Interview



STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 01, 2014 • 7 min read

Interview: Régis Wargnier

By David Hutt • Dec 01, 2014
Acclaimed French film maker Régis Wargnier, director of the Golden Globe and Academy Award winning Indochine and the soon-to-be-released The Gate (Fr. Le Temps des Aveux) talks to Southeast Asia Globe

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 27, 2014 • 8 min read

Interview A perfect blend

By Dene Mullen • Nov 27, 2014
Singapore-based TWG Tea has grown to become one of the region’s most recognisable luxury brands. Maranda Barnes, the company’s director of business development and communications, has been there since the beginning

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 13, 2014 • 3 min read

Music “Nobody knew that ‘I wanna sex you up’ would be the hit record it became”

By Dene Mullen • Nov 13, 2014
In 1991, Colour Me Badd released “I Wanna Sex You Up”, the classic R&B love song that inspired innumerable school disco hook-ups. Ahead of their appearance at Retrofest in Kuala Lumpur on November 1, founding member Kevin ‘KT’ Thornton, who quit the pop music game to become a minister, discusses stardom, blessings from God and meeting Wesley Snipes

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 16, 2014 • 8 min read

The life business

By Tassilo Brinzer and Joana Maria Tacken • Oct 16, 2014
Focus Asean sits down with Prudential Corporation Asia’s chairman to discuss the bloc’s insurance challenges, such as its rapidly ageing population

Aug 07, 2014 • 6 min read

Hom comforts

After shooting to fame with the BBC in the 1980s, Ken Hom became one of the world’s first celebrity chefs, famous for his intricate knowledge of Asian cuisine and his calm, understated camera presence. Here, Ken talks to Southeast Asia Globe about his favourite Thai dishes and why Cambodian cuisine is like having “a good shag”
By David Herson • Aug 07, 2014

Jun 02, 2014 • 8 min read

I am woman: Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie’s life changed forever in 2000, when Cambodia captured her heart and never let it go. The former wildchild’s love affair with the Kingdom resulted in her first child and here she discusses the family life that blossomed thereafter
By Elizabeth Hargest-Kemp • Jun 02, 2014

May 08, 2014 • 4 min read

Hero of the second city

Having moved up the ranks of local government, Surabaya’s mayor has turned heads with her no-nonsense style
By Daniel Besant • May 08, 2014

Apr 08, 2014 • 4 min read
LGBT+

“Many of my family have changed their minds about me now”

Sou Sotheavy was recently awarded the David Kato Vision and Voice Award in Germany for her work in advocating LGBT rights. The 74-year-old tells us about surviving the Khmer Rouge, living with HIV and her dreams for equality in Cambodia
By Amanda Saxton • Apr 08, 2014

Feb 06, 2014 • 4 min read

Let there be light: Jericho Patilla

The Philippines' energy secretary has brought power back to many typhoon-affected areas, but his job is far from done.
By Sacha Passi • Feb 06, 2014

Feb 05, 2014 • 6 min read

Tropfest winners: Sothea Ines

After grabbing the top slot at Tropfest South East Asia with her short film "Rice", Cambodian film maker Sothea Ines talks exclusively about her desire to tell stories
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Feb 05, 2014