With Yingluck out of the equation, Thailand’s Prime Minister is keen to double down on the junta’s powerful position, and has announced elections for next year
Cambodia’s education minister on reforms and the fourth industrial revolution
Often held up as the poster boy for progressive reform in Cambodia, education minister Hang Chuon Naron sat down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss how a country that is struggling to provide basic primary level education can compete on the world stage
Talking sex work and socialism with factory worker-turned-writer Lijia Zhang
Lijia Zhang’s debut novel Lotus follows the day-to-day life of a sex worker on the margins of Chinese society. Speaking ahead of her appearance at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival this month, Zhang reflects on the struggles of many women left behind by the superpower’s rapacious pursuit of profit
Smart Axiata buys 30% stake in Cambodian media champions Sabay
Smart believes the deal with Sabay Digital Corporation will help it realise its aim of becoming Cambodia’s ‘digital champion’ by 2020
Nurturing an open mind
Sponsored: Northbridge International School Cambodia prides itself on its academic success. But it is also acutely aware that its teaching mandate transcends the traditional classroom setting
The good jihadi: inside Indonesia’s terrorist boarding school
In North Sumatra, a former Indonesian radical has opened a boarding school for the children of terrorists to prevent their futures from looking like his past
Cambodians encouraged to grade their friends’ health online
The new Health Report Card campaign aims to help Cambodians reflect on their lifestyle choices
Introducing the company that uses your digital footprint to calculate credit ratings
At the recent Inspire Asean fintech event in Phnom Penh, representatives from Lenddo discussed solving regional finance issues with innovative solutions
Is this the new face of Thailand’s opposition?
With former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra now living in exile, Thaksin loyalist Sudarat Keyuraphan has been tipped to take the reins of the opposition Pheu Thai Party
Jet Set: Como Uma Ubud
A warren of stone walkways, lavish greenery and traditional thatched roofs set the mood at this holistic haven just outside central Ubud in Bali
Without fear or favour: going beyond the headlines at the Cambodia Daily
Philanthropist and foreign correspondent Bernie Krisher launched a daily newspaper in 1993 with a handful of journalists working out of an old hotel. By the time the Cambodia Daily closed last month amid a fiery dispute with the government, it had become one of the region’s most respected sources of news
Two women plead not guilty to killing North Korean leader’s half-brother
The trial of the murder of Kim Jong-un’s estranged half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, began in Malaysia today