Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 26, 2013 • 5 min read

Food for thought

By Denise Hruby • Aug 26, 2013
The scourge of childhood across the country, malnutrition could be beaten in one simple and inexpensive measure

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 23, 2013 • 4 min read

Time after time

By Massimo Morello • Aug 23, 2013
The storied Raffles Hotel continues to dazzle in a nation preoccupied with progress

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 21, 2013 • 4 min read

"People are recognising that by appreciating art, art appreciates"

By Charlie Lancaster • Aug 21, 2013
Kuala Lumpur will be awash with colour during the seventh annual Art Expo Malaysia. Polenn Sim is a member of the family behind the event, which takes place from September 19-22

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 15, 2013 • 4 min read

Interview Burn notice

By Dene Mullen • Aug 15, 2013
In his new book, Squatters into Citizens, Dr Loh Kah Seng explores how the vision of a modern city was achieved in Singapore in the aftermath of the great fire of 1961. Here, he discusses the city-state’s public housing sector, its transformative effect on citizens and Singapore’s good economic fortune

Southeast Asia • Aug 13, 2013 • 5 min read

Shaking up the party

Many Indonesians are hoping that Joko Widodo will spearhead a new era of clean politics once the current president wraps up his maximum second term in office
By Sacha Passi • Aug 13, 2013

Southeast Asia • Aug 09, 2013 • 7 min read

Hello, boys!

Modified motors and buxom beauties continue their age-old alliance at Southeast Asia’s largest customised car show
By Dene Mullen • Aug 09, 2013

Southeast Asia • Aug 08, 2013 • 5 min read

Crime and punishment

A tainted legal system is failing Cambodia's young offenders
By Sacha Passi • Aug 08, 2013

Southeast Asia • Aug 05, 2013 • 4 min read

Island paradise

Jakarta’s Ritz-Carlton is a perfect match for a country with big aspirations
By Massimo Morello • Aug 05, 2013

Southeast Asia • Aug 02, 2013 • 3 min read

Better with age

Chivas Brothers’ James Maxwell hopes to capitalise on Southeast Asia’s burgeoning love affair with Scotch whisky
By Rebecca Foster • Aug 02, 2013

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2013 • 4 min read

"We have a need/ fear relationship with nature"

In his book, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, Paul Sochaczewski explores the life and travels of Alfred Russel Wallace, the self-taught British naturalist who is recognised as co-discoverer of the theory of natural selection. Wallace also spent eight years travelling in Southeast Asia, discovering over 1,000 new species of birds, ants and beetles.
By Franziska Meissner • Aug 01, 2013

Southeast Asia • Jul 30, 2013 • 2 min read

FC Barcelona brings tiki-taka to Southeast Asia

Thai and Malaysian football fans will be falling over themselves to be in attendance when Barcelona pitch up in Southeast Asia next week. Lining up with their new manager, Gerardo Martino, installed at the helm, the likes of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets will be turning out in…
By SEA Globe • Jul 30, 2013