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"Happy staff means happy guests": Shinta Mani

With a hotel recognised as among the world’s best by TripAdvisor, the managers of Cambodia’s Shinta Mani believe the key to success lies in employee contentment
By Focus Asean editorial

Orangutan Extinction

Habitat destroyed

As their rainforest habitat disappears from North Sumatra, endangered orangutans are being driven out of the trees and into the crosshairs of enraged villagers
By Amanda Saxton

Jewel in the east: E&O Residences

The storied Eastern & Oriental hotel has spawned a stylish outpost in the centre of Kuala Lumpur: E&O Residences
By Dene Mullen

Paris climate talks

A region in crisis

Climate change is one of the region’s greatest challenges, with flooding, drought and rising sea levels caused by global warming set to impact millions of lives. Reporting from the Paris climate talks, Southeast Asia Globe asked key regional players about the issue
By Nithin Coca

Climate change, the Paris talks and the region

Climate change is one of the region’s greatest challenges, with flooding, drought and rising sea levels caused by global warming set to impact millions of lives. Reporting from the Paris climate talks, Southeast Asia Globe asked key regional players about the issue
By Nithin Coca

Timor Leste

The battle for the past

In 1975, Indonesian forces invaded Timor-Leste, heralding an occupation that lasted 24 years and claimed the lives of up to a third of the population. Forty years later, another clash is underway: an internal “history war” over the official narrative of the country’s turbulent past
By David Hutt

Suharto and Indonesia

A bloody legacy

Fifty years ago, one of the most violent episodes in recent history took place across the Indonesian archipelago. Under General Suharto, an estimated 500,000 people were murdered in just two years, and the effects of the dictator’s rule are still reverberating through society
By Nithin Coca

A vision in green: Four Seasons Sayan

Effortless style and unrivalled comfort come packaged with scintillating views and access to nature at Bali’s Four Seasons Sayan
By Dene Mullen

The luxe list

Southeast Asia Globe picks the region’s top ten luxury travel experiences
By Daniel Besant

State companies accept rosewood as legal tender in Laos

In a nation where the cogs of development turn slowly, Lao authorities are taking precious rosewood trees from impoverished villagers as payment for essential services
By Michelle Kondron

Lower Sesan 2 dam putting livelihoods and environment at risk

The giant dam is one of the most controversial construction projects in Cambodia. The electricity-generation potential of the Lower Sesan 2 is massive but, for the Mekong River’s aquatic life and nearby villagers, the price of such progress could be colossal
By Giorgio Taraschi

Plastic pollution

Can Southeast Asia stop dumping waste in our oceans?

New research shows that plastic waste in our oceans is far worse than previously thought, and Southeast Asian nations are among the worst offenders
By Logan Connor