Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 06, 2016 • 4 min read

The end of cheap labour in Southeast Asia?

By Logan Connor • Dec 06, 2016
As the International Labour Organisation kicked off its 16th annual Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting today, Maurizio Bussi, director of the ILO country office for Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, spoke to Southeast Asia Globe about the challenge of turning the region’s economic growth into social progress

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 02, 2016 • 4 min read

Keys to the Kingdom: Thailand's new King tests military junta

By Paul Millar • Dec 02, 2016
The new king’s seven-week delay following the death of his father may have been the first move in a potential power struggle with the ruling junta A handout image provided by the Royal Household Bureau shows Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (R) listening to the invitation to ascend…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 01, 2016 • 2 min read

Powerful Chinese investment group seeks Cambodian partnerships

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Dec 01, 2016
The Cambodia China Business Forum and Financial Development Forum has Chinese investors flocking to Phnom Penh for a stake in Cambodia’s developing economy   

Southeast Asia • Nov 28, 2016 • 4 min read

The business behind Southeast Asia's booming music festivals

As the owner and director of Feedback Asia and Gig Life Asia, Priya Dewan is hooked into the region’s music scene. She discusses how she has tapped into the business opportunities surrounding music festivals
By Sam Bradpiece • Nov 28, 2016

Southeast Asia • Nov 28, 2016 • 4 min read

Emotional new documentary chronicles Cambodia's forgotten children

Acclaimed French director Xavier de Lauzanne sat down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss his new documentary, Les Pépites, which looks at the story of Phnom Penh-based NGO Pour un Sourire d’Enfant
By Sam Bradpiece • Nov 28, 2016

Southeast Asia • Nov 26, 2016 • 7 min read

Meet the man behind Chiang Mai’s newest contemporary art museum

In July 2016, Thai businessman Eric Bunnag Booth unveiled MAIIAM, a visually striking contemporary art museum in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai with grand visions to fuel a healthy market of art collectors in the country. We meet with the 47-year-old marketing whizz and art collector to find out how he is applying the lessons he learned in the stock market and the textile trade to the simmering – and often unpredictable – art world
By Rachna Sachasinh • Nov 26, 2016

Southeast Asia • Nov 25, 2016 • 8 min read
Tourism

The road to nowhere: exploring Thailand’s Trang islands

A quest to see Thailand’s elusive dugong has inspired many a trip to the Trang islands, but it’s the impeccable isolation that enchants most visitors to this charming archipelago
By arjuna • Nov 25, 2016

Southeast Asia • Nov 25, 2016 • 3 min read

Indonesia readies itself for more Ahok protests

Protestors are planning to gather today in Jakarta in the hope of forcing the city’s Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, out of office for comments he made allegedly insulting the Qur’an Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja ‘Ahok’ Purnama (C) talks to journalists shortly after investigation by the police in Jakarta, Indonesia,…
By Logan Connor • Nov 25, 2016

Southeast Asia • Nov 24, 2016 • 3 min read

Q&A: Cambodian rock star Jimmy Kiss

Ahead of his performance at the International Jazz Festival Phnom Penh, Cambodian musician Jimmy Kiss sat down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss his first foray into jazz and drawing inspiration from the Cambodian countryside
By Logan Connor • Nov 24, 2016