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Climate strikes

Striking out

Across the world, teenagers are striking to protest the climate crisis. We look at why the region's own stand against the fossil fuel industry is so important
By Andrew Haffner

Poverty in Cambodia

Houses divided

Single-income families must endure a precarious dependence, with penury, divorce and emigration looming when things go wrong for a breadwinner
By Veng Sonita

Counterfeit goods

Bad medicine

Fake medicine remains a scourge in Southeast Asia despite years of widespread coverage of the issue and promised government crackdowns
By Andrew Haffner

Animal welfare

Out of the woods

For over a century, elephants were Southeast Asia’s workhorses, used to pull logs razed from their forest homes. But what happens to those elephants when the logging stops?
By Claire Baker-Munton

Drought in Cambodia

When the river runs dry

Every year, Cambodia's Tonle Sap river changes course to fill up the nation's largest lake, bringing life back to the Kingdom. This year, it's running late
By Evie Breese, with additional reporting by Veng Sonita

Indigenous rights

Uprooted

Landgrabs, deforestation and an increasingly-globalised Khmer culture are encroaching deep into the lands and lore of Cambodia's indigenous Bunong people
By Tabitha Payne

Agriculture

Death in a bottle

Illegally imported pesticides can be fatal for farmers in Cambodia and across the region. And without proper training and protection, these toxins may continue to work their way into the food we eat every day
By Andrew Haffner

Waste pickers

A brief history of Cambodia’s plastic crisis

Cambodia’s plastic waste is kept in balance thanks to an army of waste pickers, who represent the only functioning infrastructure. We look back at how plastic conquered the Kingdom
By Kathrin Eitel

Shan State

Rebels with a cause

From our print archive: For almost half a century the Shan have been fighting a torrid battle for their independence and culture
By Antonio Graceffo

SCIA

The Culture and Impact of Doing Good

When it comes to social responsibility, the heart matters. How does SCIA incorporate and cultivate social responsibility in the academy?
By Singapore Cambodia International Academy

Microfinance institutions

Left with nothing

With the backing of the world’s development agencies, Cambodia’s microfinance institutions stand accused of driving the nation’s most vulnerable ever deeper into debt – forcing them to sell off their land when the time comes to collect
By Paul Millar and Veng Sonita

Khmer Rouge

The dogs saw ghosts

With the death on August 4 of Khmer Rouge No.2 Nuon Chea, we look back at the bravery of Van Chhuon, a man who defied the brutal regime to save his neighbours' lives
By Dave Walker and Sonny Chhount