Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 24, 2012 • 1 min read

Asean steps up

By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 24, 2012
As the economic momentum increasingly moves to Southeast Asia, a region with diverse economies and a large workforce, the region is tipped to power growth in Asia for the next two decades, according to IHS Global Insights, a global information company that offers industry and economic analysis. Thanks in part…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 18, 2012 • 1 min read

Natural gas in Thailand

By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 18, 2012
Hungry for fuel: Two days after the launch of Thailand’s first station to charge electric vehicles, the Ministry of Energy announced that Thailand will be a fuel hungry nation in ten years’ time. The Kingdom can currently produce 44% of the country’s demand for natural gas and oil, a figure that…

Southeast Asia • Sep 16, 2012 • 4 min read

Blazing souls during the Hungry Ghost Festival

When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the streets of Malaysia and Singapore, looking for mundane entertainment
By Marco Ferrarese • Sep 16, 2012

Southeast Asia • Sep 15, 2012 • 1 min read

LGBT Rights in Vietnam

A proud moment: Following the country's first Gay Pride parade, could Vietnam lead the way on LGBT rights in Asia?
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 15, 2012

Southeast Asia • Sep 14, 2012 • 4 min read

Public morality outrage

Malaysia maintains “public morality” in the ASEAN human rights declaration; SEA women to appeal again to foreign ministers Malaysia continues to resist the calls of women to remove “public morality”” from the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), as it is being drafted by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights…
By SEA Globe • Sep 14, 2012

Southeast Asia • Sep 13, 2012 • 2 min read

Child's play

The welfare of children has dramatically improved in the past ten years. It is an encouraging trend – but massive disparities remain between nations It is a success story that many countries can only dream of. Since 2000, infant mortality in Southeast Asia has fallen by one third, with countries such…
By Frédéric Janssens • Sep 13, 2012

Southeast Asia • Sep 12, 2012 • 2 min read

E-commerce: Say it with social gifting

Given the growing penetration of smartphones, social networks and the advancements of mobile payment technology in Southeast Asia, social gifting could be about to take the region by storm, according to Brian Riley of CEB TowerGroup, a consumer financial monitor. Warm tidings: Heinz’s ‘Get Well Soup’ campaign allowed users…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 12, 2012

Southeast Asia • Sep 10, 2012 • 3 min read

Endless horizons

Whether making a grand entrance or a dramatic exit, Southeast Asia provides some of the best backdrops for the sun’s radiant colour spectrum
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 10, 2012