Southeast Asia Globe • 16th October 2020 'One of Cambodia's few success stories': Saving the Siamese croc from extinction On September 11, in a lake in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province, 15 hatchlings of the critically endangered Siamese crocodile were discovered.
Southeast Asia Globe • 8th October 2020 New Naratif's PJ Thum speaks out against police harassment in Singapore It’s been a challenging few weeks for Thum “PJ” Ping Tjin, to say the least.
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 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.
