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Meet the man behind Chiang Mai’s newest contemporary art museum

In July 2016, Thai businessman Eric Bunnag Booth unveiled MAIIAM, a visually striking contemporary art museum in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai with grand visions to fuel a healthy market of art collectors in the country. We meet with the 47-year-old marketing whizz and art collector to find out how he is applying the lessons he learned in the stock market and the textile trade to the simmering – and often unpredictable – art world
By Rachna Sachasinh

Myanmar

The year after

For decades Myanmar languished under a military junta, decried as a global pariah state. Following a historic election, the country has moved closer to democracy – but the process of real reform has only just begun
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Milk

A dairy love affair

Thanks to rapid urbanisation and rising incomes, Southeast Asia is consuming dairy products at one of the fastest-growing rates in the world
By Euan Black

Rodrigo Duterte brings rebel leader in from the cold

The Philippine president met MNLF founder Nur Misuari in Manila in an effort to resuscitate the stalling peace process Photo: King Rodriguez/EPA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met with Nur Misuari, the founder of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), a Muslim separatist movement in the country’s south, yesterday…
By Euan Black

Gunning down drug dealers won't break Southeast Asia's addiction

As the death toll continues to rise in the Philippines, previous attempts to police drug trafficking in Southeast Asia suggest a long-term failure for Duterte A picture made available on 12 October 2016 shows Thai police officers inspecting confiscated weapons and drugs after a raid operation leading to the arrest of alleged Golden Triangle drug lord Laota Sanli (second row, L, wearing black) and others, including his family members, at a petrol station in Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, 11 October 2016. Photo: EPA/STR
By Sam Bradpiece

With Duterte’s latest remarks, possibility of severed Philippine-US alliance looks increasingly possible

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he wants US military forces to leave the Philippines, possibly within the next two years. While it is just the latest in a highly publicised series of anti-US tirades, there is a very real possibility that Manila’s historical alliance with Washington could soon come to an end
By Logan Connor

Ride-hailing apps

Delivering change

A rising band of digital insurgents is transforming the delivery industry in Southeast Asia
By Mark Smith

Philippine spokesman defends Duterte against “psychopath” label

President’s team rebuffs controversial comments made by media personality Agot Isidro, who accused the Philippine leader of suffering from a personality disorder
By Sam Bradpiece

Is Singapore ready to join the fight against Isis?

ANALYSIS: After a planned attack on Marina Bay Sands was foiled, Singapore’s government is taking the fight to the Islamic State
By Bernard Loo Fook Weng

Duterte aims to bolster ties during first visit to Vietnam

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Hanoi today for his first official visit to Vietnam, as relations between the two countries strengthen amid regional tensions over the South China Sea
By Logan Connor

Chaos theory: what the US election outcome could mean for Southeast Asia

US presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have presented foreign policy platforms that swing from interventionist to isolationist. And voters’ final choice could have far-reaching consequences for Southeast Asia, a region with much at stake in US politics
By Logan Connor

Southeast Asian representatives take to the global stage at UN General Assembly meeting

Representatives from across Southeast Asia used the 71st meeting of the UN General Assembly to defend and extol their domestic policies to the international community
By Sam Bradpiece