Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 31, 2010 • 9 min read

Cambodia Beer wars: the glass is only half-full

By Adam Miller • Jul 31, 2010
‘Pouring’ over details of the overly-competitive Cambodian beer industry, the covert smuggling ring that keeps brewers on their toes and the newcomers to a battle-hardened market.

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 13, 2010 • 12 min read

A new history

By Steve Finch and Yos Katank • Jul 13, 2010
Cambodians have mostly heard about Khmer Rouge atrocities from each other. Now schools are addressing the tragedy. Khieu Maly was sitting quietly, ashen-faced during his Khmer Rouge history lesson in 2003, says Song Malet, her grade nine teacher. When younger brother Khieu Vordeth took the same class a year later,…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 06, 2010 • 9 min read

Mineral resourcefulness

By Steve Finch • Jul 06, 2010
Cambodia is looking to emulate its northern neighbour Laos in making millions of dollars from minerals, but first foreign mining firms will have to navigate the country’s myriad pitfalls. As official events go, a state tax ceremony in a small, socialist country would hardly be expected to get pulses racing.

Southeast Asia • May 27, 2010 • 4 min read
Community

As the tribe travels

Following the trail of Jewish people to Southeast Asia, one organisation ensures people of the faith always have a place to call home
By Julie Masis • May 27, 2010

Southeast Asia • May 20, 2010 • 6 min read

Ascending the cloud

The latest computing trend sounds nebulous, but it’s not so obscure if you’re a professional on the move. Every cloud has a silver lining. In case you haven’t heard, the digital office is now a reality. The age of the cloud is officially upon us, and as ominous as…
By Jeff W Richards • May 20, 2010

Southeast Asia • May 19, 2010 • 5 min read

Top of the pops

These five singers have captured the hearts and ears of the region 1. Thongchai McIntyre The eldest of this month’s Top 5,  51-year-old Thongchai ‘Bird’ McIntyre is one of Thailand’s most successful singers of all time. Having sold over 20m albums since his debut in 1986,…
By Charlie Lancaster • May 19, 2010

Southeast Asia • May 17, 2010 • 13 min read

An interview with Tim Sakhorn

Born in 1968, Tim Sakhorn is perhaps the most famous Khmer Krom activist alive today. He was granted political asylum in Sweden in July 2009. How does it feel to be reordained? Do you wish you were re-ordained in Cambodia? I…
By Charlie Lancaster • May 17, 2010

Southeast Asia • May 05, 2010 • 12 min read

The mighty bean

Southeast Asia has succumbed to the world’s most popular stimulant, and now it’s getting ready to take its own coffee buzz to the world. Take a closer look at that cup of dark liquid you hold in your hand every morning. It’s one of 730 billion cups that will be…
By Stephen Brooks & Dane Wetschler • May 05, 2010

Southeast Asia • May 05, 2010 • 7 min read

Please mind the gap

Business degrees are a big industry in the Kingdom, but not every degree means business. “Years ago, the MBA was a good idea…” Zak Buttell, a Chulalongkorn graduate and former Wall Street financial consultant, tells me over Thai iced coffee at a…
By Tate Zandstra • May 05, 2010

Southeast Asia • Apr 09, 2010 • 11 min read

Meeting the material world

During recent years, the Buddhist faith appears to have witnessed a few casualties along an increasingly bumpy path to enlightenment. Headlines documenting monk-related incidents have peppered regional media, and their prevalence seems to be rising. From “Buddhist monk arrested for rape of British tourist” to “Monks arrested for throwing rowdy…
By Charlie Lancaster • Apr 09, 2010

Southeast Asia • Mar 07, 2010 • 3 min read

Peace gets a fighting chance

A Bangkok resident since 2002, the founding chairman of the International Peace Foundation is committed to spreading his peaceful message around the wider world. Uwe Morawetz is a man on a mission – he wants to make the world a better, more fulfilling place. He freely admits he’s a…
By Paul Brisby • Mar 07, 2010