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STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 27, 2018 • 6 min read

Philippines Dollars without borders

By Janelle Retka • Aug 27, 2018
As the Philippines continues to hold rank as the Southeast Asian country with the largest number of migrant workers heading overseas, the amount of money being sent home to family members in the island nation is rising – and cryptocurrency could help keep more earnings in Filipinos’ pockets

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 24, 2018 • 5 min read

Laos dam disaster Living in fear along the Mekong

By Socheata Sim • Aug 24, 2018
The Laos government’s response to the 2018 deadly dam collapse was not enough. Socheata Sim, programme manager for Oxfam's Mekong Regional Water Governance Program, explains why

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 24, 2018 • 4 min read

Sponsored Partnerships pushing Pi Pay to next level

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 24, 2018
A year ago, in this publication, Tomas Pokorny, CEO of Pi Pay, wrote an opinion piece underlining how important partnerships would be to the growing success of Cambodia’s leading cashless payment app

Aug 23, 2018 • 3 min read
Top 5

Southeast Asia's must-try salads

Served as an after-dinner dessert or a refreshing start to the midday meal, Southeast Asia’s salads blend the nation’s unbeatably fresh fruit and veg with some startling secret ingredients
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 23, 2018

Aug 22, 2018 • 3 min read
Sponsored

PPCBank: Ten years of innovation

For almost a decade, PPCBank has witnessed enormous changes in Cambodia’s banking sector. President Shin Chang Moo shares some of the ways that putting people first can keep customers coming back for more
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 22, 2018

Aug 22, 2018 • 7 min read
Mahathir Mohamad

Reform or ruin

There is optimism following the 100 days of Malaysia’s new government – but the country’s marginalised groups wonder if it will go far enough to fight for equal rights
By Josef Benedict • Aug 22, 2018

Aug 21, 2018 • 4 min read
Hiverlab

A glimpse of the future as markets for virtual reality and augmented reality tech expand

In an effort to expand the market for VR and AR technologies in Southeast Asia, Cambodia’s first mixed-reality production studio has partnered with Singapore-based Hiverlab, a mixed-media and immersive-technology company that creates VR and AR solutions in the hopes of making the tech more accessible in the region
By Robin Spiess • Aug 21, 2018

Aug 21, 2018 • 2 min read
Ooctane

A business set up by Cambodians for Cambodia

Cambodia’s longest-running logistics service provider, WorldBridge Group, has launched its $5m venture capital fund Ooctane to help local companies get off the ground. Fresh startups could see investments from the firm of up to $10,000, while those with a viable product ready could get $25,000. Southeast Asia Globe caught up with the group’s chairman and the new VC’s leading investor, Rithy Sear, to talk about the impact the firm hopes to make on the Kingdom
By Janelle Retka • Aug 21, 2018