Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 02, 2013 • 4 min read

The full monty

By Rebecca Foster • Sep 02, 2013
Priming CIMB Bank for regional economic integration, Nazir Razak is betting big on Asean

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 02, 2013 • 7 min read

A design for life

By Liam Aran Barnes • Sep 02, 2013
With plenty of green space and a wealth of built heritage, Yangon has the potential to become a model of sustainable development

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 02, 2013 • 3 min read

Building on success

By Sacha Passi • Sep 02, 2013
As the Park Hyatt lands in Siem Reap, Sholto Smith will steer one of the Kingdom’s most anticipated new hotels

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 30, 2013 • 8 min read

Apportunity knocks

By Rebecca Foster and Erika Mudie • Aug 30, 2013
The increasing digitalisation of Southeast Asia is creating greater opportunities for startups, although it is foreign entrepreneurs who are leading the pack

Southeast Asia • Aug 26, 2013 • 5 min read

Food for thought

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

Southeast Asia • Aug 23, 2013 • 4 min read

Time after time

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

Southeast Asia • Aug 15, 2013 • 4 min read
Interview

Burn notice

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
By Dene Mullen • Aug 15, 2013

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