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STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 25, 2014 • 9 min read

Interview In the firing line: Roland Neveu

By Dene Mullen • Jun 25, 2014
Over the past 40 years, a select handful of photographers have become synonymous with Southeast Asia. Roland Neveu’s work in the region has ensured his name is included in that pantheon. Southeast Asia Globe is delighted to present Neveu’s key works, as chosen and described by the man himself

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 23, 2014 • 4 min read

Ann Osman: Goddess of War

By Daniel Besant • Jun 23, 2014
Three years ago, 27-year-old Ann "Athena" Osman, a Muslim from Malaysia's Sabah state, started training in mixed martial arts (MMA). Since then, she has joined the roster of ONE Fighting Championship, Asia's largest MMA organisation, and is fast becoming an inspiration in her home country

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 23, 2014 • 3 min read

Connectivity counts

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 23, 2014
Mark Rathbone, Advisory Asia Pacific Capital Projects & Infrastructure Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, discusses Southeast Asia’s connectivity needs

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 19, 2014 • 7 min read

The family

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 19, 2014
When it comes to wealthy Thai families, none can compete with the Chirathivats. Not many can compare when it comes to business nous either. Busaba Chirathivat, Thailand’s queen of retail, sits down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss family ties, shopping malls and equal opportunities

Jun 18, 2014 • 5 min read
Interview

Trade secrets: Karl Ammann

Swiss-born photojournalist and wildlife activist Karl Ammann has been investigating the illegal trade in wildlife products for more than three decades. On the phone from Kenya, Ammann spoke to Southeast Asia Globe about staying out of trouble and his disillusionment with the authorities’ efforts to clamp down on the illicit wildlife trade
By Daniel Besant  • Jun 18, 2014

Jun 18, 2014 • 4 min read
Human rights

The disappeared

The whereabouts of renowned Lao development worker Sombath Somphone remain unknown and the case has become a cause célèbre. Southeast Asia Globe spoke to his wife, Shui Meng, about the man behind the media attention
By Kearrin Sims • Jun 18, 2014

Jun 17, 2014 • 10 min read

Anchorwoman: Angie Lau

From its Asian hubs in Hong Kong and Singapore, Bloomberg Television Asia focuses on the world’s most vibrant economic region. Angie Lau’s show, First Up, reaches 340 million homes globally. Here, she takes Southeast Asia Globe behind the scenes and into the cut and thrust of the news that is shaping the region
By Christian Vits • Jun 17, 2014

Jun 16, 2014 • 6 min read
Mall culture

The family

When it comes to wealthy Thai families, none can compete with the Chirathivats. Not many can compare when it comes to business nous either. Busaba Chirathivat, Thailand’s queen of retail, sits down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss family ties, shopping malls and equal opportunities
By Massimo Morello • Jun 16, 2014

Jun 13, 2014 • 6 min read

Uphill battle

Southeast Asia needs to explore new funding channels if its infrastructure is to keep pace with its economic needs
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 13, 2014

Jun 13, 2014 • 10 min read
colour-soaked art

Ashley Bickerton: In two minds

Once one of the East Village’s precocious golden kids of the 1980s, Ashley Bickerton swapped suicidal geniuses for tropical obscurity. And he wouldn’t change a thing… 
By Jemma Galvin • Jun 13, 2014

Jun 11, 2014 • 7 min read

The consummate diplomat

As national elections loom, Indonesia’s foreign minister talks regional diplomacy and the need for sensitivity in negotiation
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jun 11, 2014