In Kampong Speu’s Sre Ken village, an 18-year-old’s alleged murder of his stepfather was met with sympathy. “Nobody disliked him,” a resident said of the 18-year-old. “But mostly we wished [the stepfather] would die.” The older man had been suspected of using black magic.
Cambodia has opened its arms to foreign businesses through special economic zones, which offer investors space, tax incentives and relatively cheap labor. As such zones expand, unions are trying to access the factories behind SEZ gates, as labor compliance sometimes falls by the wayside.
The author of “A Proper Woman” shares her own journey and thoughts for Cambodia’s growing world of writers and readers.
Under a white and yellow tent in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, female dancers clad in traditional attire danced as part of a blessing ceremony at the party congress of the beleaguered royalist Funcinpec party.
Residents of a borey gated housing development near the Phnom Penh airport wake up at night to see if they have running water. Since last month, they’ve had little to no water during the day, so they use a pump at night to fill buckets to use in the morning.
Salt flats workers say they are barely earning enough to keep their children in school, fueling fears that they will have to pull their children from school — much like their parents did decades ago.
After two years of the pandemic, Phnom Penh residents were back celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival ahead of the Lunar New Year.
The only thing that makes me feel worse about Singapore’s anti-foreign interference law is seeing it spread beyond our borders, writes journalist and activist Kirsten Han.
Speculation has been rife about whether the resumption of Sokha’s trial — nearly two years after it was stopped due to Covid-19 — signaled an imminent political deal that could see the former CNRP president return to politics.
According to a Myanmar ethnic political group, the ceasefire extension announced after Hun Sen’s visit has not stopped military action.
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