Alexi Demetriadi

Southeast Asia Globe • 2nd September 2020

Playing with pride: Meet Cambodia's oldest LGBT women’s football team

A documentary is in the works about a football team with a difference – the Kampong Chhnang Women’s Under-21s. The difference? The team were the first dedicated to girls of all sexual orientations, to win not just trophies but to change perceptions in the Kingdom.

Southeast Asia Globe • 25th August 2020

Myanmar's LGBTQ armed revolutionary continues fight two decades on

Former armed revolutionary and current human rights activist Aung Myo Min established Equality Myanmar 20 years ago last month.

Southeast Asia Globe • 19th August 2020

Witnessing tragedy: Journalist Jon Swain revisits 1970s Phnom Penh

“I’d never thought someone would adapt the book into a film,” award-winning British foreign correspondent Jon Swain told the Globe. “It’s a very thrilling experience – it’s a wonderful, positive and uplifting thing to happen.”

Southeast Asia Globe • 7th August 2020

The art of the brew: The story behind Cambodia’s first nanobrewery

Flowers Nanobrewery isn’t trying to break the Angkor monopoly on the Cambodian beer market, but the one-man, Japanese-run nanobrewery in Kampot is trying to preserve its distinct craft beer creations and identity.

Southeast Asia Globe • 31st July 2020

Onboard China’s Belt and Road Express: Does Laos stand to benefit?

The first piece of track on Kunming-Vientiane railway was laid in April as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

Southeast Asia Globe • 23rd July 2020

As Uighur abuses condemned, Southeast Asia's silence is deafening

As fresh evidence of alleged rights abuses committed against the Uighur in China's Xinjiang province emerges, much of the world has called out Beijing for its treatment of the ethnic minority group.

Southeast Asia Globe • 17th July 2020

As the virus ravages Indonesia's economy, will the new capital be shelved?

As Covid-19 continues to rage through Indonesia, how will the faltering economy and the reallocation of funds towards virus relief impact the country's grand $33 billion plan to relocate its capital to East Kalimantan?

Southeast Asia Globe • 10th July 2020

Diving back in: Speaking to the Tham Luang cave rescue team two years on

In July 2018, the world's attention was gripped by the plight of 12 plucky young boys and their football coach trapped in a cave in Thailand.

Southeast Asia Globe • 6th July 2020

Dirty cash: The struggle to eradicate money laundering from Cambodia

Last week Cambodia introduced new laws to tackle money laundering following an EU ruling placing the country at “high-risk” for illicit cash flows.

Southeast Asia Globe • 2nd July 2020

Entry 2.5: Quarantine Matters with Alexi Demetriadi

As Globe reporter Alexi Demetriadi nears the end of his Phnom Penh quarantine experience, he touches base with Alexi Demetriadi in a no-holds-barred interview to hear about how its gone, and what travellers coming to Cambodia should know.

Southeast Asia Globe • 25th June 2020

Entry one: Down and Out in Sydney and Phnom Penh

Globe reporter Alexi is stuck in quarantine for two-weeks in the outskirts of Phnom Penh after his flight returned a positive case of Covid-19.

Southeast Asia Globe • 24th June 2020

Travel during the pandemic: Chicago/Sydney > Seoul > Phnom Penh

Globe staff members Andrew and Alexi made the trip back to Phnom Penh this week, in an aviation industry far different than before.

Southeast Asia Globe • 19th June 2020

Q&A: The tragic character arc of Aung San Suu Kyi

2011 biopic The Lady depicts an Aung San Suu Kyi fighting for democracy, painting a very different picture to the one we know today.

Southeast Asia Globe • 12th June 2020

Child Labour Index: Cambodia highest risk in region for underage workers

Consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft has ranked Cambodia 28th in the world and the highest risk in Southeast Asia for the use of child labour in its 2020 index.

Southeast Asia Globe • 12th June 2020

In the furnace: Why is Cambodia's brick kiln child labour persisting?

Last year, the Cambodian government set out to put a permanent end to child labour in the country’s brick kilns by 2020.

Southeast Asia Globe • 8th June 2020

Remembering Anthony Bourdain and his love affair with Southeast Asia

The late, great chef-come-writer Anthony Bourdain travelled and worked extensively throughout Southeast Asia before his sudden passing in 2018.

Southeast Asia Globe • 2nd June 2020

Despite sanctions, how active is North Korean business in Southeast Asia?

The deadline to adhere to UN sanctions on North Korean businesses passed in late-2019, with notable efforts made to close ventures across Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia Globe • 27th May 2020

How did lockdown impact air quality in your Southeast Asian city?

While the global pandemic has been devastating for economies and lives across the world, it has been undeniably good for the environment.

Southeast Asia Globe • 27th May 2020

The curious case of Jakarta: Lockdown, less traffic, but worse air quality

Lockdowns brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic have had clear positive effects on pollutions levels across Southeast Asia’s major cities.

Southeast Asia Globe • 20th May 2020

Embattled ABS-CBN’s future shrouded in doubt, but newsroom fights on

In the Philippines, the future of ABS-CBN remains uncertain as a decision on whether to allow it to return to air meanders through the nation's political system.