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Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 13, 2012 • 15 min read

Perfect isolation: Song Saa Private Island

By Dene Mullen • Nov 13, 2012
Nestled in the stunning Koh Rong archipelago, Song Saa Private Island has taken luxury to a new level, in more ways than one

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 08, 2012 • 4 min read

Exiled to nowhere

By Greg Constantine • Nov 08, 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

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 26, 2012 • 8 min read

Cambodia Little champions: tennis federation of Cambodia

By Dene Mullen • Oct 26, 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

Life • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 16, 2012 • 5 min read

Architecture in Vietnam Saigon: Lost in progress

By Marianne Brown • Oct 16, 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

Life • Oct 11, 2012 • 4 min read
Food

Bug business

With insect intake on the rise, the industry is having to move with the times
By Peter Janssen • Oct 11, 2012

Life • Oct 11, 2012 • 6 min read
Cambodia

Digital Khmer: Cracking the code

The quest to keep the Khmer script alive in a digital world
By Don Weinland • Oct 11, 2012

Life • Sep 10, 2012 • 7 min read
Cambodia

The missing link

The Kingdom’s first generation of social workers are on a mission to right society’s wrongs
By Sacha Passi • Sep 10, 2012

Life • Aug 01, 2012 • 8 min read
Boeung Kak Lake

No man’s land

Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak lake development project has become a flashpoint for clashes over valuable land as the Kingdom develops. Will a high-profile protest movement encourage the Cambodian government to side with its electorate?
By Sebastian Strangio • Aug 01, 2012

Life • Jun 21, 2012 • 5 min read
Rehab

A problem shared: drug and alcohol rehab in Thailand

Surrounded by the mountain ranges of the Thai highlands, The Cabin offers a five-star refuge for those looking to kick the habit in style
By Massimo Morello • Jun 21, 2012

Life • Jun 18, 2012 • 3 min read

Gimme shelter

As a new Myanmar emerges, the battle rages on for the inhabitants of Kachin, its northernmost state. Thousands of civilians have been displaced and ethnic troops have taken up arms once more to defend their homeland from government forces. Photographer Narciso Contreras captures their story
By Narciso Contreras • Jun 18, 2012

Life • Jun 08, 2012 • 9 min read
State Violence

War on Myanmar’s women

With the constitution relegating women to second-class citizens and the national army increasingly employing sexualised violence as a weapon of subjugation, Myanmar is still very much a military man’s world
By Charlie Lancaster • Jun 08, 2012