Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 10, 2009 • 1 min read

New flesh eating plant found

By Southeast Asia Globe • 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…

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 10, 2009 • 11 min read

Eye on the ball

By Ron Gluckman • 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

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 01, 2009 • 3 min read

Hawkers welcome

By Tareq al-Sheikh • Sep 01, 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.

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 7 min read

Welcome to the twitterati

Social networking services are capturing people’s attention as the coolest tool for accessing a world of information.
By Oscar Quine • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 4 min read
Transportation

Vietnam steps down a gear

Vietnam’s nationwide outbreak of motomania is coming to a sudden halt as households start to combat rising food and fuel prices by choosing alternative forms of transport
By Matt Steinglass • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 6 min read

Getting back on track

As a crucial link in the trans-Asian network and a viable alternative to road transport, Cambodia’s neglected railways are ready for renewal.
By Johan Smits • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 10 min read
Interview

Still looking for Utopia

After a tumultuous political career, Cambodia’s former prime minister Pen Sovann has no plans to leave behind the scene he has loved for more than five decades
By Marc Eberle • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 5 min read

Split endings

 Divorcing a local spouse has all the bureaucratic pitfalls of getting married, as well as the distinct possibility of being taken to the cleaners by your ex and the Cambodian courts.
By Charlie Lancaster • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 4 min read
Interview

Morm Thida motodup

Morm Thida was born in 1991 in Phnom Penh. She lives with her four brothers, three sisters and her widowed mother. She is one of Phnom Penh’s few female moto-taxi drivers, or motodups as they are referred to locally. She usually works during the evening on the lakeside (Street 93)
By Yos Katank • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 6 min read

The United Nation's A-list

The UN describes goodwill ambassadors as “foot soldiers”, but it seemsthey haven’t spent much time in the trenches. David Beckham has held the title for Unicef since 2005 
By Oscar Quine • Aug 01, 2009

Southeast Asia • Aug 01, 2009 • 6 min read

The twilight zone

From the late 1980s Cambodia’s border areas have been the battleground in a struggle to control the spread of drug-resistant malaria
By Jamie Gibbs • Aug 01, 2009