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Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 21, 2017 • 11 min read

Banking evolution Chea Serey's vision for the future of finance in Cambodia

By Claire Knox • Aug 21, 2017
The National Bank of Cambodia director general talks about dedollarisation, the decision to cap microfinance interest rates and the potential of blockchain technology Chea Serey talks last month at her office in the National Bank of Cambodia headquarters on Norodom Boulevard in Phnom Penh. Photo: Gareth Bright for SEA Globe

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 21, 2017 • 2 min read

Maritime search underway for missing sailors following US warship collision

By Nathan Paul Southern • Aug 21, 2017
Singapore and the US are conducting joint search and rescue operations for ten missing sailors after an American warship collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore A handout photo dated 14 June 2017, made available by the US Navy on 10 August 2017 showing the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) maneuvering alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) for a refueling-at-sea at the Philippine Sea (reissued 21 August 2017). Photo: EPA/US Navy

Southeast Asia • Aug 15, 2017 • 3 min read

Indonesia begins deradicalisation of 18 citizens repatriated from Syria

The Muslim-majority country has boosted funding for deradicalisation programmes and personnel amid fears of spreading extremism A prison guard closes the front gate of Kerobokan prison where Australian Shaun Edward Davidson, Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolov, Indian Sayed Muhammad and Malaysian Tee Kok King were being detained in Bali, Indonesia, 25 February 2012. Photo: EPA/MADE Nagi
By Nathan Paul Southern • Aug 15, 2017

Southeast Asia • Aug 14, 2017 • 3 min read
Manulife

A promising future after 5 years in Cambodia

Sponsored: To mark the fifth anniversary of the life insurance industry in Cambodia, Southeast Asia Globe talked with Robert Elliott, the Cambodia CEO of Manulife, the first international company to enter the sector
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 14, 2017

Southeast Asia • Aug 14, 2017 • 4 min read

Tens of thousands protest against aid agencies in Myanmar’s west

Buddhist monks and residents demonstrated in 15 of 17 townships in Rakhine State on Sunday to demand a resolution to the security issues in the area and to keep out foreign aid agencies
By Madeleine Keck • Aug 14, 2017