Search results for "Cambodia"

Jul 08, 2020 • 2 min read
Animal rights

Cambodia’s tourist hotspot Siem Reap bans dog meat trade

The Cambodian tourist town of Siem Reap banned the dog meat trade on July 7, a victory for animal rights campaigners who describe the area as the "lynchpin" of an industry that slaughters millions of creatures each year
By Agence France-Presse

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

Jun 22, 2020 • 7 min read
Cambodia

A year since Sihanoukville collapse, has Cambodia reformed its building sector?

Cambodia has enacted a sweeping new legal approach to construction since the deadly Sihanoukville building collapse that killed 28 workers and their family members. But with legislation in hand, has anything changed for the labourers building the Kingdom a year on?
By Andrew Haffner

Jun 12, 2020 • 7 min read
Human rights

In the furnace: Why is Cambodia’s brick kiln child labour persisting?

Last year, the Cambodian government set out to put a permanent end to child labour in the country’s brick kilns by 2020. But as the problem persists, experts believe the remedy will have to tackle the systemic issues causing children to head to the furnaces
By Alexi Demetriadi

Jun 12, 2020 • 3 min read
Human rights

Child Labour Index: Cambodia highest risk in region for underage workers

Consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft has ranked Cambodia 28th in the world and the highest risk in Southeast Asia for the use of child labour in its 2020 index. The Southeast Asia region as a whole faired poorly, with seven countries deemed at 'extreme' or 'high' risk
By Alexi Demetriadi and Alastair McCready

Jun 09, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai dissidents

Cambodia to probe Thai democracy activist’s alleged disappearance

Cambodian police have said they will investigate the alleged abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a critic of the ex-general Prayut Chan-O-Cha's Thai government, who witnesses say was dragged into a black car in Phnom Penh on June 4
By Agence France-Presse

Jun 05, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai dissidents

Cambodian police refuse probe into Thai activist ‘disappearance’

Human Rights Watch reported on June 5 that self-exiled Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit was snatched off the street in Phnom Penh the day before. Cambodian police have ruled out a probe into his alleged disappearance
By Agence France-Presse

May 25, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

A Cambodian student’s account of the virus emerging in Wuhan

Like many, Cambodian student Soun Phannaroat didn't think much of December reports of a new virus spreading in Wuhan, the city in which she was studying. But as the weeks ticked on, the gravity of the situation became apparent, and she knew she needed to leave
By Soun Phannaroat

May 21, 2020 • 9 min read
Opinion

‘Cambodia’s agricultural sector is in dire need of revitalisation’

With the stalwarts of the Cambodian economy, tourism and garments, set to be decimated by the economic downturn, Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on agriculture to step in and pick up the slack. A badly neglected sector struggling to survive with outdated methods, technology and extreme weather events, how can this be done?
By Nith Kosal