Search results for "Southeast Asia"

Jun 20, 2012 • 6 min read

In plain sight: Hanoi development

As Hanoi, Vietnam expands, business-savvy politicians leave their people counting the cost of progress
By Luke Dale-Harris

Jun 19, 2012 • 3 min read

Out of the shadows

Con Dao has shed its gruesome past to emerge as one of Vietnam’s most tranquil island destinations
By Silvia Meixner

Jun 18, 2012 • 3 min read

Gimme shelter

As a new Myanmar emerges, the battle rages on for the inhabitants of Kachin, its northernmost state. Thousands of civilians have been displaced and ethnic troops have taken up arms once more to defend their homeland from government forces. Photographer Narciso Contreras captures their story
By Narciso Contreras

Jun 08, 2012 • 3 min read

The isles have it

Culture and nature are part of the package at Phulay Bay in Krabi, Thailand
By Massimo Morello

Jun 08, 2012 • 9 min read
State Violence

War on Myanmar’s women

With the constitution relegating women to second-class citizens and the national army increasingly employing sexualised violence as a weapon of subjugation, Myanmar is still very much a military man’s world
By Charlie Lancaster

Jun 05, 2012 • 1 min read

It's trilby time

Lone strummer: Jason Mraz Serious music fans may have to turn not just one, but a number of blind eyes in the direction of Jason Mraz in order to enjoy his laid-back, 70s-infused soft rock. That trilby he insists on wearing, for example, grates immediately and his pleasant vegan…
By Southeast Asia Globe

Jun 04, 2012 • 2 min read

From roast to riches: Singapore street food

Investors hungry for Singapore’s Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint will have to dig deep to raise the S$3.5m ($2.7m) asking price for one of the city-state’s most popular Cantonese-style restaurants
By Southeast Asia Globe

Jun 02, 2012 • 2 min read

Limited Edition

Malaysia gets its very own Lamborghini
By Southeast Asia Globe

May 30, 2012 • 5 min read

Freedom in a can

Hip-hop culture is booming in Vietnam. A circle of graffiti artists is taking to the streets and saying it with spray
By Susanne Lenz

May 23, 2012 • 4 min read

A chain reaction

Rami Sharaf explains what links RMA Cambodia’s car assembly, agriculture development and fast food businesses
By Philippe Beco

May 16, 2012 • 2 min read
Wildlife Trade

The killers

For more than 10 years, photographer Patrick Brown and author Ben Davies have followed the global wildlife trade and its gruesome pursuit of profits
By Navet Tab

May 13, 2012 • 3 min read

Gibbon gabber

Ben Rawson is a primatologist with Conservation International and has worked with gibbons for more than ten years
By Charlie Lancaster