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STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 13, 2019 • 11 min read

Cambodia construction Building a Kingdom

By Paul Millar • Sep 13, 2019
Buried amid the noise of Cambodia’s real estate boom, the Kingdom’s construction workers are still struggling for access to a steady wage and basic social protections

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 12, 2019 • 14 min read

Counterfeit goods Bad medicine

By Andrew Haffner • Sep 12, 2019
Fake medicine remains a scourge in Southeast Asia despite years of widespread coverage of the issue and promised government crackdowns

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 11, 2019 • 14 min read

Australia and ASEAN Drawing a line

By Simon Roughneen • Sep 11, 2019
Australia’s attempts to move closer to Southeast Asia have met with limited success so far, but are likely to become more urgent as the China-US rivalry intensifies

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 10, 2019 • 6 min read

Laotian tribes Coffin nails

By León García Mortensen • Sep 10, 2019
If a smoker’s heaven exists it may be something like the Bolaven plateau, where you get your first smoke – and your first coffin – before you can walk

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Sep 09, 2019 • 9 min read
Urban planning

A capital idea

With Jakarta steadily sinking, President Joko Widodo has announced that a new capital will be built on the island of Borneo. So how will the new city be different?
By Kate Walton • Sep 09, 2019

Sep 06, 2019 • 14 min read
Agent Orange

Agents of death

Almost five decades since the US sprayed Agent Orange on Vietnam, lives are still being ruined by the herbicide – and German company Bayer, which acquired original manufacturer Monsanto, may now be forced to pay its own price for reckless herbicide use
By James Springer • Sep 06, 2019

Sep 05, 2019 • 6 min read
Singapore politics

A familiar foe

Staring down a challenge by the popular opposition figure Tan Cheng Bock, Singapore’s ruling party may be a victim of its own high standards
By Michael Barr • Sep 05, 2019

Sep 04, 2019 • 12 min read
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 • Sep 04, 2019

Sep 03, 2019 • 8 min read
Cambodia's Media

History’s first draft

From our print archive. Two years ago, authorities forced the closure of The Cambodia Daily, dealing a blow to the country's press freedom. But a decade before there were hopes that a relatively-free press could see the country become a Southeast Asian publishing hub
By Craig Guthrie • Sep 03, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Sep 02, 2019 • 9 min read
Thai sex work

Rough trade

After years of turning a blind eye to the nation’s sex trade, Thai authorities are beginning to crack down. But advocates within the industry are calling for the government to decriminalise their work instead
By Caleb Quinley • Sep 02, 2019

Aug 30, 2019 • 15 min read
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 • Aug 30, 2019

Aug 29, 2019 • 17 min read
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 • Aug 29, 2019