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STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 10, 2020 • 10 min read

City planning As wetlands are filled, Phnom Penh ignores Bangkok’s flooding lessons

By Wanpen Pajai • Nov 10, 2020
As Bangkok attempts, at high cost, to reverse much of the damage done to the flood-prone city by restoring a more porous landscape, next door in Phnom Penh, wetlands are filled and skyscrapers erected as the Cambodian capital runs the risk of being submerged

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 09, 2020 • 4 min read

Myanmar elections Suu Kyi forecast to triumph in virus-hit Myanmar election

By Richard Sargent/Su Myat Mon • Nov 09, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party are expected to retain power in Myanmar, as voting closed and counting continued late into the night in a general election mired in criticisms of racial apartheid and discrimination

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 09, 2020 • 8 min read

History 31 years since its fall, the Berlin Wall lives on in Jakarta

By Alexi Demetriadi • Nov 09, 2020
31 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, fragments of the Iron Curtain live on in a park in Jakarta. Despite more than three decades passing since they came crashing down, the artist behind the monument believes these concrete slabs still have much to teach us

Nov 07, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Will the Thai monarchy survive?

As the monarchy rocks under growing pressure for reform in Thailand, professor Mark S. Cogan puts bold thoughts to page, penning another piece of analysis for us in which he asks a once unthinkable question – will the kingdom’s royal institution survive? We also cover the flooding that has decimated communities across the region, first covering the Cambodians living under water in a photo-led piece, before the Globe’s reporter in Hanoi, Ashley Lampard, gives us a comprehensive run-down of why Vietnam is experiencing its worst flooding for decades
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 07, 2020

Nov 06, 2020 • 12 min read
Deforestation

As the tides rise with Vietnam’s flooding, how did we get here?

It happens every year. It’s normal, to an extent, for the communities impacted. But this year’s record-breaking floods in Vietnam are different, with the devastating effects of decades of environmental mismanagement beginning to show
By Ashley Lampard • Nov 06, 2020

Nov 05, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Indonesia tumbles into first recession for two decades

Indonesia's virus-hit economy plunged into its first recession since the Asian financial crisis more than two decades ago, as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on Southeast Asia's hardest hit nation
By Agence France-Presse • Nov 05, 2020

Nov 05, 2020 • 3 min read
Podcast

The Anakut podcast: Leapfrogging and the future of work in Cambodia

In episode five, we talk leapfrogging. Not the children’s game, but the idea that developing states can skip old tech to get up to speed with the latest and greatest. To learn more, we spoke to Kem Bora of investment group Mekong Strategic Partners, and Manu Rajan, CEO of digital money transfer service Wing
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 05, 2020

Nov 04, 2020 • 9 min read
Energy

Is Cambodia’s turn to coal power further risking its fragile economy?

Cambodia’s recent turn to coal-fired energy has raised eyebrows among investors, with global brands in particular reluctant to operate using dirty power. But for those in the renewables sector, there are still plenty of reasons for the Kingdom to look on the bright side
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 04, 2020

Nov 03, 2020 • 7 min read
Art and literature

Camus in Khmer: The publisher translating classic literature for Cambodia

Absurdist novel The Outsider has been republished in Khmer for the first time since 1973, introducing a new generation of Cambodians to Albert Camus' work. Meet the Phnom Penh publishing house behind this initiative returning classic literature to the Kingdom
By Alexi Demetriadi • Nov 03, 2020

Nov 02, 2020 • 4 min read
Conservation

Saving Angkor Wat: Cambodia’s ninja gardeners tame jungle growth

Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia's archaeological marvel Angkor Wat, a crack team of gardeners are gingerly scaling the ancient temple's exterior to hack away foliage before it damages the ancient facade
By Suy Se/AFP • Nov 02, 2020