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"If the media industry and tech giants can’t figure this shit out…”

Facebook has given a boost to media veteran Alan Soon’s plans to tackle fake news and other problems plaguing digital news in Asia before governments exploit them Photo: Visual Hunt/Dakiny
By Colin Meyn

The pitfalls of preserving and promoting Angkor Wat

Cambodia’s culture minister Phoeurng Sackona discusses the double-edged sword of the nation’s flourishing tourism industry Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona at her office in Phnom Penh. Photo: Sam Jam
By Paul Millar

Top 5

Southeast Asia’s best Japanese restaurants

Southeast Asia Globe picks five of the top spots in the region for a slice of sashimi or a nibble of nigiri
By Dene Mullen

Myanmar ‘sorcerer’ sentenced to death after murder of three children

Tun Naing, a self-proclaimed sorcerer, did not convince judges with his defense that he was possessed by an evil spirit when he beat the children to death
By Will Feuer

Jaya House River Park

A stylish getaway in Siem Reap

On the banks of the sleepy Siem Reap river, Jaya House River Park is a stylish and sustainably minded hideaway from the bustle of downtown – and just a five-minute ride from the ruins of Angkor
By Claire Knox

Whatever happened to

The gruesome Vallier murder case?

Almost six years ago, Frenchman Laurent Vallier was found drowned in a pond along with his four children in rural Cambodia. Investigations have been at times farcical and fruitless – and the unsolved murder still haunts the area
By Paul Millar

Kampot

The best places to eat, drink, shop and sleep

Our guide to Cambodia's up-and-coming creative hub Photo: Lola Garcia-Ajofrin
By Paul Millar

Tiger Beer teams up with WWF to protect tigers

Tiger Beer donate $1 million to WWF and launches a joint artistic awareness campaign to spearhead a six year collaboration to combat illegal tiger poaching A file photograph showing a tiger in an enclosure at Dusit zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, 21 January 2013. Photo: EPA/Rungroj Yongrit
By Will Feuer

Forte Insurance aims higher after A+ financial rating and two awards

Sponsored: Forte Insurance have been awarded Cambodia’s Best General Insurance Company for the third year running
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

The creative minds cashing in on Southeast Asia’s cocktail craze

From designer drinks to bespoke menus, beverage consultancies are creating a stir in Southeast Asia's high-end bar scene It takes approximately ten minutes for bartenders to prepare the gin-based Loi Krathong, a cocktail created by the F&B consultancy Cocktail Professor. Photo supplied
By Claire Knox

Cambodia

The fewer forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black

Football fraud

Pitch invaders

With Timor-Leste recently found guilty of illegally importing talented South American players to improve their national football team, Southeast Asia Globe investigates the fake passport epidemic sweeping the region
By Jack Kerr and Dene Mullen