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Southeast Asia Globe
• Oct 11, 2012
The quality of roads in the Philippines and Vietnam took a bashing in the 2012 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum. A key indicator in a country’s infrastructure competitiveness ranking, the Philippines scored a disappointing 3.1 and Vietnam an even worse 2.6 on a scale of one to…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Oct 11, 2012
China’s yuan is set to usurp the US dollar and the euro as the trading currency of choice in Southeast Asia, experts say. Money matters: by 2015, Asean will become China’s biggest trading partner, say experts Thanks to zero tariffs, preferential trade policies and geographic advantages, trade between China…
Despite Southeast Asia sitting at the heart of the world’s rice bowl, scientists are working to ensure food security issues won’t leave much of the region hungry
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Sacha Passi
• Oct 10, 2012
She has the lineage to rival some of the world’s most prominent political families, yet Nurul Izzah Anwar is set to pave her own path towards a new democracy
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Sacha Passi
• Oct 10, 2012
From killing fields to killer roads: Since 2005, the number of deaths has doubled on Cambodian roads, yet the problem remains largely ignored
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Frédéric Janssens
• Oct 10, 2012
Seaweed’s surge in popularity across the world spells good news for a farming community on an island off Bali. Photographer Putu Sayoga captures their story
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Putu Sayoga
• Oct 09, 2012