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STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 25, 2018 • 7 min read

Ho Chi Minh's Hollywood A Vietnamese dream

By Janelle Retka • Jul 25, 2018
Award-winning US filmmaker and producer Timothy Linh Bui relocated his company Happy Canvas Film to his ancestors’ homeland. Since then, his team has been providing a new take on the Southeast Asian country for the world to see

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 25, 2018 • 2 min read

Commute from airport to central Phnom Penh could be 33% quicker

By Robin Spiess • Jul 25, 2018
Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing company Grab has partnered with the National University of Singapore to establish a new $6m laboratory that has the potential to cut urban travel times in the region by up to a third

Jul 24, 2018 • 8 min read
Whatever happened to

The Philippines’ reproductive health law?

Despite President Duterte’s signing of an executive order on reproductive health law in 2017, a new wealth of challenges has presented itself to officials and the six million Filipina women whose reproductive needs are still unmet
By Cristyn Lloyd • Jul 24, 2018

Jul 23, 2018 • 4 min read
New York to London in 3 hours

The return of the supersonic jet

Fifteen years after the end of the Concorde, a new supersonic jet is under construction. Can a startup avoid the flaws of its predecessor to make the plan the preferred conveyance of the Southeast Asian jet set
By Marco Evers • Jul 23, 2018

Jul 20, 2018 • 4 min read
IT education

Closing the gap between Cambodian tech talent and demand

As Cambodia aspires to compete regionally in ICT development, experts in the field have seen vast improvements in recent years – as well as opportunities to continue closing the gap between skill and market demand
By Janelle Retka • Jul 20, 2018

Jul 20, 2018 • 3 min read
Creative entrepreneur

Indonesia's multi-talented pastry chef

Jazz music grad Talita Setyadi had no qualms swapping her double bass for a rolling pin, seeing baking as just another form of creative expression. With an entrepreneurial eye that this year helped bag her a coveted spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list, this graduate of Paris’ prestigious Le Cordon Bleu discusses the philosophy behind her bakery and the delicate art of the pastry
By Chia Chi Hsu • Jul 20, 2018

Jul 19, 2018 • 3 min read
Lim Guan Eng

Malaysia’s new finance minister has big job ahead

Malaysia’s new finance minister, Lim Guan Eng, has stated he doesn’t care about being “unpopular” – but can Mahathir Mohamad’s new government fix the $250 billion deficit without abandoning campaign promises?
By Paul Millar • Jul 19, 2018

Jul 19, 2018 • 9 min read
Bangkok

Losing its soul

Thailand’s military government wants to turn the chaotic metropolis of Bangkok into a kind of Singapore: tidy, sterile and easily controllable – and thus, a symbol of its power
By Katrin Kuntz • Jul 19, 2018

Jul 18, 2018 • 7 min read
Archaeology

The little-known history of Cambodia’s ‘dark age’

While the post-Angkorian period is considered to be a dark time in the Kingdom’s history, an ongoing excavation at the country’s former capital city Longvek – now just a small village – offers evidence to suggest otherwise
By Lesly Lotha • Jul 18, 2018

Jul 18, 2018 • 7 min read
Apsara Dancing

Not Cambodian enough

The Kingdom’s first contemporary dance company updates ancient moves, defying a conservative establishment
By Nathan A. Thompson • Jul 18, 2018