Corruption

Corruption • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 25, 2021 • 5 min read

Myanmar coup Over 100,000 Myanmar company registrations leaked: here’s why it matters

By Kiana Duncan • Feb 25, 2021
As the international community deliberates effective sanctions on Myanmar’s military-owned enterprises, a leaked file containing company registrations was made public to little fanfare this week, connecting the military to multiple industries and sectors

Corruption • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 08, 2021 • 2 min read
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Events Bring your meeting to a new level

By SOFITEL PHNOM PENH PHOKEETHRA • Jan 08, 2021
Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra launched the first LED conference room

Corruption • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 16, 2020 • 7 min read

Opinion Corruption should be the issue that binds Thailand together

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

Corruption • Oct 13, 2020 • 9 min read
Analysis

Jokowi and the oligarchs: Indonesia’s elite set to win from Omnibus Bill

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 Stania Puspa • Oct 13, 2020

Corruption • Jul 06, 2020 • 7 min read
Illicit money

Dirty cash: The struggle to eradicate money laundering from Cambodia

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
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jul 06, 2020

Corruption • Jan 23, 2020 • 4 min read
Corruption ranking

Cambodia once again ranked Southeast Asia’s most corrupt country

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

Corruption • Jan 10, 2020 • 13 min read
Cambodia's rich and powerful

So you’ve been sanctioned, now what?

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

Corruption • Oct 03, 2019 • 12 min read
Indonesia protests

Back on the streets

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

Corruption • Aug 07, 2019 • 14 min read
Microfinance institutions

Left with nothing

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

Corruption • Jul 16, 2019 • 15 min read
Piracy

A pirate’s paradise

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

Corruption • Jul 15, 2019 • 14 min read
Piracy

Black spots

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