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Twenty years after Pol Pot died a broken man, his memory looms large

Publication date 13 April 2018 | 06:23 | ICT

Two decades have passed, but Mea Chron still stands by Pol Pot. Most days he also stands by the mass murderer’s cremation site, keeping guard in the Khmer Rouge’s last stronghold of Anlong Veng.

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The river tern protectors: As endangered bird’s population increases, experts say gains still fragile

Publication date 06 April 2018 | 06:58 | ICT

In a spare wooden shelter just metres from the Mekong, Meak Phoeurn smiled, creases stretching from his eyes, and began to croon: “Oh my dear, look at the birds happily flying.”
Mekong leaders urged to act

Publication date 05 April 2018 | 06:17 | ICT

The future of the Mekong River – and potentially the food and economic security of Cambodia – is up for discussion this week, with Prime Minister Hun Sen and the leaders of Vietnam, Thailand and Laos expected to make a declaration o
How ancient pottery techniques are getting a reboot in Kampong Chhnang

Publication date 02 April 2018 | 07:42 | ICT

In a little shack in Andong Russey village, at the foot of Phnom Krang Dei Meas mountain, Grandma Moun slaps into shape the round-bottomed clay pot that is the de facto symbol of Kampong Chhnang province.
Report gives voice to mothers deceived by Cambodia’s orphanage racket

Publication date 30 March 2018 | 06:30 | ICT

When, as a new mother in 2001, Kim Bunnath walked into her home after visiting her sick mother in Kampot province, she saw no sign of her baby boy.
Lack of funding for traffic issues puts government’s commitment to road safety in question

Publication date 27 March 2018 | 06:38 | ICT

Cambodia is at risk of failing to reach its road safety goals unless it steps up its funding, experts and NGO representatives say, undermining efforts in recent years to regulate the country’s chaotic traffic.
US funding conditional on Cambodia’s release of political prisoners, reinstatement of CNRP

Publication date 23 March 2018 | 17:24 | ICT

The United States has passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill that looks to cut funding for Cambodia unless the country releases all political prisoners and reinstates the opposition CNRP. The provisions in the bill on Cambodia call for US programs to counter the influence of China – whose ever-
As logging changes Mondulkiri, ethnic Phnong are reaping only meagre gains from major loss

Publication date 23 March 2018 | 08:42 | ICT

They arrive in a cloud of exhaust, tyres slick with mud from yesterday’s rain. In front of an abandoned police checkpoint, deep in the jungle near the Vietnamese border, six men in their teens and 20s light cigarettes and take swigs of water as they look over their motorbikes.
Peeling back layers of prehistory in Battambang

Publication date 16 March 2018 | 09:20 | ICT

When the man passed away, he had not yet reached 50.
Putting a price on gender parity: Cambodia’s women face growing pay gap, limits on opportunities

Publication date 09 March 2018 | 11:03 | ICT

Sok Phalla, her hair in a high plait, sipped sugarcane juice on the street shortly after seeing the prime minister speak on Wednesday. Her pregnant belly swelled under a grey and pink floral dress – she’s due to give birth to her second child, a baby boy, before the month is out.
Analysis: The government has announced plans to cover workers’ severance, but is it the best solution to factory disputes?

Publication date 28 February 2018 | 07:08 | ICT

The government will begin to pay out of pocket for severance wages for labourers at abruptly shuttered factories whose owners have fled, effectively enacting a pro-worker policy without further burdening private businesses – albeit

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Twenty years after Pol Pot died a broken man, his memory looms large

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The river tern protectors: As endangered bird’s population increases, experts say gains still fragile

Mekong leaders urged to act

How ancient pottery techniques are getting a reboot in Kampong Chhnang

Report gives voice to mothers deceived by Cambodia’s orphanage racket

Lack of funding for traffic issues puts government’s commitment to road safety in question

US funding conditional on Cambodia’s release of political prisoners, reinstatement of CNRP

As logging changes Mondulkiri, ethnic Phnong are reaping only meagre gains from major loss

Peeling back layers of prehistory in Battambang

Putting a price on gender parity: Cambodia’s women face growing pay gap, limits on opportunities

Analysis: The government has announced plans to cover workers’ severance, but is it the best solution to factory disputes?