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By Robin Spiess • May 29, 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 Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 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 Janelle Retka • Mar 22, 2018
The directors of Raintree, Cambodia’s first “boutique office space”, reveal how simple tweaks can improve work culture and performance
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 06, 2018
How businesses are transforming the farming sector by providing innovative, tech-based solutions to Southeast Asia's agriculture problems
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
Vietnam looks to add the first solar plant, while Singapore gives a nod to the popularity of Japanese culture in the country by naming the first alcohol made of tofu whey 'sachi'
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 12, 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
Lim Chhiv Ho is a businesswoman whose newfound luxury hasn’t stopped the nightmares of her past
By Euan Black • Nov 15, 2017
A determined Singaporean publisher set out on an audacious quest for Booker Prize success
By Euan Black • Nov 14, 2017
How a King helped Thailand's premier league become the region's biggest and best footballing spectacle
By Will Feuer • Nov 13, 2017