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By Euan Black • Dec 12, 2017
Vietnamese entrepreneurs educated overseas expose how poorly performing universities and state censorship threaten to knock the startup scene off course
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 11, 2017
The founder behind a Cambodian startup predicts that e-commerce is growing too slowly. Fintech, he says, and a good payment system must come first before everything else follows
By Euan Black • Dec 06, 2017
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 Foong Li Mei • Dec 04, 2017
Singapore and Malaysia are playing catch up with global tech capitals, but their pace may be slowed by talent that's looking too timid for the cutthroat business
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
The construction industry in Cambodia has been enjoying great growth in recent years. Yet there are concerns over the quality of some of these projects and an over-reliance on Chinese investment
By Nathan Paul Southern • Nov 06, 2017
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
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
Cambodia has big plans to boost tourism, most of which revolve around a massive influx of visitors from China
By Nathan Paul Southern • Oct 16, 2017