Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 18, 2014 • 3 min read

Fire and brimstone

By Gembong Nusantara • Aug 18, 2014
Wickedly sweet iced coffee is a signature beverage in Southeast Asia, but its sugary kick comes at a price for miners in East Java who battle toxic fumes and treacherous terrain to provide the sulphur used to process sugarcane

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 15, 2014 • 8 min read

With bated breath

By Leigh Ferguson • Aug 15, 2014
Just as real progress was being made, Cambodia is experiencing a tuberculosis funding gap at precisely the wrong time

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 15, 2014 • 4 min read

A key growth region

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 15, 2014
Armin Keller, Volkswagen Group’s head of sales for Asean markets, discusses the prospects for the automotive sector in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 13, 2014 • 8 min read

Clear and present danger

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 13, 2014
Southeast Asia might struggle to sustain rapid economic expansion with the world’s growth patterns beginning to transform

Southeast Asia • Aug 12, 2014 • 4 min read

Wickedly well dressed: W Bangkok

Kick it with the cool kids at W Bangkok
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 12, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 11, 2014 • 4 min read

"I counselled Pete Doherty and Cat Marnell… addiction is a great leveller”

Simon Mott first took heroin as a 16-year-old and says he was “addicted immediately”. Twenty years later he turned his life around and later made his way to Thailand, where he was head counsellor at The Cabin rehab centre in Chiang Mai. He recently founded his own facility, the Hope Rehab Centre, in Sriracha, about a one-hour drive from Bangkok
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 11, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 11, 2014 • 8 min read
Consumption

Pocket power

Southeast Asia’s expanding middle class will significantly benefit the region’s societies while also raising new questions about economic sustainability
By Christian Vits • Aug 11, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 08, 2014 • 8 min read
Chinatown

Vice City: Myanmar

From flagrant prostitution to brazen wildlife hawking, Southeast Asia Globe explores one of the region’s most lawless towns
By Sebastian Strangio • Aug 08, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 08, 2014 • 8 min read

The art of investing

The Southeast Asian contemporary art market is booming, not only pleasing art lovers and auction houses, but also triggering rising interest from serious investors
By arjuna • Aug 08, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 07, 2014 • 3 min read
Khmer Rouge

Guilty verdict for Khmer Rouge pair

Two senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge have been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison
By David Hutt • Aug 07, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 07, 2014 • 6 min read

Hom comforts

After shooting to fame with the BBC in the 1980s, Ken Hom became one of the world’s first celebrity chefs, famous for his intricate knowledge of Asian cuisine and his calm, understated camera presence. Here, Ken talks to Southeast Asia Globe about his favourite Thai dishes and why Cambodian cuisine is like having “a good shag”
By David Herson • Aug 07, 2014

Southeast Asia • Aug 06, 2014 • 1 min read

All good in Ubud

The Ubud Writer's Festival 2014 kicks off in October and the organisers have just released this year's exciting line up
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 06, 2014