In a country where professional cultures still foster an attitude of male privilege and entrenched societal norms nurture a culture of silence, Cambodia’s women leaders face obstacles as they strive for their own advancement and opportunities for the Kingdom’s next generation. Nasa Dip speaks to prominent female figures on Cambodia’s political scene and reflects on the changing face of the country’s leadership.
#Cambodia #Women #Leadership #NasaDip

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/changing-face-of-cambodian-leadership/

In their continued fight against Covid-19, antibody testing is a critical addition to Asian countries’ arsenals. These tests can help prioritise vaccines in finite supply, identity susceptible groups and reduce the risk of resurgence. Leong Hoe Nam of Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Harjit Gill of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association discuss how antibody tests are a critical part of Asia’s plan to push back against the pandemic as it continues to rage throughout the region.
#Region #Health #Covid19 #LeongHoeNam #HarjitGill

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/antibody-tests/

In 2005 a groundbreaking gig signalled Cambodia’s re-entrance into the international music scene and the start of a Danish rock band’s trajectory to national superstardom. Michael Learns to Rock captured a generation of Cambodians’ hearts. More than a decade on Globe’s Anton L. Delgado speaks to the band and those who still cherish the memories of the international group that rocked the Kingdom.
#Cambodia #Culture #Music #AntonDelgado

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/michael-learns-to-rock/

Bauxite mining in Malaysia is covering local areas in red dust and casting a cloud over the livelihoods, health and wellbeing of residents. Globe digs deep into the conflict caused by these lucrative ore extraction contracts and the severe impact the mining is having as it contaminates Malaysian communities’ vital resources.
#Malaysia #Environment #Mining #KymberleyChu

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/malaysia-bauxite-mining/

The 1991 Paris Peace Agreements marked the official end of conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam and was lauded as a signal of future peace and democracy. But it remains an empty and unfulfilled vision three decades later. Recent years have seen the country’s political situation and human rights record tarnished by profit-seeking and political opportunism. In the lead up to the 30th anniversary of The Agreements Chak Sopheap discusses the turmoil and lack of transparency in the Kingdom and why now is the time to recommit to the vision of reconciliation.
#Cambodia #ParisPeaceAgreement #Analysis #ChakSopheap

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/paris-peace-agreements/

Vietnam’s crushing fourth Covid wave hit Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbouring provinces hard. Now, as lockdown ends and the city emerges, Globe’s Govi Snell speaks to health workers still shaken and scarred from the harsh realities of a job that often involves low wages, long hours and a lack of vital resources.
#Vietnam #Health #Workers #Covid19 #GoviSnell

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/vietnam-medical-staff-covid-19/

Malaysia’s Sabah state is drowning in the devastation of some of the worst floods in decades. Careless land development and hasty hillside cutting have intensified the effects of a natural climate crisis. Globe’s Ashley Yeong speaks to residents about their disappointment and helplessness as their homes and livelihoods are destroyed.
#Malaysia #Environment #ClimateCrisis #AshleyYeong

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/sabah-floods/

The situation in Myanmar is as urgent as it is dangerous. As the nation’s post-coup military crackdown on democratic freedoms gains increased attention on the global stage, Vanessa Chong argues that human rights supporters need new strategies and backing from international bodies to improve safety and support local communities.
#Myanmar #Coup #Politics #VanessaChong

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/myanmar-human-rights-supporters/

In Cambodia, public healthcare workers are double-dipping into private practice, and moonlighting to make ends meet. While they face allegations of corruption from critics, Globe’s Jack Brook speaks to experts and healthcare professionals who believe that this dual practice helps motivate employees and sustain the health system.
#Cambodia #Healthcare #Workers #JackBrook

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodian-healthcare-system/

Small native fish are making a big impact on the local farms, businesses and families of Siem Reap. Polyculture ponds in the Cambodian province are helping breed nutritious species, such as the Mekong Flying Barb, which are proving integral to building the Kingdom’s food security and sustainability. Globe’s Anton L. Delgado and Ashley Yeong share spot reporting on how these aquaculture programmes are increasing local food diversity and nourishment as strategies to help end global hunger.
#Cambodia #Fishing #Food #Nutrition #AntonLDelgado #AshleyYeong

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/worldfish/

Sport can set us on a winning streak. It can also energise our community spirit and encourage us to think about the environments we practise in. In an exclusive interview with the Globe, Stephan Veyret, the new CEO of Decathlon Singapore, spoke to Amanda Oon about the importance of sustainable business, how Decathlon is giving back to the community and how their company is evolving to fit an increasingly digital world.
#Singapore #Sport #Interview #Digital #AmandaOon

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/decathlon-stephan-veyret/

On the 22 July this year, Renante “Rey” Cortes was silenced forever. The radio journalist was shot dead outside his studio in the early morning. His murder is just part of a wider narrative of intimidation and violence that is facing media professionals across Southeast Asia. In this opinion piece to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Bill Hayton, an associate fellow with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House and former BBC reporter in Vietnam, calls for an end to these attacks.
#Region #Journalism #PressFreedom #BillHayton

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/international-day-to-end-crimes-against-journalists/

Our ideas, cultures and relationships are made up of our words: those we speak and those we write. In the run-up to the Singapore Writers Festival, one of the world’s few multilingual literary events, Globe’s Amanda Oon and Weilee Yap spoke to Esther Vincent, co-editor of a new anthology of unique personal essays from Singapore which are united by the theme of ecofeminism: women engaging with environmental issues in the personal sphere.
#Singapore #Women #Environment #AmandaOon #WeileeYap

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/singapore-writers-ecofeminism-essay-collection/

Planting cashews has borne financial fruit for Cambodia’s ethnic minority highlanders. Globe’s Jack Brook and Borin Sopheavuthtey visited the plantations in Ratanakiri province to find out first-hand how this small nut is making big changes to residents’ livelihoods and investigate how the growth of the cashew economy is signalling a wider shift towards capitalism.
#Cambodia #Agriculture #CashewNut #JackBrook #SopheavuthteyBorin

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodia-cashew-plantation-capitalism/

The Cambodian government took an important step in 2016 by adding Media and Information Literacy (MIL) to the national high school curriculum. MIL can increase students’ critical thinking skills, improve their access to information and increase their safety in an increasingly digital world. But this curriculum overlooks some of the Kingdom’s most vulnerable. Sek Sophal investigates how educational and training programmes can help the government extend these opportunities to different sectors of Cambodian society and build the country’s digital readiness.
#Cambodia #Media #Education #SekSophal

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/media-and-information-literacy-education-cambodia/

In Southeast Asia FinTech is more than financial technology’s glamorous business buzzword. In a region where over 70% of the population are estimated to be without access to traditional banking services, digital banking can be small merchants’ only chance to sustain their business. In this interview, Loke Hwee Wong, APAC vice president and general manager of mobile payments platform Boku, tells Globe’s Amanda Oon how digital wallets hold the key to making financial services more accessible to Southeast Asia’s unbanked.
#Region #Fintech #Finance #Interview #AmandaOon

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/boku-interview-fintech-unbanked/

Myanmar’s presence was felt through its absence at the recent Asean summit in late October. Exclusion of the country’s military leaders was seen as a bold move and a bid to save Asean credibility in the eyes of other world leaders. But the group faces significant challenges: domestic distraction, lack of consensus, and communication hindered by a pandemic which disrupted all face-to-face meetings. As Cambodia prepares to take the Asean chairmanship, Michael Vatikiotis discusses the need to face up to the reality of a Myanmar torn by political turbulence, and a world looking to Asean to address Southeast Asia’s most serious crisis.
#Myanmar #ASEAN #Politics #MichaelVatikiotis

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/asean-leaders-summit-myanmar/

At this year’s COP26 conference, 18-year-old Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg criticised participants for greenwashing: covering token environmental nods with a sheen of sincere climate concern. As businesses and governments set lofty climate goals, Thunberg and fellow activists are calling for more robust action. In this opinion piece, Globe’s Brian P.D. Hannon shares why Southeast Asian countries are vulnerable test subjects for companies’ greenwashing projects set up to soak up carbon dioxide in locations far removed from their own operations.
#Region #ClimateCrisis #Environment #BrianPDHannon

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/greta-thunberg-businesses-greenwashing/

Cambodian villagers are conflicted by collective land titles. For indigenous communities, they offer protection and land security, but some are drawn towards individual land ownership by the prospect of greater credit access and economic advancement. Globe’s Jack Brook and Borin Sopheavuthtey visited Pii village, where residents shared their personal experiences and views on the land ownership dilemma and how it will affect the future of their Kreung identity.
#Cambodia #LandDisputes #Indigenous #JackBrook #SopheavuthteyBorin

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodians-credit-communal-land-titles/

In 2018 a dam in southeast Laos which provided electricity to Thailand partially collapsed, destroying homes and causing severe flooding. Thailand’s domestic energy surplus meant it barely made Thai headlines. This incident is just part of the complex and evolving electricity trade between Thailand and Laos. Wanpen Pajai shines a light on the business opportunities and government agreements making connections between these two countries and warns that while Laos hydropower is a cheap electricity source for Thailand, hidden costs impact Thai consumers, and the electric relationship.
#Thailand #Energy #Laos #Electricity #WanpenPajai

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/thailand-electricity-laos-mekong-power/