Search results for "Cambodia"

Dec 18, 2020 • 5 min read
Opinion

Putting migrant workers at the heart of Covid-19 recovery

To mark International Migrants Day, Kristin Parco, Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration in Cambodia, and Graeme Buckley of the International Labour Organization highlight the vital role migrant workers play in Cambodia and worldwide
By Kristin Parco and Graeme Buckley

Dec 16, 2020 • 7 min read
Opinion

Corruption should be the issue that binds Thailand together

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
By Mark S. Cogan

Dec 14, 2020 • 7 min read
History

[Photos] Ancient Angkor as seen through the decades

On December 14, 1992 – after miraculously surviving decades of war, strife and looting – Angkor Wat was officially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, we've scoured through the pictorial archives to uncover some of ancient monument's more iconic moments
By Dani Gill

Dec 12, 2020 • 3 min read
Editorial

One year with Covid-19

It may be too early to hope, but a wave of promising new vaccines could have us all breathing easier before long
By Andrew Haffner

Dec 10, 2020 • 4 min read
Opinion

Recover better: Stand up for human rights

On International Human Rights Day 2020, global celebrations are focusing on ensuring that all efforts to rebuild after the pandemic have human rights at their core. In Cambodia, the United Nations is calling for young people to be placed at the heart of that
By Pauline Tamesis

Dec 08, 2020 • 9 min read
Covid-19

[Photos] Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: A year in pictures

Exactly one year on from the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Wuhan, it goes without saying that 2020 has been a year unlike any other. In a series of photos, the Globe revisits some of the key moments from this year in Southeast Asia, as the virus turned lives and livelihoods upside down
By Alexi Demetriadi

Dec 03, 2020 • 12 min read
Natural resources

A Kingdom of sand

Much of Cambodia's rapid economic growth in recent decades can be attributed to one substance: sand. Homes are built with it, islands created and wetlands filled. But while it's being extracted en masse from the Kingdom's rivers, environmental considerations in the shadowy industry are hard to come by
By Andrew Haffner

Nov 28, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Search for the truth

Almost six months after Thai activist Wanchalerm Satsaksit disappeared off a Phnom Penh street in a seeming daylight abduction, his sister, Sitanun, is in Cambodia searching for the truth
By Andrew Haffner

Nov 21, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Identity through art

This week we delve into the world of art and culture, raising the curtain with Mandalay-based socially-conscious performing arts school Inwa, teaching progressive values to rural youth in Myanmar. We then explore themes of identity and belonging with Lao American author Bryan Woah Thao Worra, publishing four selected poems from his recently-released new book, ‘Before We Remember We Dream’
By Alastair McCready

Nov 14, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Waiting for Biden

While the US election result remains officially undeclared, the Democrats look to have won the race. Since 2016, the Trump administration's stance towards Southeast Asia has been erratic at best – what could the next four years look like under Biden?
By Andrew Haffner