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By Calvin Godfrey • Oct 11, 2017
The anti-corruption campaigns of Vietnam’s Communist party always feel like inscrutable performance pieces – symposiums on the merits of female modesty held in strip clubs. They just don’t make sense, given the business model. Even as the party oversaw decades of massive economic growth, it…
By Paul Millar • Sep 18, 2017
Economists say farmers need to reduce their reliance on the crop in order to revitalise Cambodia’s struggling agriculture industry
By Claire Knox • Sep 09, 2017
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 Kate Mayberry • Sep 06, 2017
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
Manulife just celebrated its 5th birthday in Cambodia. With a dynamic population and an economy on the rise, this is just the beginning for Manulife Cambodia as well as the country’s life insurance industry
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 25, 2017
Home-grown success story Brown Coffee is taking on the international brands pouring into Cambodia
By Claire Knox • Aug 24, 2017
Sponsored: For over five years, the Credit Bureau Cambodia has brought much needed transparency and security to an industry that is only as good as the quality of information it is built upon
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 23, 2017
Pi Pay hopes its cashless payment app will help bring Cambodia's estimated five million unbanked citizens into the folds of the formal financial system
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 22, 2017
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
With incubation programmes helping to attract foreign capital for local enterprises, the future looks bright for Phnom Penh’s blossoming startup community
By Euan Black • Aug 01, 2017
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
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