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Leadership

The changing face of Cambodian leadership

The Kingdom’s future is in the hands of women and young people seeking opportunities amid longstanding obstacles to advancement and empowerment
By Nasa Dip

Editorial

False claim of Hun Sen’s dual citizenship may change Cambodia’s constitution

The UK-based Guardian newspaper retracted a claim stating Hun Sen had purchased Cypriot citizenship, but the Cambodian prime minister remains on the defensive and is calling for a Constitutional amendment to bar anyone with dual citizenship from holding high political office
By Jack Brook

Editorial

Hanoi hosts Laos and Cambodia, regional Chinese debts underreported

Vietnam attempted to strengthen alliances with Laos and Cambodia, while a new AidData report reveals the extent of Chinese debt to SEA
By Jack Brook

Opinion

Cambodia should embrace world’s renewable energy goals

As more countries set lower carbon emissions goals, Cambodia should follow its neighbouring countries away from fossil fuels, or risk losing business opportunities
By Peter Ford

Disinformation

What this failed fact checking scheme revealed about ‘truth’ in Cambodia

In late-July, the US-funded CambodiaCheck project would be launched to counter misinformation surrounding the Kingdom. Less than a month later, the fact checking initiative would be cut short, standing accused of spreading the very thing it set out to counter
By Alastair McCready

Film

Camera in hand, Cambodia’s indigenous youth record cultures under threat

In the Kingdom, most stories are told in Khmer. But the Bophana Centre’s filmmaking programme is training indigenous youth in northeastern Cambodia to document their communities and languages that risk being subsumed by the dominant national culture
By Jack Brook

Covid-19

Fears over long-term impact as school closures in Cambodia stretch on

Cambodian schools have been closed for more than 200 days since the onset of Covid-19. Already struggling to engage thousands of young learners pre-pandemic, this extended break has only worsened the situation, with the long-term effects on a generation of students yet to be seen
By Christine Redmond

Analysis

Cambodia risks becoming a hub in the Mekong region’s thriving drug trade

Uncertainty and turmoil in the Golden Triangle, Southeast Asia's long-time narcotics hub, means syndicates are casting an eye across the Mekong for next steps. With soaring meth seizures, Cambodia is showing signs of becoming central to the region's drug trade
By John Wojcik

Transparency International Cambodia

POWERED BY Transparency International Cambodia Corruption remains one of the most pressing issues confronting Cambodia today: it weakens the country’s governance system, undermines rule of law, decelerates private sector development, and hinders people’s fair and equal access to social and economic growth. While Cambodia…
By Chia Chi Hsu

Editorial

The future of Cambodia’s energy

This week, the Anakut podcast discusses the implications of Cambodia’s increasingly coal-oriented energy policy, while two of our reporters call attention to the dire situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. We’ve also got updates on ASEAN’s new special envoy to Myanmar, a look back at the ethnic riots in Singapore in the 60s and finally a report on the protests and activists pushing for American sanctions against the Tatmadaw
By Jack Brook

Covid-19

Cambodian migrant workers struggle to survive in locked-down Thailand

As Thailand undergoes its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, much of the country has been placed under strict lockdown. For low-wage Cambodian migrant workers in the kingdom, this has meant a lack of food, wages and healthcare, while returning home is no easy feat
By Samphors Sao and Wanpen Pajai