Search results for "Cambodia"

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 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 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 17, 2019 • 16 min read
Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Crime and punishment

From our print archive: Establishing the incredible against those who wish to defend the indefensible will be the grim task of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
By Craig Guthrie

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
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 15, 2019 • 3 min read
Editorial

Under the surface.

This week we’re looking at Southeast Asia’s hidden pirate problem, the bumpy start of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, how Aung San Suu Kyi took her country backwards and more.
By Paul Millar

Jul 12, 2019 • 8 min read
Cambodian music

Music of the spirits

For millennia, Cambodia's pleng arak musicians have summoned up the Kingdom's countless spirits through their songs. But with more and more Cambodians turning to doctors instead of deities, will the country's sacred spirit musicians fall silent?
By Emily Howe

Jul 09, 2019 • 8 min read
Khmer Rouge

The revolution will be televised

From our print archive: Movie producer and real estate mogul Oum Prum looks back at his past life as a filmmaker for the Khmer Rouge regime
By Marc Eberle

Jul 08, 2019 • 2 min read
Editorial

Time marches on.

This week we’re looking at the dangers facing Thai dissidents in exile, Cambodia’s dying spirit music tradition, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s succession plans and more.
By Paul Millar

Jul 05, 2019 • 10 min read
New media

Creative destruction

We sit down with some of the leading lights of Southeast Asia's media startup scene to talk about the way forward for the region's press
By Thomas Brent

Jul 03, 2019 • 14 min read
Endangered wildlife trade

Hunting the hunters

From our print archive: A few unsung heroes try to stem a trade that begins in the forests of Asia and then spans the restaurants and pet shops of the world
By Ben Davies

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE