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Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 30, 2012 • 1 min read

Filling the PTT Plc pumps

By Southeast Asia Globe • Jul 30, 2012
Thailand’s biggest oil and gas conglomerate, PTT Plc, is betting big on Myanmar. The company will launch a network of petrol service stations there in the next two years before competition from other major brands intensifies.

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

Finding the right path: the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party

By Southeast Asia Globe • Jul 24, 2012
Hadi Awang, president of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Pas), speaks during a rally to promote the party manifesto ahead of Malaysia’s parliamentary elections later this year or next. Photo: Mohd Rasfan/AFPTimes are changing for the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Pas is the Muslim-majority state’s second-largest political party with…

Southeast Asia • Jul 22, 2012 • 1 min read

“Africa is the place of origin of man, and Asia is the place of origin of our far ancestors”

The discovery of a new fossil by a team of international scientists may prove that early anthropoids originated in Southeast Asia before colonising Africa, where they evolved further. Four fossilised teeth, dating back 37m years, were unearthed after six years of sifting through tonnes of sediment in central Myanmar.
By Southeast Asia Globe • Jul 22, 2012

Southeast Asia • Jul 19, 2012 • 1 min read

Thirsty for more Southeast Asian beer

The Filipino food and beverage behemoth behind beer brands such as San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Red Horse, San Mig Light and Gold Eagle is studying plans to build breweries in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. Each brewery would require a minimum investment of $100m and would result in additional revenues…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Jul 19, 2012

Southeast Asia • Jul 17, 2012 • 4 min read

Time to act

Trade expert Sok Siphana explains how Cambodia can position itself as a player in the global logistics chain.
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jul 17, 2012

Southeast Asia • Jul 05, 2012 • 6 min read

The waiting game

Investors are expected to expand their operations across Southeast Asia as trade and investment are further liberalised. Yet at present, few Asean member-states have competition laws in place.  Effective regulation and promotion of competition provides a strong foundation for economic development. The positive benefits of fair competition for…
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jul 05, 2012

Southeast Asia • Jul 05, 2012 • 1 min read

"I am hallucinating. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I am losing my marbles"

Rachel Dougall, a 38-year-old British woman who faces the firing squad alongside four other people after a $2.6m-cocaine bust in Indonesia, speaks from inside a Bali jail. The mother of a six-year-old girl says she was set up by a travel partner who disguised the drugs as a present for…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Jul 05, 2012