Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 08, 2014 • 4 min read

LGBT+ “Many of my family have changed their minds about me now”

By Amanda Saxton • Apr 08, 2014
Sou Sotheavy was recently awarded the David Kato Vision and Voice Award in Germany for her work in advocating LGBT rights. The 74-year-old tells us about surviving the Khmer Rouge, living with HIV and her dreams for equality in Cambodia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2014 • 6 min read

Who's afraid of the big green monster?

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 07, 2014
While some in Vietnam are still oblivious to the benefits of green architecture, others are working at realising its full potential

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 04, 2014 • 6 min read

media-savvy monks Holy activism

By Clothilde Le Coz and Daniel Besant • Apr 04, 2014
“A bundle of sticks can’t be broken,” according to an old Cambodian proverb. It is a philosophy that underpins a network of media-savvy monks who defy the authorities by speaking out against social injustice

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2014 • 6 min read

Culture Art is life

By Marco Ferrarese • Apr 03, 2014
Street artists are colouring the streets of George Town, breathing new life into the city’s heritage quarter

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 3 min read

Where business comes to life

Advertorial: An influx of investment in Cambodia ushers next-generation office buildings into Phnom Penh
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 2 min read

Cambodia: where the price is right

Advertorial: Rooftop Real Estate knows the market and what investors can hope to gain from it
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 3 min read

The new pearl of Asia

Advertorial: Phnom Penh is braced to welcome a landmark development of such an international and luxurious standard that it could propel the capital back to the level of splendour it enjoyed many decades ago
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 1 min read

The nature of good design

Advertorial: For better living, Galaxy Residence makes the most of Mother Earth’s gifts
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 2 min read

The view from here

Advertorial: The forthcoming Mekong View Tower II promises a new level of luxury just across the river from Phnom Penh
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 2 min read

Students on the up in the Land Down Under

Advertorial: In Australia, the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs is nurturing the leaders of tomorrow
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 02, 2014 • 8 min read

Flipping the bird

Land grabs, rampant deforestation and rumoured multibillion-dollar fortunes have been the hallmark of Taib Mahmud’s tenure as chief minister of Sarawak.
By Daniel Besant • Apr 02, 2014

Southeast Asia • Apr 01, 2014 • 4 min read

Trading on the future

Swiss-born Aung Thura, founder and CEO of a research and consultancy firm in Yangon, has big plans for Myanmar’s nascent financial industry
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 01, 2014