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Take the high road

Friday, January 27, 2012 - by SEA Globe

Jungle walks. Cups of tea. Strawberries. God’s very own triumvirate is just the beginning in the cool Cameron Highlands.

When the sticky cities and baking beaches of Southeast Asia become too much to bear, there are relatively few destinations that offer genuine respite from the region’s all-encompassing heat.

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Hearts and minds

Is Cambodia’s political environment encouraging a muted voter generation or are they happily disengaged? Soung [...]

Begging rights

How five men have turned cruel fate into a killing at Phnom Penh’s genocide sites. A group of pretty young [...]

The jailing of Uncle SMS

The incarceration of a frail grandfather over sending text messages deemed disrespectful of Thailand’s monarchy has [...]

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Business

Brewing profits

With one of the highest beer consumption rates in the world, foreign brands are scrambling to get a slice of this [...]

Winging ways

Ian Watson on his plans to make Refresh Mobile the “PayPal of Cambodia”. Cambodia’s mobile market, arguably [...]

Number Crunch - January

According to the Ministry of Labour, some Vietnamese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) pay employees three to four times [...]

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Culture & Travel

Take the high road

Jungle walks. Cups of tea. Strawberries. God’s very own triumvirate is just the beginning in the cool Cameron [...]

Woodwork wonder

The French-Argentinian artist Pablo Reinoso shocases his work in Singapore. "Excuse me, waiter, but my chair seems [...]

A smooth ride

Upon receiving delivery of a brand-new mountain bike, it would likely take every ounce of the lucky recipient’s [...]

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Earth & Technology

Shade runner

A Singapore firm is creating ‘green cities’ amidst modern metropoles. It is as if a bold reversal of fortunes [...]

Drink fashionably

Here’s Johnnie! It could be time to throw away those dusty quarter-full bottles that currently constitute your [...]

Weathering the weather

How climate change became the currency that transformed a vulnerable community. The recent flooding that has held [...]

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Opinion

Has the prospect of Myanmar’s Asean chairmanship in 2014 tamed the region’s ‘problem child’? Meetings of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have always been assured of attentio...

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Reform rhetoric

Having carved up the country’s assets amongst themselves, Myanmar’s ruling elite are ready to milk the cash cow that is their country. Driven by their divergent agendas regarding the military-ruled Burma, exte...

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