Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 03, 2014 • 5 min read

At the art of it

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

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 01, 2014 • 1 min read

Big business under fire over land grabs

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 01, 2014
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…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 01, 2014 • 2 min read

You old charmer

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

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2013 • 4 min read

“Night falls onto a sinful whispering realm”

By Nathan Thompson • Dec 30, 2013
The third part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry

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

Southeast Asia • Dec 18, 2013 • 3 min read

Q&A with Syetarn Hansakul

Senior economist, Asia (ex-Japan) at Deutsche Bank, discusses banking and finance in Asean 
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 18, 2013

Southeast Asia • Dec 18, 2013 • 2 min read

The rise of designer homes

Branded real estate promises to be the next big thing to sweep through Southeast Asia’s world of luxury goods
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 18, 2013

Southeast Asia • Dec 18, 2013 • 2 min read

Q&A Thendra Crisnanda

Research analyst, BNI Securities, casts his eye over the region’s property sector
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 18, 2013

Southeast Asia • Dec 17, 2013 • 8 min read

To catch a queen

Recent corruption scandals have ignited the debate about dynastic politics in Indonesia. But even experts are unsure of how to address this world of clandestine meetings and mystical martial-arts clans
By Philip Jacobson • Dec 17, 2013