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STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 26, 2019 • 19 min read

Illegal wildlife trade Prescription for extinction

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 26, 2019
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But scientists say demand for medicine containing animal parts could push tigers, bears, rhinos and pangolins to the brink of extinction

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 25, 2019 • 12 min read

Land rights Cambodia for sale

By Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy and Peter Harris • Jun 25, 2019
From our print archive: In the 18 months leading up to 2008, almost half of Cambodia had been leased to foreign speculators – and many who fled the Khmer Rouge are homeless once more

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STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 24, 2019 • 2 min read

Editorial Things fall apart.

By Paul Millar • Jun 24, 2019
Sooner or later, the past always catches up with you. This week we’re looking at the world’s growing garment waste crisis, how BRI’s appetite for traditional Chinese medicine is putting the region’s animals at risk, Cambodia’s domestic debt traps and more.

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 24, 2019 • 13 min read

Garment waste Out of fashion

By Amanda Kaufmann • Jun 24, 2019
Enough clothes have already been made to outfit everyone on the planet. But with rampant overproduction leaving more and more fabric waste in landfill, it's time to find a solution

Jun 21, 2019 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

No justice in Rakhine

As the Rohingya humanitarian crisis rages on in Myanmar, new reports shed light on the UN's failures in the country and the continued unlikelihood of repatriation
By Robin Spiess • Jun 21, 2019

Jun 20, 2019 • 11 min read
Hun Sen vs Sam Rainsy

The strongman and the strawman

Exiled opposition politician Sam Rainsy has once again pledged to come back to Cambodia. But for a government eager to imagine itself as under assault on all sides, he’s far more useful to Hun Sen in Paris
By Paul Millar • Jun 20, 2019

Jun 19, 2019 • 9 min read
South China Sea

Mr. Forones takes on China

For years, Beijing has been controlling islands, reefs and atolls in the South China Sea. And one Philippine fisherman has started fighting back
By Carsten Stormer • Jun 19, 2019

Jun 18, 2019 • 9 min read
Poverty in the Philippines

Duterte’s other war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug crackdown has often been slammed as a war on the nation's poor. But a new anti-poverty law is turning that narrative on its head
By Thomas Brent • Jun 18, 2019

Jun 14, 2019 • 9 min read
Mass extinction

How to save the world

A new ethos and a new self-identity for mankind are needed to overcome mass extinction
By Philip Bethge • Jun 14, 2019

Jun 13, 2019 • 17 min read
Automobile industry

Thrifty shades of grey

In Cambodia, entrenched corruption has given birth to a grey market for new luxury vehicles – a market that threatens to force official importers out of the country and stifle the local economy
By Robin Spiess • Jun 13, 2019

Jun 12, 2019 • 9 min read
Natural disasters

Apocalypse, soon

Soaring temperatures spurred by global warming and El Niño raise the risk of increasingly devastating storms, fires and floods. Is Southeast Asia ready?
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 12, 2019

Jun 11, 2019 • 8 min read
Wa State independence

Chasing the dragon

From our print archive: a handful of people have made a fortune dealing in illegal drugs. The rest of the population lives in extreme poverty. Southeast Asia Globe visits Myanmar's isolated Wa State
By Torgeir Norling • Jun 11, 2019

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