In 1975, Indonesian forces invaded Timor-Leste in an occupation that lasted nearly 25 years. During that time, future president and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta navigated Cold War dynamics as he travelled the world lobbying for international support. In her final piece for the Globe, Allegra Mendelson fittingly goes out with a bang as she interviews one of the 20th century’s icons of international diplomacy.
#TimorLeste #Interview #History #AllegraMendeslon

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/jose-ramos-horta-peace-prize/

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/

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/

“Education is the only way that we can restore and advance the country,” El Sotheary, a partnership and advocacy specialist with Save the Children Cambodia, told Globe’s Anton L. Delgado. To mark this year’s World Children’s Day, which coincides with the reopening of schools in the Kingdom, our interview explores how remote learning that requires expensive technology excluded Cambodia’s most vulnerable, and why now is the time to invest in the education of the next generation.
#Cambodia #Education #Interview #Children #AntonLDelgado

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/save-the-children-cambodia-schools-reopening-interview/

Throughout the pandemic, Angkor Wat, one of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia, has lain in a state of relative calm. Now, as restrictions lift, the archaeological park prepares for a fresh influx of international visitors. On the 29th anniversary of Angkor Wat’s designation as a World Heritage Site, Globe’s Anton L. Delgado speaks to Long Kosal, deputy director-general at APSARA National Authority, who shares the changes to the temple circuits that will help direct a new visitor experience and gives insights into what tourists can expect as they return to the iconic attraction.
#Cambodia #Culture #Interview #AntonLDelgado

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/angkor-archaeological-park-changes-in-the-year-ahead/

A recent report by Students for a Fossil Free Future, a coalition of campus groups from four of Singapore’s major universities, was students’ latest call for environmental progress and a push for their institutions to reassess relationships they hold with fossil fuel companies. Globe’s Anton L. Delgado spoke to the group’s coordinators who are calling for their institutions to recognise the negative impact of these relationships and step up when it comes to accountability for climate action. 
#Singapore #FossilFuels #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Interview #AntonLDelgado

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/singapore-students-call-for-universities-to-change-relationship-with-fossil-fuels/

The regular pulse of Tonle Sap Lake is the lifeblood of millions of Cambodians’ livelihoods. And for Abby Seiff, the vital water source is the heart of her latest work, Troubling the Water, as she charts its journey through illegal fishing, hydropower projects and climate change. In this interview, Globe’s Jack Brook speaks to the author about chronicling the multifaceted causes of Tonle Sap’s devastation and the consequences of the lake’s existential issues on local communities and Cambodian culture. 
#Cambodia #Interview #TonleSap #Culture #JackBrook

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/troubling-the-water-author-chronicles-the-fate-of-the-tonle-sap/

Some of Christine Amour-Levar’s early childhood memories involve the sound of gunshots ringing through her childhood home in Manila, a grim reminder of the chaotic political reality outside, as millions of Filipinos took to the streets to protest Ferdinand Marcos’s strongman rule. There are other memories too, those of family love, professional milestones, and the wonders of exploring the increasingly vulnerable natural world, which forms the framework of her book Wild Wisdom, and the motivation behind her social entrepreneurship.

The human rights and sustainability advocate spoke to Globe’s Amanda Oon about her mission for justice, the childhood memories that shaped her, and why environmental urgency and social justice for women are inherently linked. Read the full story at the link in our bio.

#philippines #interview #election #genderequality #politics #environment #sustainability #socialjustice #humanrights #entrepreneur

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/christine-amour-levar-interview/

Chonthicha “Lookkate”​ Jangrew grew up in a military household, where her father and most of her family served in the Royal Thai Army. But this did not stop her from pursuing her passion for human rights activism. In 2010, when she was just 18 years old, she witnessed the military killings of around 100 anti-government Red Shirt protesters. The event marked a turning point in her life and pushed her to become more involved in human rights activism, and inspired her journey into politics. In the Kingdom’s recent elections, she won a constituency seat for the opposition Move Forward Party. In today’s Story of the Day, Jangrew speaks to Globe’s Beatrice Siviero about her personal and political journey and what inspires her to continue fighting for change.

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/chonthicha-jangrew-interview/

#thailand #activism #politics #interview #humanrights #democracy