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By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jul 04, 2018
On average, Cambodians use five to ten plastic bags every day, contributing to a serious waste problem in the country. Kai Kuramoto, founder of Cleanbodia, is attempting to change that by introducing an alternative solution: a biodegradable bag made from cassava starch
By Robin Spiess • Jun 19, 2018
News of a cryptocurrency endorsed by the Cambodian government began circulating earlier this year, with international media also picking up the story. Then suddenly, it all went quiet. So what exactly happened to Entapay – the company behind it – and its ambitions to create a Cambodian cryptocurrency?
By Janelle Retka • Jun 14, 2018
Singapore's UnUsUaL has become Southeast Asia's leading music production and promotion company, worth $500m. Co-founder and partner Leslie Ong shares the highs and lows of building an empire from scratch
By Paul Millar • Jun 13, 2018
Although women own 65% of Cambodia’s businesses, fewer than half of them employ more than one person. Women-focused social impact fund She Investment co-founder Loem Lida explains how her organisation is helping the Kingdom’s women grow as entrepreneurs
With its burgeoning business and startup scene, modern Cambodia is host to a slew of exciting, young talent. We pick out ten rising stars who are shaking up the status quo
By Janelle Retka • Jun 06, 2018
A lack of transparency among some of the country’s leading telecom companies could eventually prove detrimental for Cambodians in the long term
By Robin Spiess • May 29, 2018
Hav Kongngy hopes his affordable, interlocking bricks can help tackle a housing crisis that has left many Cambodians unable to afford a home
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 29, 2018
The directors of Raintree, Cambodia’s first “boutique office space”, reveal how simple tweaks can improve work culture and performance
By Janelle Retka • Mar 22, 2018
A legal dispute led to the collapse of his nightclub, but Jonathan Shen bounced back to build a thriving snacks business off the back of Singapore’s wildly popular salted egg yolk trend
By Euan Black • Feb 27, 2018
Top read: We return to one of our most popular pieces of 2018, which looked at the Cambodians reliant on bat faeces to sustain their livelihoods. Nutrient rich guano – colloquially known as “black gold” – provides powerful fertility to farmers' lands and a solid income to those who farm bats, and their faeces
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jan 24, 2018
Hai Ninh Nguyen came from the rural province of Thai Binh to be one of only four Vietnamese people to make this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia
By Euan Black • Dec 06, 2017
Indonesia’s Twitter obsession has generated great hype, but the social media giant has failed users by not policing the rampant posting of pornography
By Kate Walton • Dec 01, 2017