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STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 03, 2009 • 3 min read

A blessing for all

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 03, 2009
Cambodian psychotherapist Sathya Pholy works as a consultant for microfinance providers VisionFund, as a doctor for the Phnom Penh Counselling Centre and as the host of Love Talks with Dr Sathya Pholy, a weekly radio show on Love FM 97.5

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 10, 2009 • 4 min read

Lao girls preparing for success

By Peter Janssen • Nov 10, 2009
 As host to the 2009 SEA Games, Laos will expect to strike gold with its young female petanque team and see off the Thais – the region’s unlikely champions

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 10, 2009 • 12 min read

The business of fame

By Cameron Cooper • Nov 10, 2009
 Paula Taylor, Thailand’s most successful model and Geoff Heydt, a talent representative, explain how to make a face very famous

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 10, 2009 • 7 min read

Cambodia's lensmen

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Nov 10, 2009
Local photojournalists have gradually replaced foreign professionalsand are now enjoying greater exposure on the international market

Nov 10, 2009 • 10 min read

The thirty-second slot machine

 After getting its knuckles rapped by the prime minister,the Cambodian advertising industry needs to consider how best to sell products and keep everyone on its side.There can be few countries in the free world where a prime minister’s attention is diverted from matters of state to matters of media morality. But that’s exactly what happened to Hun Sen, Cambodia’s prime minister, recently when he felt obliged to ban a condom advertisement, saying it promoted prostitution and promiscuity
By Charlie Lancaster • Nov 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 7 min read

Brothers across borders

Renowned Cambodian psychotherapist Sathya Pholy brings a message of peace and brotherhood to Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese societies
By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 6 min read

Interview Jackie Chan

 The second speaker on the Bridges programme, Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer Jackie Chan, has worked tirelessly for humanitarian causes for years and is a Unicef and UNAids goodwill ambassador
By Southeast Asia Globe • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 4 min read

Time for redemption

 The Cambodian government is at last opening up its prison system as it struggles to provide adequate facilities for a growing population. Cambodia’s prison system is in crisis due to appalling levels of overcrowding, violence and disease. There are currently 11,000 guests of the state, which is not a high number when set against the kingdom’s total population of about 14m. But housing these offenders is proving to be beyond the current system’s remit
By Luke Young • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 10 min read

Has faith gone to the dogs?

Celebrated atheist Richard Dawkins reveals his respect for Darwin, his reasons fordisliking religion in any shape or form and why one percent of him still can’t let go
By Joerg Rohleder • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 2 min read

Monthly job market: Undergraduate courses

 A relatively unstructured qualification and accreditation system for institutions of higher education in Cambodia has created a sizeable number of businesses with dubious “university” status that in reality are “diploma mills”
By Curran Hendry • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 9 min read

High-octane gamblers

 Sixteen years ago French outfit Totalentered the nascent Cambodian oil andgas market; now its initial investment is looking more than likely to be a winner
By Charlie Lancaster • Oct 10, 2009