Monday 5 December
The director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines was in Phnom Penh the other day, for the biggest international meeting that Cambodia has probably ever held.
How the citizens of Phnom Penh can expect to stay dry next monsoon, plus India's plans to put people in space and Indonesia's ambitions to become a green-transport pioneer.
Whether it’s due to poor infrastructure, inherent inefficiency or the occasional war, these five cities have not made the Top 25 list – but that doesn’t mean they’re not great places to live.
The show focuses on luxury watches, visiting craftsmen in Amsterdam and also taking a look at the education system in Phnom Penh.
Chat with bookstores in Milan, Phnom Penh and Berlin. We talk K-pop with Bernie Cho, and Jules Wright of the Wapping Project discusses magazines.
Markus Hippi’s favourites include a look at Mexico’s emerging economy, a literary festival with Robert Bound, and a chat about bicycle culture in Phnom Penh.
We head to Phnom Penh, to find out how the capital survives without public transit. Plus, Brazilian architect Milton Bragga on his favourite building.
Are sanctions the answer for Syria? We check in with our man in Phnom Penh, and learn what Burma’s president really thinks of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Cycling cities: Madrid’s economic solution to expensive cars, Phnom Penh’s new wave of bike shops, and we speak to the editor of Bristol’s Boneshaker magazine.
As Benjamin Netanyahu forms Israel’s new government, we talk to Joseph Dana in Jerusalem about what the reshuffle will look like. We also go to Phnom Penh for the Cambodian king’s cremation and find out why the City of…
We report on an urban farming project at Osaka train station, the first verticle farm in Singapore and the sad fate of Cambodia's colonial and "new Khmer" buildings.
Tuesday 10 May
There was a whopping great elephant in the room at last weekend’s annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta. Though the region’s leaders spoke, as they do, about peace and co-operation…
Saturday 15 January
Being a Swedish ambassador used to be an enviable job, something that politicians or officials were awarded with after years of loyal service, with any luck in some warm but important capital.
Urban farming in Japan, Korea's mission to put its cuisine on the map, and farewell to to Cambodia's "bamboo" railways.
Africa's first high-speed rail network, Cambodia's "bamboo" railway upgrade and China's ambitious aviation plans.
Cambodia keeps politics in the family, South Korea get equal, and Japan gets green vending machines
Cambodia's embrace of capitalism, congestion busting Chinese-style and election watch Laos.
Cairo's new satellite cities, the migration from Mumbai to Bandra, and Asia's frantic competition to build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Jetstar, a low-cost offshoot of Qantas, has launched not only itself but a new business model, offering acceptable levels of comfort at prices far below those of rival business classes. Now, the airline plans to expand its…
New flights from Tokyo to Yangon, why the French are lighting up Cambodia, and Japan gets creative.
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