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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2019 • 4 min read

Malaysia The region’s corrupt politicians should watch the 1MDB trial closely

By Paul Millar • Apr 03, 2019
Ten years to the day after being sworn in as prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak is standing trial for a slew of corruption and money laundering crimes. Asia Institute Tasmania director James Chin explains what the corruption trial means for the region’s once-untouchable political elite

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 22, 2019 • 5 min read

top 5 Southeast Asia’s fintech revolution

By Robin Spiess • Feb 22, 2019
In Southeast Asia, the financial technology sector is booming. But according to a recent report, that growth is concentrated in five main countries. Here, Southeast Asia Globe breaks breaks down the numbers behind their success

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 14, 2019 • 15 min read

Universal basic income The cost of living

By Paul Millar • Jan 14, 2019
Fuelled by rampant poverty and fears that rising automation will strip millions of low-skilled workers of their livelihoods, more and more countries are exploring the idea of a universal basic income that guarantees a livelihood for all their citizens

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Money • Dec 18, 2018 • 15 min read
Belt and Road

Operation Mekong

China is exercising a level of economic influence on the Mekong states not seen since the height of its imperial might
By Bernhard Zand

Money • Dec 07, 2018 • 11 min read
Medical marijuana

New highs

In November 2018, Thailand’s cabinet pushed through a draft law that, if passed, will legalise the use of cannabis for medical and research purposes, making it the first country in Asia to cash in on the plant’s burgeoning medical industry
By Janelle Retka

Money • Nov 12, 2018 • 17 min read
Cambodia's building blocks

Blood bricks

Cambodia's construction boom has demand for clay bricks climbing. But a transformation to Cambodia’s rural economy feeds some of the most vulnerable into the growing brick sector and its toxic debt bondage
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len

Money • Oct 18, 2018 • 7 min read
Dini Aryani Criddle

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

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
By Janelle Retka

Money • Oct 12, 2018 • 5 min read
Cambodia

Economy under fire from possible EBA loss

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
By Tassilo Brinzer

Money • Sep 13, 2018 • 7 min read
Whatever happened to

Cambodia’s homemade electric car?

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
By Paul Millar

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