Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 11, 2018 • 10 min read

Belt and Road Initiative Meeting resistance

By Tom O'Connell • Sep 11, 2018
Asean countries are beginning to display caution towards China’s massive infrastructure investments. Khor Yu Leng, an expert on Chinese investment in the region, talks with Southeast Asia Globe about this trend and the possible political fallout

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 10, 2018 • 3 min read

Music US pop sensation Charlie Puth to play Phnom Penh

By Robin Spiess • Sep 10, 2018
In a room crowded with cheering young Cambodians, Smart Axiata announced today that it would be hosting US popstar Charlie Puth at its annual Smart Mega Concert in Phnom Penh on 2 November

Southeast Asia • Sep 06, 2018 • 3 min read
Cambodia

Smart's innovator programme paves the way for young startups

As Smart Axiata’s Young Innovator Programme enters the final stages of its second cycle, the five finalists can draw inspiration from two of last year’s successful startups which are making promising strides
By Robin Spiess • Sep 06, 2018

Southeast Asia • Sep 04, 2018 • 4 min read
Mile 22

Indonesian actor Iko Uwais takes Hollywood by storm

Indonesian actor and stuntman Iko Uwais made his US acting debut with the film Mile 22, currently showing in cinemas worldwide. He spoke to Southeast Asia Globe before the release of the film about his experience on the set: "every fight scene, every action scene should be realistic and believable"
By Angela Dawson • Sep 04, 2018

Southeast Asia • Sep 03, 2018 • 9 min read
WWII

The dark history of Borneo’s tourist hotspot Sabah

The top tourist draws in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah include sanctuaries for bears, orangutans and sea turtles – as well as a gut-wrenching memorial to the thousands of Allied troops subjected to some of the worst atrocities of World War II
By Carolyn Beasley • Sep 03, 2018

Southeast Asia • Aug 30, 2018 • 2 min read
Rohingya crisis

Suu Kyi to keep Nobel Prize after war-crimes accusations

The Myanmar leader’s peace accolade will not be rescinded even after the UN accused the country’s military and its leaders of denial and justification of anti-Rohingya violence
By Tom O'Connell • Aug 30, 2018

Southeast Asia • Aug 29, 2018 • 3 min read
Indonesia

Questionable virginity tests for female police and military recruits

The practice of attempting to verify the virginity – and ostensibly the morality – of female police and military recruits has been in place in Indonesia since as early as 1965. Human Rights Watch recently called for an end to it, citing a lack of women personnel for United Nations peacekeeping missions. According to Jakarta Feminist Discussion Group founder Kate Walton, “one’s sexual status has no link to one’s morals”
By Tom O'Connell • Aug 29, 2018