Innovation

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 01, 2017 • 5 min read

Indonesia Twitter’s porn problem

By Kate Walton • Dec 01, 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

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 14, 2017 • 5 min read

Singapore Read. More!

By Euan Black • Nov 14, 2017
A determined Singaporean publisher set out on an audacious quest for Booker Prize success

Innovation • Oct 31, 2017 • 2 min read
Bugs to Pasta

The cricket pasta that can help feed the world

Chomping on crickets is nothing new in Southeast Asia, but a global market for critter-based foods could turn edible insects into a major industry
By Colin Meyn • Oct 31, 2017

Innovation • Oct 18, 2017 • 6 min read
Zoë Ng

Shaking up Cambodian office culture

Zoë Ng worked at McKinsey, Google and the beauty startup Charlotte Tilbury to build up a range of experience before striking out on her own. Now she heads up Raintree, an award-winning office and retail development in Phnom Penh
By Euan Black • Oct 18, 2017

Innovation • Sep 09, 2017 • 6 min read
Cambodia

Bringing the tunes to temple town

Just a stone’s throw from the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, 60 Road Studios in Siem Reap is enticing global musicians and training a new generation of recording technicians
By Claire Knox • Sep 09, 2017

Innovation • Sep 06, 2017 • 7 min read
Malaysia Design Archive

Malaysia’s identity seen through decades of design

From demeaning ice cream wrappers to the Malaysian ‘Uncle Sam’, the Malaysia Design Archive is opening people’s eyes to how art reflects a nation's values
By Kate Mayberry • Sep 06, 2017

Innovation • Aug 24, 2017 • 4 min read
Cambodia

Coffee culture with a ‘Khmer touch’

Home-grown success story Brown Coffee is taking on the international brands pouring into Cambodia
By Claire Knox • Aug 24, 2017

Innovation • Aug 07, 2017 • 12 min read
Cambodia

Manufacturing on the line

Amid rising labour costs, stagnant export prices and productivity rates well below its neighbours', what might the future of the Kingdom's factories look like?
By Paul Millar • Aug 07, 2017

Innovation • Jul 27, 2017 • 7 min read
Pactics

Why it pays to pay more

The only way forward for Cambodia's garment sector is good wages, worker empowerment and a focus on sustainability, according to the founder of this unconventional textile factory in Siem Reap
By Claire Knox • Jul 27, 2017

Innovation • Jul 21, 2017 • 7 min read
Thailand's richest woman

Iron butterfly

Thai Malls magnate Supaluck Umpujh talks about fighting gender discrimination and staying on top in a marketplace now bustling with online competition 
By Claire Knox • Jul 21, 2017