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By David Hutt • Mar 29, 2016
Consumers are moving from identikit items to customised creations in a megatrend that strategists have dubbed the “youniverse”
By Kirsten Han • Feb 24, 2016
In an age where ‘swiping right’ has entered common parlance, the matchmakers behind the region's most popular dating apps are working hard to attract users
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 04, 2016
Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei join with eight Pacific Rim nations to form massive trade pact
By Calvin Godfrey • Jan 07, 2016
Vietnam has long focused on grinding out cheap robusta coffee. But with more farmers cultivating high-grade arabica, the country could become a key source of the more boutique bean
Creating human skin and functioning livers are just two of bioprinting’s possibilities, and Singapore is hoping to become a global player in the business of mending mortals
By David Hutt • Nov 11, 2015
Southeast Asian nations will eventually need to swap farming for flash drives and become knowledge-based economies. Singapore is already showing how it’s done
By Kevin Ponniah • Oct 22, 2015
Positioned on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, Mae Sot has long attracted migrant workers who are largely responsible for that region’s economic success. Now, with improving infrastructure and social reforms, the town could be set to boost the Kingdom’s business profile even further
By Denise Hruby • Aug 27, 2015
With an ageing population and little space to grow food, Singapore needs to innovate. One project aims to address these pressing issues
By Daniel Besant • Apr 02, 2015
After years of floundering near the foot of global rankings on a range of development indicators, Cambodia is finally taking some steps in the right direction
By Daniel Besant • Mar 08, 2015
Within the police force, communist ideals trump education and inflicting pain is the preferred interrogation technique, adding up to a deadly environment inside the nation’s prisons
By Laila Drake • Jan 07, 2015
Focus Asean sits down with Prudential Corporation Asia’s chairman to discuss the bloc’s insurance challenges, such as its rapidly ageing population
By Tassilo Brinzer and Joana Maria Tacken • Oct 16, 2014
The region’s tertiary education sector has received an ‘A’ for effort in recent decades and, while there is certainly room for improvement, the future looks even brighter
By Bridget Di Certo • Oct 09, 2014