Police investigation over sexual abuse comes as fight for gender equality escalates in the conservative Southeast Asian nation ... ( read original story ...)
Stopping Cambodia’s Reckless Urban Development
State capture has turned the Cambodian government into an agent of private industrial interests, rather than a defender of citizens' interests. To protect those at permanent risk of displacement, the ... ( read original story ...)
One million Cambodians under threat from development of vital wetlands – report
New sprawling development near Phnom Penh could prompt environmental catastrophe, including for the capital’s water systems Christopher Knaus Cambodian authorities plan to turn the Tompoun ... ( read original story ...)
Wither tourism? Can Cambodia resuscitate the sector post-Covid-19?
With international tourism annihilated, it is now down to respective governments to resuscitate the sector. Cambodia must do the same but critics are sceptical of its intentions A storm beckons on the ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia: Foreign money leaves trail of ghost towns
Ate Hoekstra reports. A Chinese hotel and entertainment complex under construction in the Preah Sihanoukville province, Cambodia, November 2017 Ngeth Both guards one of the many newly built high ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea lifts lockdown from border city, rejects outside aid
North Korea has lifted a lockdown in and around Kaesong, the border city where its first suspected case of COVID-19 was reported late last month, state-run media said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus jolts Malaysia’s economy into first contraction since global financial crisis
Malaysia's economy plunged into its first contraction since the 2009 global financial crisis in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged business activity, prompting the central bank to ... ( read original story ...)
Every Sumatran rhino has died in Malaysia. Scientists want to bring them back with cloning technology
Scientists want to use cells from dead Sumatran rhinos to bring the population back from the brink of extinction. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Envoy to Uzbekistan Urges Release of Detained Journalist
The U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan has urged the Central Asian nation and its neighbour Kyrgyzstan to set free an Uzbek journalist detained on suspicion of anonymously criticising the government on ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan cautiously prepare for second reopening
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia's largest nations, are set to ease their second coronavirus lockdowns this weekend, which they had to introduce after botched reopenings in May and June led to ... ( read original story ...)