Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 10, 2016 • 3 min read

New Philippine prisons won’t fix broken justice system

By Paul Millar • Aug 10, 2016
As President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs strains already overcrowded Philippine prisons, human rights workers say pouring money into new jails isn’t the answer

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 09, 2016 • 4 min read

Cambodia's genocide museum becomes battleground for Pokémon Go players

By Paul Millar and Logan Connor • Aug 09, 2016
Inclusion of Cambodia's S-21 prison in the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go has sparked outrage among survivors of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime Tourists view graves of Khmer Rouge victims at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21 prison) in Phnom Penh Cambodia 13 March 2013. Photo: EPA/MAK REMISSA

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 08, 2016 • 4 min read

New Thai constitution offers convoluted path to peace

By Logan Connor • Aug 08, 2016
While Thailand has voted ‘yes’ to a military-backed constitution that was pegged as a peaceful solution to a decade of turmoil, the new Thai constitution is unlikely to be the political salve that the country needs

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 08, 2016 • 9 min read

Unhappy workers: the paradox of stress and workplace productivity

By Focus Asean • Aug 08, 2016
"People generally have the misconception that, in order to be successful, they have to postpone their happiness." Photo: VisualHunt A Stanford University researcher tell us why compassion, rather than stress, is actually better for workplace productivity

Southeast Asia • Aug 07, 2016 • 7 min read

Eddie Thai wants to put Vietnam on the startup map

As a young Vietnamese-American, Eddie Thai dreamed of rediscovering his ancestral roots. Now a partner with the Silicon Valley venture capital firm 500 Startups, the Harvard-educated businessman is coaching a new generation of Vietnamese entrepreneurs
By Logan Connor • Aug 07, 2016

Southeast Asia • Aug 06, 2016 • 2 min read

Art Stage launches inaugural art fair in Indonesia’s capital

Collector Deddy Kusuma has loaned this painting, 'Serta Merta' by Indonesian painter I Nyoman Masriadi, to Art Stage Jakarta for the Collectors' Show Organisers hope that Art Stage Jakarta will help establish the city as a regional art hub and boost international interest in local artists 
By Holly Robertson • Aug 06, 2016

Southeast Asia • Aug 05, 2016 • 7 min read
Interview

Paralympic Singaporean swimmer Theresa Goh gets ready for Rio

Paralympic swimmer Theresa Goh has a huge number of golds under her cap for her home country of Singapore. To date, an Olympic medal has eluded her, but the gutsy athlete has her sights firmly set on a breakthrough in Rio
By Kirsten Han • Aug 05, 2016

Southeast Asia • Aug 04, 2016 • 8 min read

Thai artist Piyarat Piyapongwiwat talks life on the margins

Piyarat Piyapongwiwat is one of Southeast Asia's most promising contemporary artists. Photo: Vincenzo Floramo Piyarat Piyapongwiwat is one of Southeast Asia’s most promising contemporary artists. Armed with an analytical mind and a big heart, she discusses rebelling against her conservative upbringing, why she is drawn to marginalised groups and the difficulties faced by artists in military-ruled Thailand
By Dene Mullen • Aug 04, 2016

Southeast Asia • Aug 03, 2016 • 3 min read

Uber to face stiff competition as ride-sharing service targets Southeast Asia

Taxi drivers stand beside their vehicles during a mass stike in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 March 2016. More than a thousand taxi and other public transportation drivers in Jakarta held a mass strike against transportation-based online mobile applications including car-booking applications Uber and GrabTaxi. Photo: EPA/Bagus Indahono Global ride-sharing app Uber is setting its sights on Southeast Asia. However, the region’s established companies will likely put up a strong fight
By Logan Connor • Aug 03, 2016

Southeast Asia • Aug 02, 2016 • 3 min read

Myanmar workers at risk of exploitation during mass deportations from Thailand

Following a registration drive for undocumented Myanmar workers in Thailand, the Thai government has expelled up to 10,000 immigrants. The deportation process, says a migrant workers’ rights activist, often plays host to human rights violations
By Logan Connor • Aug 02, 2016