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STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 18, 2023 • 1 min read

អត្ថបទរាយការណ៏លម្អិត ប្រឈមជាមួយនឹងការអភិវឌ្ឍ ហ្វូងដំរីចុងក្រោយរបស់វៀតណាមខិតទៅរកភាពគ្រោះថ្នាក់

By Govi Snell & Anton L. Delgado • Jul 18, 2023
សម្រាប់ហ្វូងសត្វដំរីព្រៃ ក្នុងប្រទេសវៀតណាម ភាពតានតឹងជាមួយកសិករ កំពុងបន្តធ្វើឱ្យកាន់តែធ្ងន់ធ្ងរឡើង នូវការគំរាមកំហែងដែលកំពុងតែមានស្រាប់ ដែលជាស្ថានភាពនៅទូទាំងអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 14, 2023 • 12 min read

Long-form ‘Riot Island’: The brutal arc of Singapore’s prison experiment

By Amanda Oon • Jul 14, 2023
Established in the last years of colonial Singapore, Pulau Senang was supposed to be a different, more progressive kind of prison. Six decades after the island collapsed into nightmarish conditions, a recent documentary has pulled its story back into the city-state’s public memory

Jun 22, 2023 • 7 min read
Conservation

From the depths, a glimmer of hope for giant Mekong stingrays

A year after an endangered, record-breaking ray was captured in Cambodia and tagged with a tracker, new data from the world’s largest freshwater fish gives clues to its precarious survival
By Anton L. Delgado • Jun 22, 2023

May 22, 2023 • 7 min read
Conservation

As Laos develops, can it make space for wild elephants?

Once known as the ‘land of a million elephants’, the country is struggling with species conservation as its forests shrink. The iconic species now runs the risk of surviving as only a tourist attraction
By Anton L. Delgado and Beatrice Siviero • May 22, 2023

May 16, 2023 • 1 min read
ការជួញដូរសត្វព្រៃ

ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ពីបទ​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ​ ក្នុង​កសិដ្ឋាន​សត្វ​ស្វា​នៅ​កម្ពុជា បន្សល់នូវដាន​ជួញ​ដូរ​សត្វ​ព្រៃ​ជា​សកល

កសិដ្ឋានស្វាធំជាងគេនៅកម្ពុជា បំពេញតម្រូវការសំណាកសត្វស្វា និងសត្វរស់ជាច្រើនឆ្នាំ មុនពេលត្រូវបានចោទប្រកាន់ពីបទជួញដូរសត្វព្រៃ
By Anton L. Delgado • May 16, 2023

May 10, 2023 • 11 min read
Development

Historic Luang Prabang braces for change

As tourists flock to the Laos destination on the banks of the Mekong River, locals worry the town’s essence is at risk due to overcrowding and upstream damming
By Beatrice Siviero and Anton L. Delgado • May 10, 2023

Apr 24, 2023 • 8 min read
Death penalty

Activists scrutinise Singapore’s rights record as first 2023 execution looms

As other countries move towards abolition of the death penalty, the city-state announces its first execution of the year. The case of Tangaraju Suppiah is one campaigners say is full of holes and questions over the country's harsh capital punishment laws
By Amanda Oon • Apr 24, 2023