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STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 05, 2016 • 4 min read

ASEAN Le Luong Minh: building the bloc

By David Hutt • Apr 05, 2016
Asean secretary general Le Luong Minh may have an understated demeanour, but he has played a key role in strengthening the regional body

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 04, 2016 • 3 min read

Interview Jailed without trial in Singapore, Poh Soo Kai tells his story

By Kirsten Han • Apr 04, 2016
Singaporean Poh Soo Kai spent 17 years in jail without trial under Lee Kuan Yew, costing him both his family and a career in medicine. Now, more than 50 years after Operation Coldstore, which saw 100 people with communist links detained, he exposes in his historical memoir what the ‘Father of Singapore’ did to political opponents

Apr 01, 2016 • 4 min read

Affordable Art Fair returns to Singapore

We talk to Alan Koh, director of the Affordable Art Fair in Singapore, about contemporary art in Southeast Asia and some of the artists to look out for
By Paul Millar • Apr 01, 2016

Mar 31, 2016 • 5 min read
Psychology

What makes us buy the things we don't need?

From supermarket sound systems to advertising and branding, consumer psychology shapes our shopping habits. Focus Asean explores the history of the science
By David Hutt • Mar 31, 2016

Mar 30, 2016 • 1 min read

The numbers behind Southeast Asia's cities

As the region's urban centres expand at a rapid rate we take a look at the facts and figures behind their growth
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Mar 30, 2016

Mar 29, 2016 • 7 min read
Custom made

Mass production was yesterday

Consumers are moving from identikit items to customised creations in a megatrend that strategists have dubbed the “youniverse”
By David Hutt • Mar 29, 2016