cambodia



STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 21, 2019 • 8 min read

Special educational needs Invisible children

By Claire Baker-Munton • Mar 21, 2019
Children with difficulties or disabilities have long been overlooked or excluded from Cambodia’s education system – that could change with the opening of the country’s first school dedicated to their learning

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 02, 2019 • 10 min read

Whatever happened to Cambodia’s Dragon City?

By Robin Spiess • Mar 02, 2019
Nine years ago, Cambodia’s Land Ministry proposed a new, high-tech capital called “Dragon City” on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Nearly a decade later, the $80 billion development has yet to break ground – but the visionary behind the ambitious project is hoping that changing the Kingdom’s strict foreign ownership laws may tempt Chinese investors back to the bargaining table

Feb 15, 2019 • 6 min read
Behind the buzz

The Cambodia-based tech company test-driving the world’s drones

Aniwaa has become the world’s largest emerging tech comparison engine. And with commercial and personal demand for drones taking off in Southeast Asia, the start-up has decided to put the world’s leading unmanned aerial vehicles to the test
By Robin Spiess • Feb 15, 2019

Feb 05, 2019 • 9 min read
Khmer Rouge legacy

Face-to-face with tragedy

Mapping Memories Cambodia aims to document the impact of the genocidal regime by putting survivors’ stories in the palm of your hand
By Robin Spiess • Feb 05, 2019

Feb 01, 2019 • 4 min read
Brexit fallout

Heavy impact far away

A report outlines the effects that the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union could have on Cambodia and other countries in Southeast Asia
By Robin Spiess, Thomas Brent • Feb 01, 2019

Jan 30, 2019 • 6 min read
'Angkor should inspire, not stop us'

Cambodia's top contemporary artists hope to break new ground

In Siem Reap, the newly opened Treeline Urban Resort has built into its foundation an open-air gallery where contemporary Cambodian artists can display their works on rotation, contributing their pieces to one of the four themed exhibits each year. At the recent launch of the resort’s inaugural exhibit, called Face Forward, the first artists to display at the Treeline gathered to discuss their work, the challenges they’ve overcome and the future of contemporary art in the Kingdom
By Robin Spiess • Jan 30, 2019

Jan 24, 2019 • 8 min read
Illegal ivory trade

A mammoth task

Cambodia is playing a growing role in the international illegal ivory trade
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jan 24, 2019