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May 31, 2021 • 9 min read
Covid-19

In Cambodia, Siem Reap airport feels the full force of tourism downturn

As flights to Siem Reap airport dropped to an unprecedented zero last month, workers at the once-bustling entry point are facing reduced pay and layoffs. Like their tourism counterparts across the struggling city, many make ends meet with loans and ad hoc work
By Kiana Duncan

May 31, 2021 • 9 min read
Cambodian Eats

What we learned from nature: a reflection of Cambodian Eats!

Cambodian food alone has a lot of stories. Let’s hear what these three young journalists have to say about their traineeship in Cambodian Eats! to report on the connection between Cambodia’s natural resources and the environment, highlighting their relationship to local cultures and cuisines
By Nasa Dip, Som Dara and Ro Kimlong

May 27, 2021 • 10 min read
Sport

Meet Vietnam’s bobsledders, the country’s most unlikely sports team

Nguyễn Dân An has in recent years led a disparate collection of Vietnamese athletes for the country’s first bobsled team. Winning their first medals this year, the team has its sights set on the unlikely goal of becoming Vietnam's first representatives at the Winter Olympics
By Govi Snell

May 27, 2021 • 14 min read
Conservation

‘Drastic forest development’: Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees – but how?

After a string of deadly typhoons in late 2020, Vietnam’s prime minister called for the country to plant 1 billion trees nationwide by 2025 to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding. But so far, the government has not released specifics on what species will be planted, where, by whom, or the cost
By Michael Tatarski

May 22, 2021 • 3 min read
Editorial

Thai gastrodiplomacy and visions of Phnom Penh

This week we also covered the trust issues complicating Myanmar’s proposed civilian-led federal army and May’s dark history in Thailand
By Andrew Haffner

May 20, 2021 • 8 min read
Opinion

‘Phnom Penh should be a city designed for humans, not cars’

Phnom Penh is at a development crossroads – not yet carved up by major expressways, but with the potential to move in that direction. Future Forum researcher Aronsakda Ses urges authorities to stop and consider a more human-focused urban plan, before it's too late
By Ses Aronsakda

May 19, 2021 • 10 min read
Myanmar coup

Shan EAOs crucial to a federal army, but distrust and disunity reign

With continued talk of a federal army within Myanmar’s anti-coup opposition, ethnic armed organisations in Shan state, among the country's most powerful and potentially vital to a successful resistance force, are held back by mistrust of the unity government and one another
By Allegra Mendelson

May 17, 2021 • 2 min read
Business

Indonesian unicorns to merge, creating tech giant

Two of Indonesia's most successful start-ups, ride-hailing giant Gojek and e-commerce firm Tokopedia, are to merge, the companies announced on May 17, creating the largest tech firm in the world's fourth most populous country
By Agence France-Presse

May 13, 2021 • 13 min read
Poetry

‘There are many ways to be Cambodian’: The poetry of Chath pierSath

Longing for lost childhoods and lost relatives, snatched away by war and conflict; inequality in Cambodia and the great urban-rural divide. These are just some of the themes explored by Cambodian-American author and artist Chath pierSath in his latest collection of poetry
By Chath pierSath

May 11, 2021 • 11 min read
History

‘I did not believe Angkar’: Soc Sinan’s story of Khmer Rouge defiance

When the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, they soon instructed citizens to vacate the capital. As streams of people began leaving on foot, Soc Sinan stayed in her apartment, where she would be discovered by communist soldiers three days later
By Jim Laurie

May 07, 2021 • 7 min read
Poverty

The groups plugging holes in Singapore’s social safety net

In a state where the government has a heavy hand, people are pushing beyond traditional notions of welfare, with community-organised groups emerging in the name of mutual aid to reach out to the people left behind by the city-state’s rapid growth
By Charmaine Sew