Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 02, 2019 • 14 min read

EDM music Backstage at Southeast Asia’s only underground electronic festival

By Amanda Kaufmann • Apr 02, 2019
Three years ago, a group of Russian club owners started a small festival on the shores of Phu Quoc, Vietnam, with the aim of introducing international DJs to the region. Now with 37 Southeast Asian DJs in the mix, the 11-day fest has turned into a truly international cross-cultural exchange

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 28, 2019 • 9 min read

Digital Cambodia Ready for a (digital) revolution?

By by Robin Spiess • Mar 28, 2019
The government in Cambodia recently hosted a digital conference that celebrated the Kingdom’s growing tech startup sector while simultaneously discussing the mounting challenges the country faces

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2019 • 5 min read
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Digital Cambodia Cambodia’s First Digital Technology Conference and Exhibition

By Digital Cambodia 2019 • Mar 26, 2019
Daily crowds of over ten thousand energized digital technology professionals and enthusiasts from across Southeast Asia, Asia, Europe, and North America, gathered this weekend to experience firsthand the excitement surrounding Digital Cambodia 2019, “toward Industry 4.0”, Cambodia’s first digital technology conference

Southeast Asia • Mar 26, 2019 • 5 min read
Politics

Thaksin says junta 'rigged' Thai election to retain power

Thailand's election was "rigged" to ensure the military retain their grip on power, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, a towering behind-the-scenes figure in the politically turbulent kingdom, told AFP on Monday
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 26, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 20, 2019 • 5 min read
Economic development

Cambodian crafts and food festival empowers local businesses

The festival aims to show off local products while giving the vendors a chance to put their business skills to the test, supported by a nonprofit economic development agency fighting human trafficking in Cambodia and India
By Amanda Kaufmann • Mar 20, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 19, 2019 • 4 min read

Project Little Dream’s Fundraiser at Raintree Cambodia

22 February 2019 was a bit unusual at The Crown of Raintree, Phnom Penh. A reception organized by Project Little Dream (PLD) gathered innovative minds across architecture, information technology, and education
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 19, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 13, 2019 • 2 min read
Say No to Plastic

Siam Eco Pack takes on plastic pollution with eco-friendly packaging

Every month, Southeast Asia Globe features stories from organisations around the region taking action to reduce plastic use. This month, we highlight Siam Eco Pack
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 13, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 12, 2019 • 10 min read
Politics

Three voices from the Philippines’ new Muslim homeland

The creation of a new Muslim autonomous region in the conflict-torn southern Philippines has been hailed as a political breakthrough that could finally lead to peace in the Catholic-majority nation. Southeast Asia Globe speaks to three young people from the region to understand their stories and to learn what the new autonomous region will mean for their futures
By Thomas Brent • Mar 12, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 09, 2019 • 7 min read
The Orchid Project

Why ending all forms of FGC is vital for gender equality

Though not often talked about, there are a handful of countries in Southeast Asia where the widely-condemned practice of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is thriving – and Singapore is one of them. Southeast Asia Globe contacted the Orchid Project, a British charity working to end FGM/C around the globe, to discuss the need for change in Singapore and beyond
By Robin Spiess • Mar 09, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 04, 2019 • 10 min read
Dragon City

The man behind Cambodia’s most ambitious development project

Almost a decade ago, Phuoeng Sophean – a Land Ministry official, and an imaginative architect serving as general secretary of the Board of Architects Cambodia – dreamt up the idea of a new capital of momentous proportions that he named “Samdech Techo Hun Sen Dragon City”
By Robin Spiess • Mar 04, 2019

Southeast Asia • Mar 02, 2019 • 10 min read
Whatever happened to

Cambodia’s Dragon City?

Nine years ago, Cambodia’s Land Ministry proposed a new, high-tech capital called “Dragon City” on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Nearly a decade later, the $80 billion development has yet to break ground – but the visionary behind the ambitious project is hoping that changing the Kingdom’s strict foreign ownership laws may tempt Chinese investors back to the bargaining table
By Robin Spiess • Mar 02, 2019