thailand



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 24, 2014 • 8 min read

Modern Thai Architecture Fit for a Kim

By Jemma Galvin • Jul 24, 2014
At $140,000 a week, Iniala Beach House doesn’t come cheap. Southeast Asia Globe was invited to indulge in design and degustation in a pocket of coastal decadence

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 16, 2014 • 6 min read

Mall culture The family

By Massimo Morello • Jun 16, 2014
When it comes to wealthy Thai families, none can compete with the Chirathivats. Not many can compare when it comes to business nous either. Busaba Chirathivat, Thailand’s queen of retail, sits down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss family ties, shopping malls and equal opportunities

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2014 • 7 min read

Pollution Digging for gold: striking resistance

By Hilary Ford • Apr 07, 2014
Contamination from a gold mine has affected the health and livelihoods of a rural community in northeastern Thailand. Now the villagers are fighting back

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 27, 2013 • 2 min read

Samui Prison A clean break

By Southeast Asia Globe • Mar 27, 2013
In a pioneering project on the paradise island of Koh Samui, female prisoners are learning useful skills for life on the outside

Mar 19, 2013 • 7 min read
Missing People

The vanishing

In recent decades, thousands of people across Southeast Asia have disappeared, often at the hands of governments or their agents, and those seeking the return of a loved one often find themselves in an information black hole
By Caroline Vernaillen • Mar 19, 2013

Dec 16, 2011 • 10 min read
Meth

Asia’s favourite high

Regional governments’ attempts to stifle the rise of methamphetamines is failing
By Andrew Marshall • Dec 16, 2011