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STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 03, 2014 • 2 min read

Out of the past

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Oct 03, 2014
A pair of recordings giving a captivating snapshot of Cambodia's traditional music nearly 40 years ago have just been re-released

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 02, 2014 • 4 min read

The devil's advocate

By Daniel Besant • Oct 02, 2014
  A well-respected figure in the field of human rights, Pung Chhiv Kek has recently agreed to take up a position on Cambodia’s National Election Committee. How will she negotiate this world of fractious politics and democratic doublespeak?

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 01, 2014 • 7 min read

enlightenment Revolution in the head

By Nathan A. Thompson • Oct 01, 2014
A 4:30am start, just one meal a day and complete celibacy. Welcome to a day in the life of a meditator at Down Kiem, one of Thailand’s most remote and aescetic monasteries

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 01, 2014 • 10 min read

Myanmar The end of the fairytale?

By Sebastian Strangio • Oct 01, 2014
With racial tensions soaring, doubts over the future of Aung San Suu Kyi and a challenging business environment, is the West’s love-in with the former pariah state finally over?

Sep 26, 2014 • 4 min read

The united colours

Gastronomic artistes from across the globe showcase local ingredients in a whole new light
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Sep 26, 2014

Sep 25, 2014 • 2 min read

Sombath Somphone: Asean MPs lash out

A group of MPs from Asean nations has blasted Laos over the disappearance of development worker Sombath Somphone
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Sep 25, 2014

Sep 19, 2014 • 2 min read

Shakedown street

Renowned as a den of iniquity across the region, Pattaya’s efforts to clean up its image have resulted in foreigners and locals joining forces to blitz the city’s seedy underbelly
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Sep 19, 2014

Sep 18, 2014 • 6 min read

Stir crazy

Thailand’s prisons are at breaking point. With inmate numbers spiralling and sentences being handed down with abandon, true justice remains elusive
By Daniel Besant • Sep 18, 2014

Sep 16, 2014 • 4 min read

Take it to the bridge

Having made his mark in housing developments in Singapore and the UK, Ching Chiat Kwong, CEO of Oxley Holdings, is bringing the concept of ‘SoHos’ to the heart of Phnom Penh
By Christian Vits and David Hutt • Sep 16, 2014

Sep 15, 2014 • 7 min read

Rising from the ashes

Following unprecedented back-to-back disasters that rocked the world, Malaysia Airlines is facing up to drastic restructuring in its fight for survival
By Jennifer Meszaros • Sep 15, 2014

Sep 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Radical changes needed

Failure to address energy security will require developing Asia to scale back its economic ambitions and forgo the prospect of a green future
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Sep 12, 2014

Sep 12, 2014 • 6 min read

Earthship landing

Led by renegade architect Michael Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture is trying to change the way people think about building by repurposing the world's leftovers. They hope their current project will help rejuvenate a small Philippine village that was ravaged by typhoon Haiyan
By Rubén Cortés and Dene Mullen • Sep 12, 2014