Life

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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2014 • 7 min read

Pollution Digging for gold: striking resistance

By Hilary Ford • Apr 07, 2014
Contamination from a gold mine has affected the health and livelihoods of a rural community in northeastern Thailand. Now the villagers are fighting back

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2014 • 6 min read

Culture Art is life

By Marco Ferrarese • Apr 03, 2014
Street artists are colouring the streets of George Town, breathing new life into the city’s heritage quarter

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 02, 2014 • 2 min read

Students on the up in the Land Down Under

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014
Advertorial: In Australia, the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs is nurturing the leaders of tomorrow

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2014 • 7 min read

Mental Illness After the storm

By Denise Hruby • Mar 26, 2014
Cambodia’s health system struggles to cope with a high incidence of mental disorders – a festering legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime

Life • Mar 10, 2014 • 7 min read
Press freedom

Truth and lies

While 2014’s Press Freedom Index shows some positive change in the region, many governments still show a flagrant disregard for the fifth estate
By Colin Meyn • Mar 10, 2014

Life • Mar 01, 2014 • 7 min read

Minimum maximum

Recent violence in Cambodia linked to protests over wage levels underlines the struggle between workers, governments and business owners
By Daniel Besant • Mar 01, 2014

Life • Feb 28, 2014 • 3 min read
Disability

Gimme shelter

Plans for a purpose-built hamlet envision opportunity, equality and recognition for the little people of the Philippines
By Eric San Juan • Feb 28, 2014

Life • Feb 13, 2014 • 5 min read

A shot in the dark

A ceasefire agreement between ethnic rebels and the government has paved the way for tourists to enter the isolated Karen state
By Brennan O'Connor • Feb 13, 2014

Life • Feb 10, 2014 • 7 min read
Gemstone Mining

Land of broken dreams

Every day, hundreds of men, women and children risk their lives mining for gems in a remote corner of Cambodia. A young miner and his father share their stories and struggles as they carve out an existence
By Jennifer Meszaros • Feb 10, 2014

Life • Jan 29, 2014 • 3 min read

The light from within

The new book 7 Days in Myanmar showcases a week in the life of this beguiling country through the lenses of the world’s top photographers
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Jan 29, 2014

Life • Jan 08, 2014 • 4 min read

How Myanmar’s young women can get ahead

Myanmar has made steps towards reforming its education system, but there's a long road to travel before the country can catch up with the rest of Asia, particularly for women and girls.
By Pauline Chiou • Jan 08, 2014