Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 19, 2018 • 7 min read

The road is clear for solar energy in Cambodia, says UNDP director

By Thomas Brent • Oct 19, 2018
Nick Beresford, country director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia, discusses the state of Cambodia's energy sector, the hope of solar, and bringing electricity to everyone

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 19, 2018 • 3 min read

Southeast Asian cuisine what to do with your leftover coconuts

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 19, 2018
From traditional Cambodian ceremony treats to a breakfast table staple in Malaysia, we pick some of the region’s tastiest culinary uses for the husk that’s left over when you’ve sipped your coconut dry

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 18, 2018 • 6 min read

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 'I suppose I tend to write from the position of an outsider'

By Lily Hess • Oct 18, 2018
The annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival is back this month for its 15th installment, bringing together artists, authors and thinkers for a literary and cultural celebration. Southeast Asia Globe chats with Singaporean writer Balli Kaur Jaswal, an invited speaker and author of several novels including this year’s Erotic Stories for Punjabi Women and her upcoming The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

Southeast Asia • Oct 18, 2018 • 7 min read
Dini Aryani Criddle

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

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
By Janelle Retka • Oct 18, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 17, 2018 • 3 min read
Mother Mushroom

Popular Vietnamese activist and blogger released from prison

The Vietnamese dissident blogger known as Mother Mushroom has been released from prison and is being sent to the US. She had previously been sentenced to 10 years in prison for anti-state activities
By Lily Hess • Oct 17, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 17, 2018 • 7 min read
Malaysia

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

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
By Amy Dodds • Oct 17, 2018

Southeast Asia • Oct 16, 2018 • 3 min read

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

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
By Janelle Retka • Oct 16, 2018

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