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By Hanns-Jochen Kaffsack • Sep 10, 2009
In southwestern India, the verdant coastline of Kerala offers an intoxicating cocktail of adventure, culture and relaxation
By Jim Algie • Sep 10, 2009
Despite a triple whammy of political turmoil, recession and reduced tourism, Thailand’s user-friendly business environment remains attractive to investors. The economic tsunami of 1997 had its epicentre in Thailand, but the shockwaves soon spread across Asia, bringing down banks, businesses and personal fortunes. The crisis is…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 10, 2009
Southeast Asian nations continue to offer competitive advantages as outsourcing choices, occupying four of the top seven places on AT Kearney’s Global Services Index.
By Hazel Parry • Sep 10, 2009
The inevitable conflict between humans and the natural environment could spell the end for Hong Kong’s endemic pythons and their fragile ecosystem
September’s Lakhaon festival hopes to reach a wider Khmer audienceand gain support for the rehabilitation of traditional Cambodian theatre
By Charlie Lancaster • Sep 10, 2009
The expedient conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi is an opportunity for Asean to show that its recently drafted charter on human rights is worth more than the paper it is printed on
By Alistair DB Cook and Caballero-Anthony • Sep 10, 2009
Cambodia could transform its physical and economic health at a stroke by improving its vegetable production
By Charlie Lancaster • Sep 10, 2009
A new species of Nepenthes, a carnivorous pitcher plant that boosts its nutrient intake by catching and digesting insects, has been discovered in the Cardamom Mountains. The discovery was made by Fauna and Flora International and verified by François Mey, a botanist who specialises in pitcher…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 10, 2009
Tony Fernandes is one of the region’s most unconventional executives – but also one of its most successful. How does this unlikeliest of entrepreneurs keep proving the sceptics wrong? AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes (L) and AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani pose during the launch of Redbox, a low-cost air courier service in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 09 July 2009. Photo: EPA/Ahmad Yusni
By Ron Gluckman • Sep 10, 2009
Originally the only practical tool for nomadic bedouins hunting in the desert, the art of falconry remains a popular pastime in the Gulf States.
By Tareq al-Sheikh • Sep 01, 2009
Media choices in Cambodia
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 01, 2009
Social networking services are capturing people’s attention as the coolest tool for accessing a world of information.
By Oscar Quine • Aug 01, 2009