By Thomas Brent • Jan 24, 2019
The Philippines’ House this week approved a bill that would lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to just 12 years, as the government bids to crack down on gangs using children for illegal activities. Here, we look at the laws in the rest of Southeast Asia to see how the Philippines compares

By Thomas Brent • Jan 22, 2019
The Muslim-majority areas in southern Philippines are voting in a historic plebiscite, as the people decide whether to pursue greater autonomy for the conflict-hit region. Southeast Asia Globe speaks to an expert about the vote’s significance and what it means for peace in the Philippines

By Tom O'Connell • Jan 22, 2019
Cambodia’s second annual Folk Art & Blues Fest rolls into Phnom Penh on a double-decker London bus in late January for the start of a 16-day tour that will take it all over the Kingdom. Julien Poulson, the guitarist/producer behind the famed Khmer rock revival band Cambodian Space Project, talks with Southeast Asia Globe about the country’s pre-Khmer Rouge rocknroll scene of the 1960s and 1970s that inspired him to launch both his band and Asia’s only rolling psychedelic rock festival

By Robin Spiess • Jan 21, 2019
The team of young entrepreneurs won the Toyota Impact Challenge for their startup that aims to promote recycling through smart technology