Corruption • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 08, 2021 • 2 min read

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By SOFITEL PHNOM PENH PHOKEETHRA • Jan 08, 2021
Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra launched the first LED conference room
By Mark S. Cogan • Dec 16, 2020
Thailand's military generals seized power in 2014 vowing to end the kingdom's endemic corruption, but what has followed has been a weakening of the very institutions needed to combat graft. Professor Mark S. Cogan argues the antidote lays in a thriving democracy
By Stania Puspa • Oct 13, 2020
Protests and riots erupted across Indonesia last week as the Jokowi administration pushed through its controversial Omnibus Bill, a move that many believe exposes the close ties between government and big business in Indonesia
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jul 06, 2020
Last week Cambodia introduced new laws to tackle money laundering following an EU ruling placing the country at “high-risk” for illicit cash flows. But experts say it will take extensive efforts and real political will to end the entrenched practice in the Kingdom
Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index, released on 23 January 2020, has placed Cambodia at 162nd on a worldwide list, a slight decline from last year’s ranking of 161st
By Samantha McCabe • Jan 23, 2020
Oknha Try Pheap and General Kun Kim were the latest high-profile Cambodians to face the wrath of US sanctions in December. But what does this really mean in practice for the two men, and are targeted sanctions more ethical and effective than punitive trade measures like withdrawing the EU's EBA?
By Gerald Flynn • Jan 10, 2020
Students demonstrators have taken to the streets of Indonesia to protest controversial bills – and remind President Joko Widodo not to abandon his reformist credentials
By Stania Puspa • Oct 03, 2019
With the backing of the world’s development agencies, Cambodia’s microfinance institutions stand accused of driving the nation’s most vulnerable ever deeper into debt – forcing them to sell off their land when the time comes to collect
By Paul Millar and Veng Sonita • Aug 07, 2019
In part two of our deep dive into modern-day piracy, we investigate why the region's governments seem willing to turn a blind eye to the pirates plundering their seas
By Robin Spiess • Jul 16, 2019
High-seas hijackings are often seen as a thing of the past. But experts say that Southeast Asia's modern-day pirates have just become better at hiding their crimes
By Robin Spiess • Jul 15, 2019
In Cambodia, entrenched corruption has given birth to a grey market for new luxury vehicles – a market that threatens to force official importers out of the country and stifle the local economy
By Robin Spiess • Jun 13, 2019
As dozens of casinos set up shop in Cambodia each year, they stand to make millions annually – but the Kingdom has yet to rake in its fair share of the industry’s rising profits
By Robin Spiess • Jun 03, 2019