Confronting darkness in Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge stronghold
Standing next to cages that once housed political prisoners, former Khmer Rouge foot soldier Tho Lon gets a surprisingly sympathetic hearing from a clutch of students, despite his work for…
Cambodia’s self-taught doctors, a Khmer Rouge legacy
When the phone rings, former Khmer Rouge soldier Ken Mon grabs a bag stuffed full of medicine, jumps on his motorbike and heads for an impoverished Cambodian village with the…
Cambodia faces uphill struggle to reform its orphanages
A visit to the temples of Angkor Wat, followed by a stop at an orphanage, are part of the travel experience for many of the more than four million tourists…
Cambodia garment workers struggle to survive
After a 10-hour shift stitching clothes for western brands, Cambodian factory worker Ry Srey Bopha walks to her tiny shared room, eats leftovers, then sleeps on the floor. Like many…
Cambodia’s French past survives turbulent history
In the shade of the Cambodian capital's bustling central market, 58-year-old Hai Neang hawks hot, fresh baguettes. But while ham and cheese is the quintessential filling for a baguette in…
Cambodia’s neglected child rape epidemic
Su Linda, 9, left the house in the middle of the night last week to visit the outdoor toilet, a normal enough occurrence in her village in Cambodia's southern Kampot…
Cambodia’s Khmer healers get schooled in ancient art
A lizard dipped in wine may not seem like an obvious asthma remedy, but as Cambodian traditional healers strive to turn their ancient wisdom into a professional industry such treatments…
If the Indus goes,we go too
As Himalayan glaciers retreat and temperatures rise, South Asia’s rivers are becoming weapons of survival, not just sources of life. Nowhere is this more dangerous than along the Indus River,…
Asia on the rise
By all accounts Asia is on rise in world politics, economy and technology. It has equated itself with the key performance indicators of the affluent nations of the west and…
Carbon levy: A fail-safe?
Despite decades of ‘reforms’, Pakistan has tragically failed to establish a pro-growth, anti-cyclical, and sustainable economic paradigm. This is primarily due to the overreliance on fiscal austerity and a flawed…
