An interview with Tim Sakhorn

Born in 1968, Tim Sakhorn is perhaps the most famous Khmer Krom activist alive today. He was granted political asylum in Sweden in July 2009. How does it feel to be reordained? Do you wish you were re-ordained in Cambodia? I…
By Charlie Lancaster • May 17, 2010

The mighty bean

Southeast Asia has succumbed to the world’s most popular stimulant, and now it’s getting ready to take its own coffee buzz to the world. Take a closer look at that cup of dark liquid you hold in your hand every morning. It’s one of 730 billion cups that will be…
By Stephen Brooks & Dane Wetschler • May 05, 2010

Please mind the gap

Business degrees are a big industry in the Kingdom, but not every degree means business. “Years ago, the MBA was a good idea…” Zak Buttell, a Chulalongkorn graduate and former Wall Street financial consultant, tells me over Thai iced coffee at a…
By Tate Zandstra • May 05, 2010

Meeting the material world

During recent years, the Buddhist faith appears to have witnessed a few casualties along an increasingly bumpy path to enlightenment. Headlines documenting monk-related incidents have peppered regional media, and their prevalence seems to be rising. From “Buddhist monk arrested for rape of British tourist” to “Monks arrested for throwing rowdy…
By Charlie Lancaster • Apr 09, 2010

Peace gets a fighting chance

A Bangkok resident since 2002, the founding chairman of the International Peace Foundation is committed to spreading his peaceful message around the wider world. Uwe Morawetz is a man on a mission – he wants to make the world a better, more fulfilling place. He freely admits he’s a…
By Paul Brisby • Mar 07, 2010

Diaspora culture

Made in India

Cambodia's small but influential Indian community feels comfortable in a country that shares its history and maybe its future with their motherland.
By Jude Mak and Charlie Lancaster • Mar 01, 2010

Water

When the well runs dry

With clean water increasingly hard to come by, the fight for fresh water threatens to plunge Southeast Asia into chaos
By Sumona Raha • Jan 27, 2010

For national health and wealth

Thailand has become a honeypot for alternative cures, therapies and promises of longevity – and for those cashing in on the trend. For thousands of years people have travelled the world looking for the elixir of lasting life and health. The Ancient Greeks journeyed to the island of Epidaurus, sanctuary…
By Stephen Brooks • Jan 06, 2010