cambodia



STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 27, 2021 • 8 min read

Covid-19 Has Cambodia been given enough credit for its Covid-19 response?

By Alastair McCready • Jan 27, 2021
While Cambodia is among the world's least impacted nations health-wise by the pandemic, common perception is that this is more by luck than design. But new data, along with epidemiologist Michael Kinzer, suggest there's more behind this success than meets the eye

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 25, 2021 • 4 min read

History [Photos] Bird’s-eye view: Aerial photos of 1953 Indochina

By Alastair McCready • Jan 25, 2021
Post-WWI, aerial photography became central to French rule over Indochina as the colonial administration charted remote corners of the region. Here, images taken by a French air force pilot show the empire's dying days, providing a bird’s-eye view of Cambodia and Vietnam

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 22, 2021 • 8 min read

Covid-19 Building back better: Cambodia’s post-Covid-19 education system

By Nick Beresford and Khoun Theara • Jan 22, 2021
With the pandemic closing Cambodian schools throughout much of last year, exposing many of the system's long-standing weaknesses, now is a good opportunity to rebuild a more resilient and inclusive education system in the Kingdom says UNDP Cambodia

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 15, 2021 • 8 min read

Analysis The hidden cost: Are Cambodia’s carbon credits really clean and green?

By Dr Sarah Milne • Jan 15, 2021
As global corporations, looking to offset their own emissions, pour money into eco-friendly projects in Cambodia as part of the carbon credits scheme, lurking beneath this seemingly positive initiative is corruption, rights abuses and violence says Dr Sarah Milne

Jan 14, 2021 • 10 min read
Sustainability

Heralded as the future of food, but are bugs all buzz and no bite?

A staple food for billions, recent years have also seen insects marketed as an environmentally friendly and nutrient-rich protein source to wealthier consumers. But as bug-based products hit supermarket shelves, do they hold the potential to become a mainstay in Western diets?
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 14, 2021

Jan 14, 2021 • 3 min read
Democracy

Cambodia resumes mass trial of opposition figures

A mass trial has resumed in Cambodia against more than 100 opposition members and activists charged with conspiracy to commit treason related to self-exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy's failed plan return to the country in 2019
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 14, 2021

Jan 12, 2021 • 8 min read
Human rights

‘On a huge scale in Cambodia’: Director talks slave labour in Thai fisheries

While many of the industry's worst excesses have been cleaned up in recent years, bondage labour persists aboard Southeast Asia's fishing vessels. Following the reemergence of his film Buoyancy, director Rodd Rathjen talks about the conditions he witnessed in Thailand's infamous fisheries
By Stew Post • Jan 12, 2021

Jan 07, 2021 • 11 min read
Cambodia-Vietnam relations

Is anti-Vietnamese sentiment on the decline in Cambodia?

Long-regarded as invaders and colonisers in the national narrative, the historically potent enmity shown by many Cambodians towards the Vietnamese is on the wane as the Kingdom's political and economic landscape dramatically shifts
By Alastair McCready • Jan 07, 2021

Jan 05, 2021 • 4 min read
Political freedom

‘Be a leader’: Sochua calls on king to intervene to ensure her return

With a revoked Cambodian passport in hand and a ruling party intent on blocking her return, Cambodian National Rescue Party deputy leader Mu Sochua has called on King Sihamoni to 'be courageous' and ensure her right to a fair trial
By Alastair McCready • Jan 05, 2021

Dec 28, 2020 • 7 min read
Opinion

Were human relationships with elephants ever glorious?

While many still invoke romanticised notions of the human-elephant relationship throughout the centuries, today interactions are defined by captive elephant tourism. Sonakshi Srivastava asks, is it still appropriate to use history to justify this industry today?
By Sonakshi Srivastava • Dec 28, 2020

Dec 25, 2020 • 10 min read

Who should train the next generation of Cambodian workers?

Cambodian workers have long suffered from a lack of education and training. While historically the public and private sectors have placed responsibility for producing a quality workforce on one other, as the skills gap widens, cooperation on the issue is growing
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 25, 2020