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STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 18, 2013 • 4 min read

“A life without music would be incomplete”

By Southeast Asia Globe • Jan 18, 2013
Award-winning pianist Boris Slutsky will perform alongside violinist Igor Yuzefovich at the InterContinental Hotel in Phnom Penh on January 26, when the winner of Catch a Cambodian Star, a global competition that will assist Cambodia’s top classical talent to continue their musical education, will be announced

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 17, 2013 • 3 min read

All quiet on the southern front?

By Girlie Linao • Jan 17, 2013
Filipinos displaced by war look forward to returning home

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 16, 2013 • 7 min read

Golden palms

By Caroline Vernaillen • Jan 16, 2013
As stockpiles of palm oil soar and prices slump, will Indonesia and Malaysia succeed in rejuvenating its most profitable export?

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 15, 2013 • 4 min read

Members only

By Sacha Passi • Jan 15, 2013
His name tends to fly under the radar on the regional political scene, but career diplomat Roberto Soares may be the final link in the tiny nation’s Asean membership bid

Jan 14, 2013 • 7 min read

To unity and beyond

Asean is well down the path towards integration, but the biggest challenges lie ahead
By Christian Vits • Jan 14, 2013

Jan 14, 2013 • 7 min read

The house of the rising sun

Japanese investors are making bold moves to secure their share of the Southeast Asian gold rush
By Philip Heijmans • Jan 14, 2013

Jan 11, 2013 • 5 min read

Sultanate of swing

All eyes will be on Brunei this year as it assumes the Asean chairmanship. Will the bloc’s little guy have an impact on the big stage?
By Hannah Jewitt • Jan 11, 2013

Jan 10, 2013 • 4 min read

The spear of God

January is a time for retribution in Malaysia and Singapore as Indian communities run amok in the name of Lord Murugan and usher in an orgy of colours, Bollywood tunes and self-mutilating devotion
By Marco Ferrarese • Jan 10, 2013

Jan 09, 2013 • 6 min read
Media freedom

Killing the radio star

With this year’s national election on the horizon, the battle for the Kingdom’s airwaves is raging
By Simon Lewis • Jan 09, 2013

Jan 07, 2013 • 8 min read

Rest for the wicked

Despite the systematic eradication of ethnic minorities by the Khmer Rouge, it is possible the crime of genocide will never be heard in the Kingdom’s “genocide court”
By Bridget Di Certo • Jan 07, 2013

Jan 04, 2013 • 2 min read

Keeping watch

Rivalries swirling around the South China Sea look set to intensify in 2013.
By Southeast Asia Globe • Jan 04, 2013

Jan 04, 2013 • 2 min read

Rising wealth, rising labour costs

A surge in labour demands in Southeast Asia has left analysts wondering how long the era of dirt-cheap labour will last in the region.
By Southeast Asia Globe • Jan 04, 2013