Archive: Nov 2020



STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 30, 2020 • 2 min read

Conservation Cambodia ready to welcome ‘world’s loneliest elephant’

By Agence France-Presse • Nov 30, 2020
Following years of public outcry and campaigning by American pop star Cher, the "world's loneliest elephant" is set to arrive at its new home in a Cambodian sanctuary on November 30, ending its mammoth journey from Pakistan

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 30, 2020 • 4 min read

Thai democracy Thai protesters target royal guards unit in latest rally

By Agence France-Presse • Nov 30, 2020
Hundreds of Thai pro-democracy protesters marched on a barracks of the royal guards unit on November 29, hoisting inflatable rubber ducks high above their heads in a whimsical show of force calling for curbs to the power of the monarchy

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 28, 2020 • 2 min read

Editorial Search for the truth

By Andrew Haffner • Nov 28, 2020
Almost six months after Thai activist Wanchalerm Satsaksit disappeared off a Phnom Penh street in a seeming daylight abduction, his sister, Sitanun, is in Cambodia searching for the truth

Nov 27, 2020 • 2 min read
Vietnam history

[Photos] A collection of illusory Saigon nightscapes from 1938

While there remain no shortage of photos documenting Vietnam as it has evolved over the past century, this collection of images from 1938 provides a rare and striking glimpse into colonial Saigon after sunset
By Saigoneer • Nov 27, 2020

Nov 27, 2020 • 9 min read
Youth culture

The problem with art fondling in Vietnam

Doing it for the Gram, flexing, or in the case of Vietnam, song ao – whatever you call it, young people globally are 'living their best lives' through social media. Relatively harmless, but in Hanoi, influencers are leaving a trail of broken art as they literally overstep the mark
By Ashley Lampard • Nov 27, 2020

Nov 26, 2020 • 2 min read
Cambodian democracy

Cambodia begins mass trial of 120 opposition figures

A mass trial against more than 100 Cambodian opposition members and activists has started, with the accused standing charged with conspiracy to commit treason related to self-exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy's failed plan return to the country in 2019
By Agence France-Presse • Nov 26, 2020

Nov 26, 2020 • 3 min read
Podcast

The Anakut podcast: The state of press freedom in Cambodia

This week, hosts Meng and Andrew wrap up the first season with a slightly meta topic: The Cambodian media landscape today. Joining them are reporter Phorn Bopha, CCIM media director Ith Sothoeuth, and Focus: Ready for Tomorrow lead editor Nov Povleakhena
By Andrew Haffner • Nov 26, 2020

Nov 25, 2020 • 2 min read
Conservation

Pakistan’s lonely elephant Kaavan packs trunk for Cambodia

Pakistan's only Asian elephant Kavaan has had his farewell party at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad and is headed for a sanctuary in Cambodia following years of campaigning by animal rights activists
By Agence France-Presse • Nov 25, 2020

Nov 25, 2020 • 9 min read
Thai democracy

Seeking answers, missing Thai dissident’s sister begins search in Phnom Penh

Almost six months since her brother was snatched off the streets of Phnom Penh, the sister of missing Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit has arrived in the Cambodian capital seeking answers on her brother's whereabouts
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Nov 25, 2020

Nov 24, 2020 • 4 min read
Thai democracy

Tensions mount in Thai protests as Bangkok braces for major rally

As the Thai capital braces for the next major rally on November 25, and tensions rising around pro-democracy protests, we take a look at the forces in play and what might come next in a country with a long history of political unrest
By Sophie Deviller/AFP • Nov 24, 2020

Nov 24, 2020 • 5 min read
Opinion

In Thailand, is it compromise failed or failed to compromise?

King Maha Vajiralongkorn made headlines earlier this month as he declared Thailand the "land of compromise". But as the people's constitution is rejected outright and police crackdown on protests, authorities and demonstrators meeting in the middle seems unlikely
By Sek Sophal • Nov 24, 2020