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By Janelle Retka • Mar 15, 2018
Sandi Sein Thein's marketing company Digital Kaway - which means 'wizard' in Myanmar - has expanded local perceptions of what the internet has to offer, earning her a place on Forbes' prestigious 30 Under 30 Asia list
By Janelle Retka • Mar 14, 2018
Cambodia’s keenest architectural minds share their visions for transforming Phnom Penh’s clogged streets and limited community space into a modern, people-focused capital
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 12, 2018
For the past two decades, Cambodia has experienced rapid economic growth. Broad access to global markets and an economic policy that openly courts foreign investment means the country’s economy is expected to continue growing
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
With Southeast Asia's population expected to grow by more than 100 million people in the next 30 years, the region's crowded megacities are in danger of becoming dystopian nightmares - unless governments and city planners act now
By Paul Millar • Mar 01, 2018
Jerome Luciani of architecture and development company LBL International says that the Kingdom should prepare for the time when the gold rush slows
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Feb 28, 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
Spurred by Donald Trump's example, regional leaders are using the accusation of 'fake news' to silence critics
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 14, 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
If a company's existence depends on fossil fuels, the single most polluting activity on the planet, should they be allowed to engage in climate talks at all?
By Alanah Torralba • Dec 14, 2017
Vietnamese entrepreneurs educated overseas expose how poorly performing universities and state censorship threaten to knock the startup scene off course
By Euan Black • Dec 12, 2017