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STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2009 • 6 min read

Crossing the divide

By Paul Brisby • Oct 10, 2009
An extraordinary meetings of minds will take place in Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines next month as the Bridges programme makes its third visit to the region

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

Building given green light

By Anna Westenberger • Oct 10, 2009
 With a new planning index, Malaysia is leading the way in developing regulations that will encourage the region’s construction industry to build with the future in mind. It seems that if you want to be acceptable to the rest of the world, paint yourself green. That appears to be the thinking behind the Malaysian government’s introduction of a Green Building Index (GBI), which sets out key construction standards of energy efficiency and sustainability. However, the fly in the environmental ointment is a lack of locally made materials to construct the buildings

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

Brothers in arms

By Juan Gaudenzi • Oct 10, 2009
 Two Mexican families played an unsung role in enabling Fidel Castro to topple the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and bring communism to Cuba

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

Lightning Strikes A natural born killer

By Charlie Lancaster • Oct 10, 2009
When the heavens light up, seek shelter or risk becoming a victim of Cambodia’s serial murderer

Oct 10, 2009 • 2 min read

Braille reading abilities growing

Nearly 200 years after the birth of Louis Braille, the alphabet of raised dots he created, commonly known as Braille, is still in regular use by 150m blind people around the world. Now the system is also widely used in Cambodia and the government has announced it will soon become available in every school nationwide
By Yos Katank • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 10 min read
Buddhism

The long journey of the Middle Way

As one of the world’s oldest belief systems, Buddhism has touched everyone from warrior kings to film stars
By Jet Odrerir • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 • 5 min read

The one that got away

Thaksin Shinawatra could now be riding a wave of domestic and international acclaim if he had served his ‘unjust’ sentence and emerged as a political martyr
By Shandi Mukergee • Oct 10, 2009

Oct 05, 2009 • 9 min read
Garment factories

The great clothes robbery

A spate of thefts from garment containers is costing the textile industry both money and reputation
By Charlie Lancaster • Oct 05, 2009

Sep 30, 2009 • 1 min read

Charity a tall order at Bangkok's Banyan tree

Peak service: the finishing line on the Banyan Tree rooftop Fitness enthusiasts and charity supporters can put on their running shoes and hit the steps for the 11th Banyan Tree Vertical Marathon. Supporting the Hiv Formula Feeding Fund, which provides babies of HIV-positive mothers with specially formulated milk,…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 30, 2009

Sep 30, 2009 • 1 min read

Recliners get new life

For years recliners have been a symbol of retirement. The preserve of senior citizens, recliners were drab reminders of less colourful times
By Southeast Asia Globe • Sep 30, 2009

Sep 10, 2009 • 7 min read

Heading for the hills

Thailand’s luxury eco and cultural tourism market is finding plenty of new visitors attracted to the physical and moral high ground
By Dennis Duncan • Sep 10, 2009

Sep 10, 2009 • 5 min read

A balanced contender

 The Lexus IS250 is a promising newcomer with bags of style and enough punch to give those swaggering German cruisers a run for their money
By Cameron Cooper • Sep 10, 2009