Archive: Apr 2021



STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 15, 2021 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Cambodia’s Hun Sen says country on ‘brink of death’ from Covid surge

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 15, 2021
Despite avoiding mass any mass outbreaks in 2020, a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city.

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 15, 2021 • 7 min read

History The final years and death of Saloth Sar, aka Pol Pot

By Ly Sok-Kheang • Apr 15, 2021
On this day in 1998, Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, suffered a fatal heart attack in the final Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng. Ly Sok-Kheang of the Anlong Veng Peace Center discusses the final years and demise of the man responsible for the deaths of millions

Apr 14, 2021 • 13 min read
Finance

Inside Cambodia’s CSX, one of the world’s smallest stock exchanges

Until last year, Cambodia’s stock exchange was the second smallest globally, behind only Myanmar. While a mega-listing in 2020 gave the bourse a much-needed boost, the success or stagnation of this tiny market hangs in the balance as firms remain hesitant to list
By Kiana Duncan • Apr 14, 2021

Apr 13, 2021 • 8 min read
Editorial

Wrapping up: Webinar footage and reflections on our Myanmar trip

We embarked on a controversial military-organised PR tour to Myanmar two weeks ago. In the interest of transparency, we opened ourselves up to questions from the public in a webinar hosted on April 9, a wrap up of which is provided here by editor Andrew Haffner
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 13, 2021

Apr 12, 2021 • 3 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hit with new criminal charge

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has not been seen since the coup, was hit with a new criminal charge on Monday April 12, as the junta continues cracking down on anti-military protesters.
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 12, 2021

Apr 12, 2021 • 11 min read
Khmer Rouge

Photoshopping history: The true story behind the smirking man of Tuol Sleng

An artist has caused uproar and anguish after photoshopping smiles onto the faces of inmates photographed at notorious Khmer Rouge prison camp S-21. Here, the brother of Khva Leang, incorrectly introduced as Bora in the piece, tells the true story of his long-lost kin
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Apr 12, 2021

Apr 09, 2021 • 13 min read
Myanmar coup

My unusual week with Myanmar’s violent, paranoid military junta

By now, it's widely known that a crew from CNN was granted entry into Myanmar last week at the invitation of the military. But what many might not know is that I – not a CNN journalist, but a reporter with the Globe – was also on the tour. Here's what happened
By Allegra Mendelson • Apr 09, 2021

Apr 09, 2021 • 4 min read
Trauma

Scar tissue: Vietnamese women find healing with tattoos

In her tiny Hanoi apartment, tattoo artist Ngoc inks middle-aged women whose lives have been upended by divorce or illness, each of them searching for healing through an art form that is still largely taboo in Vietnam
By Tran Thi Minh Ha/AFP • Apr 09, 2021

Apr 09, 2021 • 5 min read
Editorial

Inside the Globe’s press tour with the Myanmar junta

Our trip to Myanmar last week thrust the Globe into a major ethical debate. Catch this roundup of everything related to the controversial media junket in this week's editorial
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 09, 2021