Search results for "Cambodia"

Editorial

Sea eagles and tigers, pandemic teaching, Cambodian opposition

World Wildlife Day puts a spotlight on national animals, educators impart distance learning insights, two contrasting dissidents consider their next steps
By Fiona Kelliher

Activism

Cambodian opposition figures take distinct resistance paths

A pair of activists offer differing visions of reform and disruption while sharing a goal to change the Kingdom’s political future
By Jack Brook and Fiona Kelliher

Analysis

When it comes to Cambodia, Japan is playing the long game

Cambodia is left with two major election backers: Japan and China. Both countries view the Kingdom as a source of natural resources and market for export, but while Japan lags behind China in investment and access into the Kingdom, it has a broader strategy
By Mark S. Cogan

National Animals

Cambodia: Kouprey

The elusive wild cattle is critically endangered, shrouded in mystery and causing controversy with the most recent news of its existence
By Anton L. Delgado

Wildlife trade

Small monkeys are big business in Cambodia’s animal trade

Captive breeding farms fuel an international market for long-tailed macaques while bloggers profit from online monkey content
By Anton L. Delgado

European Film Festival

For the first time in eight years, the European Film Festival is back in Cambodia!

Tihamér CZIKA, Deputy Head of Mission of the EU Delegation to Cambodia, gives some insight to an exciting week of cinema, screening films for free from 22 countries across Europe
By Chia Chi Hsu

Internet

Cambodia’s internet gateway debut leaves analysts in the dark

Analysts and critics seek answers as the government provides limited details about the planned online surveillance system
By Fiona Kelliher

Social enterprise

Putting Cambodians in charge saved a NGO

A Siem Reap organisation survived by overhauling the expat leadership and rebranding but remaining committed to youth job training
By Jack Brook

Human Rights

Watchdog says Cambodia public sector compromised by corruption

Singapore’s higher salaries and enforcement culture result in elevated rank on annual corruption index
By Fiona Kelliher

International relations

Cambodia may be Myanmar’s ASEAN saboteur

The Kingdom’s 2022 chair of the regional group offers chances for fresh engagement or continued discord over the military junta
By Drake Long

Corruption

Cambodian whistleblowers are exposing corruption and exposed to persecution

Whistleblowers who raise alarms about misconduct and crime can become targets without strong legal protection
By Jack Brook

Editorial

Cambodia’s union crackdown, mysterious muntjacs and Malaysia’s Jewish heritage

Phnom Penh's NagaWorld casino employees enduring strike, rare large-antlered muntjac images and a Malaysian graphic novel about a forgotten Jewish community
By Jack Brook