Archive: Jul 2019



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 31, 2019 • 3 min read

Editorial Think again.

By Paul Millar • Jul 31, 2019
This week we’re looking at practical solutions to the plastic crisis, the winner of Trump's trade war and life for trans Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 31, 2019 • 13 min read

Plastic waste Road to redemption

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 31, 2019
Dow Chemical is infamous for the devastating Agent Orange unleashed on civilians during the Vietnam War. Now, the company is putting plastic scrap to work paving new roads for the nation

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 30, 2019 • 15 min read

Waste to energy Money to burn

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 30, 2019
Limiting global heating means leaving fossil fuels in the ground. But the growing practice of breaking down and burning up the world's plastic waste for its energy potential is challenging this idea

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 29, 2019 • 7 min read

Mental illness Walking above the Earth

By Stefan V. Jensen • Jul 29, 2019
As in many emerging societies, being mentally ill in Cambodia has often meant a life of rejection, isolation and gruelling psychological decline

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Jul 27, 2019 • 3 min read
Editorial

Out of reach.

This week we’re looking at Cambodia’s urgent need for aged care, how social media entered the fight against HIV and why the region’s governments are struggling to raise the revenue they need.
By Paul Millar • Jul 27, 2019

Jul 26, 2019 • 13 min read
Aged care

The lost generation

Jobs are scarce in rural Cambodia, forcing hundreds of thousands of young parents to emigrate – and leave their young children in the hands of hard-pressed grandparents who get little help from the government
By Thomas Brent • Jul 26, 2019

Jul 25, 2019 • 10 min read
Infrastructure funding

No tax, no spend

Southeast Asia’s governments have some of the world’s smallest tax takes, leaving the region struggling to pay for infrastructure and budget for health and education
By Simon Roughneen • Jul 25, 2019

Jul 24, 2019 • 9 min read
Plastic waste imports

Waste not, want not

The discovery of 1,600 tonnes of illegal plastic waste in a Cambodian port is just the latest example of wealthy nations heaping their trash on countries ill-equipped to handle it
By Paul Millar • Jul 24, 2019

Jul 23, 2019 • 13 min read
HIV-AIDS in Indonesia

Going viral

HIV remains a serious problem in Indonesia. And as the government's anti-LGBT crackdown drives more and more people in search of answers, misinformation about the disease can prove fatal
By Evie Breese • Jul 23, 2019

Jul 22, 2019 • 12 min read
HIV-AIDS

My body, this temple

From our print archive: A hospice for dying HIV-AIDS patients has found a unique way to raise funds by turning their anguish into a tourist attraction
By Andrew MacGregor Marshall • Jul 22, 2019