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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 28, 2018 • 4 min read

Opinion Corruption is in the crosshairs but no one is taking the shot

By Alejandro Salas • Mar 28, 2018
Vietnam is the latest country in Southeast Asia to begin a high-profile crusade against corruption. However, a few spectacular arrests are nowhere near enough in a region beset by graft

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 15, 2018 • 7 min read

Myanmar Social media success

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

Money • Mar 14, 2018 • 9 min read
Master plan

Building Phnom Penh a vibrant future

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 Janelle Retka • Mar 14, 2018

Money • Mar 12, 2018 • 4 min read
Statistics and tips

Everything you need to know about investing in Cambodia

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 12, 2018

Money • Mar 06, 2018 • 2 min read
Agriculture

Technology and farming: A match made in heaven

How businesses are transforming the farming sector by providing innovative, tech-based solutions to Southeast Asia's agriculture problems
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 06, 2018

Money • Mar 01, 2018 • 10 min read
Sustainable urban development

Southeast Asia's megacities have a choice: Shangri-La or slum

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

Money • Feb 27, 2018 • 7 min read
Singapore business

With a little help from a ‘golden duck’

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

Money • Jan 24, 2018 • 9 min read
Cambodia

Bat faeces turn to ‘black gold’

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