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Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 22, 2017 • 3 min read

Shinta Mani Ankor A modern ode to ancient design

By Colin Meyn • Dec 22, 2017
Just minutes from Cambodia’s breathtaking temples in Siem Reap, Shinta Mani offers a luxurious modern ode to ancient design

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 22, 2017 • 3 min read

Cambodia "Some of the best and brightest will leave"

By Paul Millar • Dec 22, 2017
With Cambodia’s main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) dissolved and 118 of its officials banned from politics for five years, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party has effectively crushed the last threat to his 30-year rule. Occidental College associate professor Sophal Ear discusses the new face of resistance in a nation that no longer offers its citizens a political path to reform

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 21, 2017 • 3 min read

Rohingya crisis Myanmar blocks entry of UN special rapporteur

By Madeleine Keck • Dec 21, 2017
Special rapporteur Yanghee Lee was set to visit the country and report back to the Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly on the rights situation in the country’s Rakhine state

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 20, 2017 • 3 min read

Cambodian dance Cambodian dancer's success in performing arts despite initial lack of interest

By Nathan Paul Southern • Dec 20, 2017
Chumvan ‘Belle’ Sodhachivy is a classical and contemporary dancer who will perform in New York and Boston this month as part of Bangsokol, a stage production combining music and film. Before jetting off, the choreographer down with Southeast Asia Globe at Phnom Penh’s National Museum to share her advice for young dancers