Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 18, 2018 • 7 min read

Dini Aryani Criddle ‘I really want to make Indonesia famous for speciality coffee’

By Janelle Retka • Oct 18, 2018
Long recognised as one of the top global coffee exporters, Indonesia has transformed its coffee industry, dramatically increasing its local consumption and the quality of its coffee bean production. Southeast Asia Globe met up with Dini Aryani Criddle, founder of Indonesia’s gourmet Tanamera Coffee, to hear how her company helped lead the change

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 17, 2018 • 7 min read

Malaysia Activists welcome bills to abolish colonial-era laws with cautious optimism

By Amy Dodds • Oct 17, 2018
Bills to abolish the death penalty and the Sedition Act, two of Malaysia's archaic colonial-era laws, are expected to be tabled at the current sitting of parliament, which commenced this week in Kuala Lumpur. Human rights activists have welcomed the move but remain wary of sudden political u-turns

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 16, 2018 • 3 min read

Cambodia's own travel booking platform targets jet-setting families and locals

By Janelle Retka • Oct 16, 2018
Domestic holiday travel for Cambodians is often group-orientated – but that comes with the struggle of finding a car park and space for the whole crew to sleep. The new hotel booking service Bayonia.com, with 5,000 subscribers and a goal of 10,000 by the end of the year, wants to make travel seamless. A year and 85 featured hotels since its launch, founder Meas Sinal speaks with Southeast Asia Globe about what sets his booking service apart Bayonia.com founder Meas Sinal provides a travel booking platform tailored for Cambodians

Southeast Asia • Oct 15, 2018 • 7 min read
Education

Silicon Kingdom

An ambitious Japanese entrepreneur is developing a master-planned community for 100,000 residents in a Cambodian forest three hours from the capital. Will his 20-year plan become Southeast Asia’s answer to Silicon Valley?
By Tom O'Connell • Oct 15, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 12, 2018 • 3 min read
Photography

Anwar Ibrahim campaigns, Myanmar journalists arrested, and Asean gathering

Malaysian Prime Minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim hits the campaign trail, journalists from Eleven Media group in Myanmar are arrested for an article criticising the Yangon Regional Government, and Asean leaders meet on the side of the annual IMF-World Bank meeting in Indonesia.
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 12, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 12, 2018 • 3 min read
Asian film festival

Welcome to Singapore's first horror movie festival

Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo, took time out to talk with Southeast Asia Globe about the genre and the lineup of scares for the event he founded, Scream Asia Film Festival 2018, which includes master classes with Indonesian director Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves) and South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan).
By Thomas Brent • Oct 12, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 12, 2018 • 7 min read
The Blue Circle

Wind power in Cambodia is possible, says regional power producer

As the world increasingly opens up to renewable energy, Southeast Asia Globe speaks to Olivier Duguet, CEO and co-founder of The Blue Circle, a renewable independent power producer based in Southeast Asia, to find out more about the region’s future energy path. The company has already begun work on a wind farm in Ninh Thuan province in South Vietnam – one of the largest in the region – and has its sights set on creating a similar farm in Cambodia
By Thomas Brent • Oct 12, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 05, 2018 • 2 min read
Photography

Disaster strikes Sulawesi, Rosmah Mansur in court and jumping off skyscrapers

A massive earthquake and tsunami devastated central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. During the week Rosmah Mansur, the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrived in court for various corruption-related charges. Meanwhile, daredevils leapt from skyscrapers more than 300m high in Kuala Lumpur
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 05, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 05, 2018 • 5 min read
Power Ledger

The tech behind Bangkok's new solar-powered community

Bangkok's futuristic new development, known as T77, will be home to what is likely the world's largest real-time blockchain-based, peer-to-peer electricity trading project. It came together after tech company Power Ledger and Thai-Government backed renewable energy developer BCPG teamed up with property development company Sansiri earlier this year. Southeast Asia Globe speaks to Marrah Fry, an analyst for Power Ledger, to find out more about the project, the technology and the future of electricity
By Thomas Brent • Oct 05, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 05, 2018 • 4 min read
Jimbaran

Where to eat, sleep and drink in the 'Beverly Hills of Bali'

Bali is Indonesia’s number-one tourist destination, known for its beautiful beaches, scenic drives and an active volcano. Travellers who want to be close to the action in the main city of Kuta but stay in a quieter place can head to calmer waters a little farther south
By Amanda Kaufmann • Oct 05, 2018