A surge in deforestation alerts from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary has raised concerns over the role of a controversial, politically-connected timber firm in illegal logging. While …
Cambodia’s stock market marks a milestone amid crisis
A barrier for adding new local companies has been reporting requirements. In Cambodia’s opaque business environment, many family-owned businesses are unable, and some unwilling, to meet the …
Facebook Details Human Rights Impact Assessments in Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka
Facebook shared results this week from human rights impact assessments it commissioned in 2018 to evaluate the role of its services in Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Director of human rights …
Coronavirus brings curtain down on Cambodia shadow puppets
Curtain call on Cambodia’s shadow puppets Puppet master Mann Kosal’s troupe survived Location: Phnom Penh local interest dwindling over the years But with bans on travel and gatherings it has also …
‘Graves Without a Name’ Review: An Impossible Quest in Cambodia
Panh escaped Cambodia as a teenager and discovered filmmaking during his education in France. His 2014 feature “The Missing Picture” grappled with his family tragedy and depicted its personages, …
Cambodia’s New DLT Payments Network Aims to Undermine US Dollar
The director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia revealed that the central bank’s DLT payments platform will go live by the end of the year …
France to repatriate citizens in Cambodia
The French Embassy in Cambodia, in a post on its website, said it is currently contacting all the people who had informed the embassy that they were looking for a repatriation solution to France, and …
Amnesty: Cambodia drug war led to abuses
Cambodia’s three-year-long “war on drugs” campaign has led to a litany of human rights abuses and the overcrowding of prisons and detention centres, human rights watchdog Amnesty International says in …
Australian teacher, 64, is found guilty of indecent assault and is jailed for two years in Cambodia
A Cambodian court has found former Australian teacher Garry Mulroy guilty of a lesser charge of indecent assault and sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment.
Aust stay-behinds bunker down in Cambodia
Australian stay-behinds who didn’t get flights home are bunkering down in Cambodia and despite the coronavirus risks they say they’re doing alright.