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STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 04, 2015 • 7 min read

Geopoliitics Absolute power

By David Hutt • Jun 04, 2015
Geopolitical tensions over Laos are on the rise, particularly given its unflinching approach to the construction of dams on the Mekong River

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 04, 2015 • 3 min read

“The canonisation of Lee Kuan Yew should be condemned”

By Tan Wah Piow • Jun 04, 2015
London-based human rights lawyer Tan Wah Piow gives his thoughts on the state of Singapore following the passing of Lee Kuan Yew. Piow is a former student leader in the city-state who went into exile in 1976 following his imprisonment on a rioting charge that he says was “trumped up”. His Singaporean citizenship was revoked in 1987, but he continues to write and speak at public forums on issues of democratic reform in Singapore

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 04, 2015 • 9 min read

Singapore The son of the father

By Michael D. Barr • Jun 04, 2015
Understanding the legacy of Singapore's first prime minister and founding father Lee Kuan Yew

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 02, 2015 • 11 min read

Noam Chomsky: The thinking man’s trouble maker

By David Hutt • Jun 02, 2015
Derided by Washington powerbrokers and ignored by swathes of the mainstream media, Noam Chomsky is, nonetheless, said to be the eighth most frequently cited academic source of all time – coming in just below Plato and Freud. Southeast Asia Globe spoke with the world’s most famed public intellectual and political firebrand about the growing threat of conflict between the US and China and the roles of both superpowers in the region

Jun 01, 2015 • 8 min read

He's a monster

Actor Chris Pratt, known variously as Monkeyboy to his friends, Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy and now dino expert Owen Grady in Jurassic World, has come a long way in a short time. Here he talks about breaking the mould, sticking to the masterplan and his love of cockroaches
By Elizabeth Hergest-Kemp • Jun 01, 2015

Apr 28, 2015 • 8 min read

The shadow of a giant

How a quiet American helped build the most powerful conglomerate in the Philippines
By Miguel Miranda • Apr 28, 2015

Apr 27, 2015 • 5 min read
Myanmar's orchids

Petal attraction

“Nothing in science can account for the way people feel about orchids… They are the sexiest flowers on earth,” said Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief. Perhaps that is why a few intrepid souls are drawn to a remote area of Myanmar in search of some of Southeast Asia’s rarest blooms
By Brent Lewin • Apr 27, 2015

Apr 23, 2015 • 1 min read

Chasing paper

Working nine ‘til five may not be the way, but everyone has got to make a living
By Max Burt • Apr 23, 2015

Apr 22, 2015 • 9 min read

Lines of beauty

Maison&Objet Asia brought together some of the region’s most gifted designers, proving that Southeast Asia is bubbling with ideas and creativity
By Ellie Dyer • Apr 22, 2015

Apr 21, 2015 • 4 min read

Rising above the chaos

The sleek Pullman Saigon Centre provides a sky-high retreat from which to view Ho Chi Minh City’s urban vista
By David Hutt • Apr 21, 2015

Apr 20, 2015 • 12 min read
Cambodia's working class

Power to the people?

Much attention has been paid to Cambodia’s burgeoning middle class, but the emergence of a working class to complement it has rarely been discussed. Many experts agree that it is here and it is vitally important to the country’s economic and political prospects
By David Hutt • Apr 20, 2015