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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 27, 2017 • 7 min read

Pactics Why it pays to pay more

By Claire Knox • Jul 27, 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

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 21, 2017 • 7 min read

Thailand's richest woman Iron butterfly

By Claire Knox • Jul 21, 2017
Thai Malls magnate Supaluck Umpujh talks about fighting gender discrimination and staying on top in a marketplace now bustling with online competition 

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 10, 2017 • 7 min read

Kem Ley Murder, mourning and martyrdom

By Colin Meyn • Jul 10, 2017
A year after the assassination of popular political analyst Kem Ley, Southeast Asia Globe reviews the key events in one of Cambodia's great modern tragedies

Money • May 22, 2017 • 6 min read
Entrepreneur Chy Sila

A Cambodian story

From a $500 business selling pirated CDs in Phnom Penh, Chy Sila has risen to become CEO of Cambodia’s leading media organisation
By Paul Millar • May 22, 2017

Money • May 20, 2017 • 7 min read
Architecture

Building a vision for the future

From his striking office in central Phnom Penh, architect Hun Chansan tells Southeast Asia Globe why his firm prefers to take risks and where he believes Phnom Penh’s planning and development is going all wrong
By Claire Knox • May 20, 2017

Money • May 13, 2017 • 4 min read
Cambodia

The slow growth of organic farming

Farming without chemicals brings huge benefits to both producer and consumer, but it’s a hard sell in Cambodia, where poverty is preventing large swathes of the rural population from investing in a long-term, organic future
By Euan Black • May 13, 2017

Money • May 09, 2017 • 12 min read
Politics

The price of loyalty

Prime Minister Hun Sen's party dominated the last round of commune elections in 2012. But much has changed, and local polls in June will test whether the system that has kept Southeast Asia’s longest-serving leader in power is crumbling
By Colin Meyn • May 09, 2017

Money • Apr 25, 2017 • 7 min read
Smart Tech investments

Anna Gong on Southeast Asia’s start-up bubble

Anna Gong, the winner of the Singapore Women Entrepreneur Award 2017 and CEO of Perx, a mobile customer loyalty company backed by Golden Gate Ventures and the co-founder of Facebook Eduardo Saverin discuss artificial intelligence and the region’s obsession with fintech
By Euan Black • Apr 25, 2017

Money • Apr 10, 2017 • 10 min read
Microfinance

In whose interest?

Cambodia’s microfinance sector reels from the central bank’s decision to introduce an interest rate cap
By Euan Black • Apr 10, 2017