Governance

Governance • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 03, 2017 • 13 min read

Media Freedom Without fear or favour: The Cambodia Daily

By Paul Millar • Oct 03, 2017
Philanthropist and foreign correspondent Bernie Krisher launched a daily newspaper in 1993 with a handful of journalists working out of an old hotel. By the time the Cambodia Daily closed amid a fiery dispute with the government, it had become one of the region’s most respected sources of news

Governance • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 21, 2017 • 7 min read

Whatever happened to Cambodia’s oil prospects?

By Paul Millar • Sep 21, 2017
After a decade of failed negotiations with multinationals and a severe slump in global oil prices, Cambodia's expectations to become an oil producing nation might be disappointed

Governance • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 14, 2017 • 10 min read

Phnom Penh City of garbage

By Colin Meyn and Mech Dara • Sep 14, 2017
As Cambodia's capital becomes a modern metropolis, its sole garbage collection company, Cintri, is failing to keep up. Can Cambodia's capital clean up its act?

Governance • Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read
Cambodia

The less forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black

Governance • May 17, 2017 • 8 min read
Indonesia

The red-light district that everyone loves

Jakarta’s Kalijodo red-light district has been shut down, cleaned up and transformed into a vibrant public space. But the reimagining of the area didn’t come without a human cost
By Gabrielle Lipton

Governance • Nov 21, 2016 • 29 min read
Myanmar

The year after

For decades Myanmar languished under a military junta, decried as a global pariah state. Following a historic election, the country has moved closer to democracy – but the process of real reform has only just begun
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Governance • Jun 06, 2016 • 5 min read

Palm oil juggernaut swats away industry reform efforts

Amid the fastest rural transformation Malaysia and Indonesia have ever seen, big business is pushing back against efforts to overhaul the palm oil industry
By John F. McCarthy and Rob Cramb

Governance • May 25, 2016 • 4 min read
Cambodia

Drought and inaction hit rice industry hard

The effects of Cambodia’s recent drought will serve to exacerbate existing structural weaknesses in the rice sector, say experts
By Logan Connor and Paul Millar

Governance • May 17, 2016 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Getting the water right

Jakarta's water is controlled by big business, but activists are pushing for the city to follow a worldwide water management trend back to public ownership
By David Hutt

Governance • May 02, 2016 • 10 min read
Lifeline Mekong

Make or break time

As drought lingers and unfettered dam construction plugs the Mekong river, managing the life-giving waterway becomes ever more crucial
By Daniel Besant