Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 11, 2012 • 1 min read

Road woes

By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 11, 2012
The quality of roads in the Philippines and Vietnam took a bashing in the 2012 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum. A key indicator in a country’s infrastructure competitiveness ranking, the Philippines scored a disappointing 3.1 and Vietnam an even worse 2.6 on a scale of one to…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 11, 2012 • 2 min read

Yuan tipped to replace the dollar

By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 11, 2012
China’s yuan is set to usurp the US dollar and the euro as the trading currency of choice in Southeast Asia, experts say. Money matters: by 2015, Asean will become China’s biggest trading partner, say experts Thanks to zero tariffs, preferential trade policies and geographic advantages, trade between China…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2012 • 7 min read

Food Going with the grain: A golden rice breeding method

By Sacha Passi • Oct 10, 2012
Despite Southeast Asia sitting at the heart of the world’s rice bowl, scientists are working to ensure food security issues won’t leave much of the region hungry

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Lady in waiting: Nurul Izzah Anwar

By Sacha Passi • Oct 10, 2012
She has the lineage to rival some of the world’s most prominent political families, yet Nurul Izzah Anwar is set to pave her own path towards a new democracy

Southeast Asia • Oct 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Top 5: Football scandals

Murderous goalkeepers, racist officials, cheating teammates: the beautiful game is often anything but
By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 10, 2012

Southeast Asia • Oct 10, 2012 • 6 min read

An upsurge of traffic accidents in Cambodia

From killing fields to killer roads: Since 2005, the number of deaths has doubled on Cambodian roads, yet the problem remains largely ignored
By Frédéric Janssens • Oct 10, 2012

Southeast Asia • Oct 10, 2012 • 2 min read

Muslim fashion Mecca

Indonesia has designs on becoming the world’s Islamic fashion capital by 2020
By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 10, 2012

Southeast Asia • Oct 09, 2012 • 3 min read

Rising tides: Seaweed farming in Indonesia

Seaweed’s surge in popularity across the world spells good news for a farming community on an island off Bali. Photographer Putu Sayoga captures their story
By Putu Sayoga • Oct 09, 2012

Southeast Asia • Oct 04, 2012 • 3 min read

Hunger games: Food crisis ahead?

Experts warn the world is entering an era of permanent food crisis that will hit the poor hardest and spark social unrest. Ill-prepared and exposed to the elements, Southeast Asia remains particularly vulnerable
By South East Asia Globe • Oct 04, 2012

Southeast Asia • Oct 03, 2012 • 1 min read

Mastering Myanmar

Myanmar is making its first moves towards being integrated into the global financial system after MasterCard issued the country’s Co-Operative Bank a license. The US company has become the first payments operator to make such a move in the formerly reclusive state. Co-Operative Bank has the largest number of…
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 03, 2012

Southeast Asia • Oct 02, 2012 • 1 min read

Eastern promises for Malaysia at the Apec Summit

Malaysia stands to gain as Russia increasingly seeks to bolster economic and diplomatic ties with Southeast Asia
By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 02, 2012