Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 10, 2014 • 7 min read

The wood for the trees

By Colin Meyn and Mech Dara • Jan 10, 2014
Despite community efforts to combat illegal logging, Cambodia’s forests continue to be pillaged at an alarming rate, while the government’s promises are frequently exposed as empty

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 09, 2014 • 1 min read

A model student

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 09, 2014
Looking to achieve top marks for education, the region is enticing Western universities to set up shop on its shores

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 09, 2014 • 4 min read

Singapore Mixed blessings

By Kirsten Han • Jan 09, 2014
For some on Singapore’s death row, recent changes to legislation offer hope, but campaigners stress that the law is vague and will not guarantee justice

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

Bringing home the bacon

By Sacha Passi • Jan 08, 2014
Janet Lim Napoles is the woman at the heart of the Philippines’ multimillion-dollar pork barrel scam. But is she a criminal mastermind?

Southeast Asia • Jan 03, 2014 • 5 min read

At the art of it

Lorenzo Rudolf, the founder and director of Art Stage Singapore, is helping transform the exhibition industry in Southeast Asia
By Jemma Galvin • Jan 03, 2014

Southeast Asia • Jan 01, 2014 • 1 min read

Big business under fire over land grabs

Multinational food and drink companies should do more to ensure the sugar in their products is not sourced on land grabbed from poor communities, according to Oxfam International. The organisation called on Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods, the world’s biggest producers and buyers of sugar, to publicly disclose…
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 01, 2014

Southeast Asia • Jan 01, 2014 • 2 min read

You old charmer

Few Bangkok hotels can compete with the Mandarin Oriental’s colourful history and trove of illustrious guests
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 01, 2014

Southeast Asia • Dec 26, 2013 • 4 min read

Drenched in elegance

Personalised service and refinement set the tone at Hanoi’s Sofitel Legend Metropole
By Massimo Morello • Dec 26, 2013

Southeast Asia • Dec 24, 2013 • 4 min read

"There are simply no word to describe how delicious white pepper crabs are"

KF Seetoh has been called the “Guru of Grub” due to his unwavering dedication to Southeast Asian street food. Currently at the helm of the World Street Food Congress, he gives us a mouthful about just what it is that keeps his love affair with food simmering away
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Dec 24, 2013

Southeast Asia • Dec 20, 2013 • 3 min read

All geared up

Synonymous with speed and style, Porsche is eager to grab a slice of the Cambodian luxury car market. Graeme Hunter is the man behind the wheel in the Kingdom
By Christian Vits • Dec 20, 2013

Southeast Asia • Dec 19, 2013 • 9 min read
Khmer Rouge tribunal

The major and the monster

From Lon Nol’s army, to an American doughnut shop, to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – the strange and restless saga of Son Arun
By Daniel Otis • Dec 19, 2013