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STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 22, 2020 • 10 min read
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Cambodia 2040 Back to the future

By Alastair McCready • Jan 22, 2020
In the eighth and final instalment of Southeast Asia Globe's collaboration with Future Forum on the Cambodia 2040 project, we sit down with the think-tank's founder Ou Virak to hear his reflections on the series. In the decades to come, does he believe that the Kingdom will successfully address the pressing issues raised?

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 16, 2020 • 8 min read

Tuk-tuks in Southeast Asia It came, it conquered

By Clive Graham-Ranger • Jan 16, 2020
From India to Southeast Asia, Africa to South America, the humble tuk-tuk has shown that three wheels are plenty as its conquered vast swathes of the globe in recent decades

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 15, 2020 • 13 min read
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Cambodia in 2040 Making the grade

By Gerald Flynn • Jan 15, 2020
For the seventh installment of our eight-week series with Future Forum looking at the Kingdom in 2040, we examine the future of learning in Cambodia. With the need for high-quality schooling only going to rise in the coming decades, will the Kingdom’s education system make the grade?

Jan 14, 2020 • 12 min read
Kem Sokha trial

Trick or treason?

After more than two years facing charges of treason, Cambodia's embattled former opposition leader Kem Sokha is set to finally receive his day in court on Wednesday. Southeast Asia Globe spoke with his daughter Monovithya, as well as those who have worked closely with him over the years, to learn about the man behind the politics
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Jan 14, 2020

Jan 10, 2020 • 13 min read
Cambodia's rich and powerful

So you’ve been sanctioned, now what?

Oknha Try Pheap and General Kun Kim were the latest high-profile Cambodians to face the wrath of US sanctions in December. But what does this really mean in practice for the two men, and are targeted sanctions more ethical and effective than punitive trade measures like withdrawing the EU's EBA?
By Gerald Flynn • Jan 10, 2020

Jan 09, 2020 • 14 min read
Extreme weather

High water mark

Top Read: 13 years ago, we asked the question – what might the weather bring us fifty years from now? Back in 2007, Cambodia was witnessing super cyclones one year, drought the next. Today, with extreme weather a yearly reality and the environmental tipping point drawing ever closer, the situation is showing few signs of improvement
By Paul Brisby • Jan 09, 2020

Jan 08, 2020 • 10 min read
Cambodia in 2040

Under the gavel

In the sixth installment of our eight-week collaboration with Future Forum looking at life in the Kingdom in 2040, we delve into law and governance. With poor public service provision, entrenched patronage networks and rampant corruption, does Cambodia have the capacity to reform in order to truly prosper?
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 08, 2020

Jan 07, 2020 • 11 min read
The year ahead

Watch this space

As a new decade dawns, Southeast Asia is a region on the brink of dramatic growth and change. Looking at our four pillars – Power, Money, Life and Earth – Southeast Asia Globe outlines some of the biggest stories, trends and events to watch out for in the region in the coming year
By Alastair McCready • Jan 07, 2020

Jan 02, 2020 • 9 min read
Pornography in Cambodia

Fast forward for sex

Top Read: Back in 2007, pornography's presence in Cambodian society was far more overt and unrestricted than it is today. While in 2020 pornography is largely consigned to the privacy of homes, 13 years ago explicit material was sold on streets of Phnom Penh and public screenings in cafes were a relatively normal sight
By Rory Byrne • Jan 02, 2020

Jan 01, 2020 • 12 min read
Industry 4.0

Get with the times

In the fifth installment of our eight-week series with Future Forum looking at the Kingdom in 2040, we turn to the future of work. In the coming decades, the region's economies will change faster than we’ve ever seen before. Will Cambodia ride that energy or fall behind?
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 01, 2020

Dec 31, 2019 • 9 min read
Community action

Award-winning farming

In late November, Battambang rice farmer Roeum Socheat received international acclaim for his work empowering Raingkesei agricultural community since 2017. Can his model provide hope for farmers across the Kingdom?
By Thim Rachna • Dec 31, 2019