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STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 13, 2016 • 9 min read

Muay Thai Blood, sweat and debt

By Tate Zandstra • Oct 13, 2016
Perceived by most to be run by gangsters and corrupted by gamblers, one of the world’s most graceful combat sports is in danger of extinction. Southeast Asia Globe investigates Muay Thai’s slow and painful death

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 12, 2016 • 4 min read

A top Singapore curator on the problem of elitism in contemporary art

By Euan Black • Oct 12, 2016
Michael Lee is a Singaporean artist, curator and publisher who is currently working as an associate curator for the Singapore Biennale, which runs from 27 October 2016 until 26 February 2017. Here, Lee gives his thoughts on the four-month artistic extravaganza, as well as elitism in the discussion of modern art

Oct 04, 2016 • 3 min read

Indonesia recoups billions in unpaid taxes

Indonesia’s controversial tax amnesty programme has netted $7.45 billion in its first three months, but the country will need more to fund President Joko Widodo’s ambitious $400 billion infrastructure plan
By Euan Black • Oct 04, 2016

Oct 03, 2016 • 9 min read

Creative learning

The Montessori approach to education is well placed to serve growing regional demand for creative thinking, yet Southeast Asia’s devotion to grades and testing is proving difficult to shake
By Euan Black • Oct 03, 2016

Sep 29, 2016 • 3 min read
Sacred Ritual

The colourful Balinese festival where little monsters run wild

With their faces and upper torsos painted in bright colours to resemble the supernatural beings and demons of Balinese imagination, the boys of Tegelalang are difficult to ignore as they partake in Ngerebeg. And that is exactly the point. Held every six months in the village situated ten…
By Navet Tab • Sep 29, 2016