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Editorial

Saving Vietnam’s biodiversity and setting sail with Cambodia’s literary pirates

This week, we spoke with Myanmar anti-coup protestors from the country’s ethnic minority groups, detailed the rough relationship between the Thai press and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha (a former junta boss himself) and got a look at the “world’s saddest zoo”
By Andrew Haffner

Publishing

Once a necessity, book piracy today holds Cambodian literature back

Book piracy was an essential act in the post-Khmer Rouge years, providing affordable literature to the masses. But today, lost revenue as a result of illegal counterfeiting is holding Cambodia back from developing a flourishing publishing scene of its own
By Kiana Duncan

Opinion

Cambodia will lose its fight against deforestation if change isn’t made

The US Embassy released a statement last week stating its deep concern over the continued destruction of Cambodia's forests and woodlands, but Future Forum researcher Nith Kosal says little will change without a major overhaul of the current approach
By Nith Kosal

Editorial

Bunkering down for Cambodia’s worst Covid-19 outbreak

Plus, going deep on Myanmar’s new, would-be civilian government, investigating the push to legalise Thailand’s underground gambling industry and ringing in International Women’s Day
By Andrew Haffner

International Women's Day

Investing in Cambodia’s women: Providing opportunities, not charity

While images of poverty-stricken women dominate much of the fundraising materials for charities, SHE Investments Managing Director Celia Boyd argues that more is needed than just the exchange of funds, with women's empowerment the ultimate goal
By Celia Boyd

Editorial

The redemption of Cambodia’s child sex tourism town

This week, in a first ever for the Globe, we produced a story decided by you, our readers. We put several ideas to our paying members back in January, and you decided that you’d like to know more about Cambodia’s former child sex tourism village, Svay Pak. Andrew and Allegra spent the past month visiting Svay Pak, learning how it’s been transformed from a den of abject suffering to a tight-knit community today
By Andrew Haffner

Child exploitation

This reformed village shows Cambodia’s evolution in child sex exploitation

Once the centre of child sex tourism in Cambodia, today Svay Pak is a drastically changed community due to efforts by authorities and NGOs in recent decades. But the industry, today eradicated from street corners, has adapted to the digital age
By Andrew Haffner and Allegra Mendelson

History

Photography book remembers Cambodian refugee resettlement in Chicago

Photographer Stuart Isett spent three years photographing Chicago's small Cambodian community in the early 90s. Thirty years later, his photos are resurfacing in a new book drawing attention back to a little-remembered generation of Cambodian-Americans in the US
By Kiana Duncan

Identity

An exploration of food and identity among the Cambodian American diaspora

Food is an essential part of life. The food that we eat, the food that we crave, and the food that we choose to put into our bodies play a deep role into our identity and how we see ourselves
By Cambodian American Literary Arts Association

Migration

For Cambodian workers, obscure new border crossing makes for uncertain journey home

As high numbers of Cambodian migrant workers repatriate due to Thailand's Covid-hit economy, many are grappling with brokers and fears of detention as they are redirected from well-known Poipet to an obscure, military-controlled crossing in rural Banteay Meanchey
By Allegra Mendelson

Bridging the urban-rural education gap in Cambodia’s schools

Rapid economic growth over the last ten years has driven steady improvements in Cambodia’s education system, but inequality in terms of resources and training between the Kingdom's urban and rural schools threatens to undermine millions of students' learning
By Stew Post