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STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 06, 2019 • 9 min read

Khmer Rouge The dogs saw ghosts

By Dave Walker and Sonny Chhount • Aug 06, 2019
With the death on August 4 of Khmer Rouge No.2 Nuon Chea, we look back at the bravery of Van Chhuon, a man who defied the brutal regime to save his neighbours' lives

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STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 05, 2019 • 11 min read

Regional development Free from darkness

By Simon Roughneen • Aug 05, 2019
Last year, the fishing village of Kwangko in Indonesia’s remote east was finally connected to the national electricity supply. But to close the gap between east and west, the nation’s infrastructure has miles to go

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 02, 2019 • 14 min read

Khmer Rouge Love in the time of genocide

By Tabitha Payne • Aug 02, 2019
Three transgender men living in secret under the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime share their stories of love, loss and betrayal

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 01, 2019 • 6 min read

Analysis Tired of winning

By Nguyen Khac Giang • Aug 01, 2019
Vietnam has emerged as a key winner of Trump's trade war. But a wrong move could see the nation earning nothing but enemies in its triumph

Jul 31, 2019 • 3 min read
Editorial

Think again.

This week we’re looking at practical solutions to the plastic crisis, the winner of Trump's trade war and life for trans Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge
By Paul Millar • Jul 31, 2019

Jul 31, 2019 • 13 min read
Plastic waste

Road to redemption

Dow Chemical is infamous for the devastating Agent Orange unleashed on civilians during the Vietnam War. Now, the company is putting plastic scrap to work paving new roads for the nation
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 31, 2019

Jul 30, 2019 • 15 min read
Waste to energy

Money to burn

Limiting global heating means leaving fossil fuels in the ground. But the growing practice of breaking down and burning up the world's plastic waste for its energy potential is challenging this idea
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 30, 2019

Jul 29, 2019 • 7 min read
Mental illness

Walking above the Earth

As in many emerging societies, being mentally ill in Cambodia has often meant a life of rejection, isolation and gruelling psychological decline
By Stefan V. Jensen • Jul 29, 2019

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Jul 27, 2019 • 3 min read
Editorial

Out of reach.

This week we’re looking at Cambodia’s urgent need for aged care, how social media entered the fight against HIV and why the region’s governments are struggling to raise the revenue they need.
By Paul Millar • Jul 27, 2019

Jul 26, 2019 • 13 min read
Aged care

The lost generation

Jobs are scarce in rural Cambodia, forcing hundreds of thousands of young parents to emigrate – and leave their young children in the hands of hard-pressed grandparents who get little help from the government
By Thomas Brent • Jul 26, 2019

Jul 25, 2019 • 10 min read
Infrastructure funding

No tax, no spend

Southeast Asia’s governments have some of the world’s smallest tax takes, leaving the region struggling to pay for infrastructure and budget for health and education
By Simon Roughneen • Jul 25, 2019

Jul 24, 2019 • 9 min read
Plastic waste imports

Waste not, want not

The discovery of 1,600 tonnes of illegal plastic waste in a Cambodian port is just the latest example of wealthy nations heaping their trash on countries ill-equipped to handle it
By Paul Millar • Jul 24, 2019