Life

Putting people at the heart of the story.

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 27, 2016 • 7 min read

Literature A desire to belong

By Paul Millar • Jun 27, 2016
Amid marginalisation of refugee communities in the US, Vietnamese-American poets feel a sense of displacement

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 17, 2016 • 9 min read

Conserving Cambodia’s cultural treasures

By Daniel Besant • Jun 17, 2016
In Phnom Penh and Penang, experts in art conservation are meticulously preserving Cambodia’s artistic legacy, but a punishing climate and scarcity of resources have forced them to get creative 

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 13, 2016 • 7 min read

Indonesia Addicted to coal

By Nithin Coca • Jun 13, 2016
As the rest of the world moves away from fossil fuels, Indonesia is reacting to a drop in its coal exports by ramping up local production, putting the country’s health, environment and economy in danger

Life • Jun 10, 2016 • 9 min read
Myanmar

Cheese for a land of rice

When Ye Htut Win launched his gourmet food enterprise in Yangon, most wrote him off as a "nutcase". Now, he's at the helm of a growing empire
By Holly Robertson • Jun 10, 2016

Life • May 25, 2016 • 7 min read
cultural preservation

Tourist hordes put strain on Luang Prabang’s heritage

The enthusiasm of tourists for Luang Prabang’s heady charms has brought prosperity to the Lao town, but is the visitor influx damaging its cultural treasures?
By Sebastian Strangio • May 25, 2016

Life • May 23, 2016 • 4 min read
Film

Diamond Island filmmaker Davy Chou on youth and modernity

French-Cambodian filmmaker Davy Chou's first full-length feature, Diamond Island just won the screenwriter's award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival
By Holly Robertson • May 23, 2016

Life • May 19, 2016 • 10 min read
healthcare abroad

Region’s medical tourism boom fuelled by Southeast Asians

Every year, Indonesians leave their country in droves to access basic medical services they can’t find in their own country. According to media reports, the Indonesian government estimates that its citizens spend roughly $11.5 billion a year on healthcare abroad – much of it in Malaysia.
By Logan Connor • May 19, 2016

Life • May 17, 2016 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Getting the water right

Jakarta's water is controlled by big business, but activists are pushing for the city to follow a worldwide water management trend back to public ownership
By David Hutt • May 17, 2016

Life • May 13, 2016 • 3 min read
Cambodia

My cemetery, my home

When sand dredging led to the collapse of their riverbank houses, inhabitants of one Phnom Penh community chose to move to a ghostly new home
By David Hutt and Sam Jam • May 13, 2016