Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 18, 2015 • 7 min read

Arise, Phnom Penh

By Francis Booker • Sep 18, 2015
Gleaming glass and steel structures boasting contemporary design features may not be many people’s impression of Phnom Penh, but a building boom is rapidly changing the Cambodian capital’s image

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 18, 2015 • 8 min read

Defectors Escape velocity: Hyeonseo Lee

By David Hutt • Sep 18, 2015
One of the most vocal dissidents to escape from North Korea, author Hyeonseo Lee told Southeast Asia Globe her incredible story ahead of her appearance at next month’s Ubud Writers and Readers Festival

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 16, 2015 • 3 min read

Pest control The snake hunter

By Brent Lewin • Sep 16, 2015
Pythons and cobras are on the loose in Bangkok, but one 62-year-old man is on call to help apprehend these unwelcome reptilian rascals

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 15, 2015 • 5 min read

Interview: Tony Wheeler

By Jemma Glavin • Sep 15, 2015
In 1973, Tony Wheeler co-founded Lonely Planet Publications, kickstarting a shoestring travel revolution and influencing thousands of people to sling on a backpack and head off on unbeaten paths. Next month, Wheeler will be a guest speaker at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival

Southeast Asia • Sep 14, 2015 • 5 min read

Going the distance

Since being named Porsche Asia-Pacific’s managing director last year, Martin Limpert has been on a mission to redefine the region’s car culture, one country at a time
By Jennifer Meszaros • Sep 14, 2015

Southeast Asia • Sep 11, 2015 • 2 min read
Transgender

Lifting the veil: Pondok Pesantren Waria

While discrimination against Indonesia’s transgender community remains a pressing issue, Pondok Pesantren Waria, a specialised school in Yogyakarta hopes to challenge conservative values
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Sep 11, 2015

Southeast Asia • Sep 10, 2015 • 7 min read
Robert Sann Aung

Dancing with dictators

Unbowed by prison terms and vicious beatings, human rights lawyer Robert Sann Aung has been battling Myanmar’s much-derided judiciary for more than 30 years
By Sebastian Strangio • Sep 10, 2015

Southeast Asia • Sep 08, 2015 • 2 min read

Wild Asia reveals responsible tourism heroes

Wild Asia has just revealed the winners of the ninth Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Sep 08, 2015

Southeast Asia • Sep 08, 2015 • 6 min read

Mountain high: Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

A journey through the great wilderness that is Cambodia’s unspoilt Cardamom Mountains provides a challenging itinerary for seasoned adventurers and tenacious beginners alike
By Erin Hale • Sep 08, 2015

Southeast Asia • Sep 07, 2015 • 5 min read

Same same, but different?: Adenan Satem

Sarawak’s chief minister has vowed to end the rampant logging and corruption associated with the eastern Malaysian state, but some believe that Adenan Satem’s rhetoric might be little more than a façade
By Daniel Besant • Sep 07, 2015

Southeast Asia • Sep 04, 2015 • 7 min read
Child Abuse

The end of innocence

In the Philippines, girls as young as five have been the victims of online child abuse. Their abusers are often thousands of kilometres away and it seems little can be done to stop them
By Angel L. Martinez Cantera • Sep 04, 2015