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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 18, 2018 • 7 min read

Dini Aryani Criddle ‘I really want to make Indonesia famous for speciality coffee’

By Janelle Retka • Oct 18, 2018
Long recognised as one of the top global coffee exporters, Indonesia has transformed its coffee industry, dramatically increasing its local consumption and the quality of its coffee bean production. Southeast Asia Globe met up with Dini Aryani Criddle, founder of Indonesia’s gourmet Tanamera Coffee, to hear how her company helped lead the change

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 12, 2018 • 5 min read

Cambodia Economy under fire from possible EBA loss

By Tassilo Brinzer • Oct 12, 2018
Marco Kalinna, managing director of Cosmos Services, a garment trade supplier in Phnom Penh, and board member of the German Business Group in Cambodia, talks about the European Union’s possible retraction of its Everything But Arms preferential trade agreement with Cambodia

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 13, 2018 • 7 min read

Whatever happened to Cambodia’s homemade electric car?

By Paul Millar • Sep 13, 2018
The homegrown Angkor Car has hinted at a future free from the gas-guzzling SUVs on Cambodia’s crowded streets. But despite a glamorous launch in 2013, the Kingdom’s first electric car seems to have stalled at the starting line

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Money • Sep 10, 2018 • 18 min read
Cambodia's building blocks

How sand dredging bled a fishing community dry

After a decade of heavy sand dredging in the waterways of Cambodia's Koh Kong province, a fishing community once recognised for its rich ecosystem is struggling to fill its nets.
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len

Money • Sep 06, 2018 • 7 min read
Lunch Actually

Dating on schedule

During a stint in the financial sector, Violet Lim spotted a trend in the industry: successful singles with no avenue for meeting potential partners. So she set off to make a dent in the love industry
By Janelle Retka

Money • Sep 05, 2018 • 15 min read
Renewable energy

The price of power

The deadly dam collapse in Laos in 2018 brings Cambodia’s own grand plans for hydropower into question – and thrusts solar power to the forefront of the Kingdom’s quest for energy independence
By Amanda Kaufmann

Money • Aug 27, 2018 • 6 min read
Philippines

Dollars without borders

As the Philippines continues to hold rank as the Southeast Asian country with the largest number of migrant workers heading overseas, the amount of money being sent home to family members in the island nation is rising – and cryptocurrency could help keep more earnings in Filipinos’ pockets.
By Janelle Retka

Money • Aug 14, 2018 • 7 min read
Architecture

Building a brighter Cambodia

When 35-year-old Hok Kang launched his career a decade ago, he wanted to change Cambodians’ perception of architecture. Since then, he has helped create Brown Coffee's look, trained up young architects at his own firm and ventured into high-end real-estate development by founding UrbanLand
By Janelle Retka

Money • Aug 09, 2018 • 9 min read
Gender equality

Banking on change

Cambodian women are traditionally charged with overseeing their families’ finances once the paycheque comes home. While this skillset remains an essential part of Cambodia’s economy, what more can the financial sector do to take advantage of this home-grown expertise?
By Janelle Retka

Money • Aug 07, 2018 • 5 min read
Augmented reality

A game changer in bomb disposal

Bomb disposal is perhaps the most difficult job in the world; one wrong move, and it’s over. Golden West, operating out of Cambodia, is using the latest augmented reality technology to help in the demining effort
By Robin Spiess

Money • Aug 03, 2018 • 9 min read
dam collapse

Laos gambles on becoming ‘battery of Southeast Asia’

The collapse of a hydroelectric dam in Laos last week has reinvigorated a debate on the potential consequences of the country’s fervent building of dams, leaving many to question if the rewards outweigh the risks
By Thomas Brent