful death

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 11, 2016 • 9 min read

Classroom or cult? Turkey's campaign against Fethullah Gülen

By Paul Millar • Oct 11, 2016
Southeast Asian schools linked to Fethullah Gülen, the cleric accused of masterminding the attempted coup in Turkey, are being targeted by the country’s furious regime

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 03, 2016 • 9 min read

Creative learning

By Euan Black • Oct 03, 2016
The Montessori approach to education is well placed to serve growing regional demand for creative thinking, yet Southeast Asia’s devotion to grades and testing is proving difficult to shake

Life • Sep 29, 2016 • 3 min read
Sacred Ritual

The colourful Balinese festival where little monsters run wild

With their faces and upper torsos painted in bright colours to resemble the supernatural beings and demons of Balinese imagination, the boys of Tegelalang are difficult to ignore as they partake in Ngerebeg. And that is exactly the point. Held every six months in the village situated ten…
By Navet Tab • Sep 29, 2016

Life • Sep 29, 2016 • 7 min read
Thailand

Sexual violence is not a soap

In Thai soap operas, rape is routinely depicted as a precursor to romance, with female protagonists shown falling in love with their rapists. Led by an outraged viewer, the country’s television industry is starting to examine its normalisation of sexual violence
By Ana Salvá • Sep 29, 2016

Life • Sep 27, 2016 • 2 min read
Safety

Vietnam considers late-night alcohol ban

Looking to shed its mantle as the second biggest consumer of alcohol in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is considering a bill that would outlaw late-night sales of beer and liquor
By Logan Connor • Sep 27, 2016

Life • Sep 14, 2016 • 8 min read
Culture

Thailand’s forgotten sorcerers

Dwelling in the forest and dabbling in magic, the hermit sages known as ruesee have long inhabited the fringes of Thai Buddhism. Now, they are turning to modern marketing in a race for survival
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Sep 14, 2016

Life • Sep 09, 2016 • 7 min read
Cambodia

15 years underground

A new book describes the untold story of the Cambodian families who emerged from the jungle after many years hiding from the Khmer Rouge
By Corinne Purtill • Sep 09, 2016

Life • Sep 06, 2016 • 10 min read
Formula One

Living life in the fast lane

Behind the scenes at the Singapore Grand Prix
By Holly Robertson • Sep 06, 2016

Life • Aug 30, 2016 • 11 min read

Gaggan Anand: “The guest is not always right”

He spent his youth battling poverty and dreaming of rock stardom. But after a career volte-face, Gaggan Anand has become a highly successful chef, with his restaurant recently named the best in Asia for the second consecutive year. The only trouble is, he’s already tiring of his celebrity chef status
By Dene Mullen • Aug 30, 2016