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Charlie Lancaster
• Jun 08, 2012
With the constitution relegating women to second-class citizens and the national army increasingly employing sexualised violence as a weapon of subjugation, Myanmar is still very much a military man’s world
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 06, 2012
Habib Salim Alatas, the Islam Defenders Front Jakarta branch chief told the Jakarta Post that Lady Gaga is not welcome in Indonesia. Her concert this month has been cancelled after the national police refused to issue a permit allowing her performance. It is reported more than 50,000 tickets, totalling nearly…
Lone strummer: Jason Mraz Serious music fans may have to turn not just one, but a number of blind eyes in the direction of Jason Mraz in order to enjoy his laid-back, 70s-infused soft rock. That trilby he insists on wearing, for example, grates immediately and his pleasant vegan…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 05, 2012
Investors hungry for Singapore’s Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint will have to dig deep to raise the S$3.5m ($2.7m) asking price for one of the city-state’s most popular Cantonese-style restaurants
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 04, 2012
Running for a mammoth eight months until Christmas Day 2012 at Singapore Art Museum, Panorama: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia offers a window on the explosion of art produced in Asia since 2000. Featuring artists from Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, among others, Panorama charts issues affecting the continent…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 02, 2012
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen likens himself to an angel (Deva) in the Buddhist pantheon in a speech about the country’s political future.
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Jun 02, 2012
As a speaker at this month’s TedX Phnom Penh (June 9), 32-year-old Lovejoy shares the importance of following through with big dreams
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Charlie Lancaster
• Jun 01, 2012
KFC Thailand gets itself into hot water after posting this Facebook message urging people to hotfoot it back home during a tsunami scare and order a bucket of fried chicken. After being denounced by the online community, the company removed the message the next day, replacing it with a grovelling…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• May 30, 2012
