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  • Raids across Phnom Penh and surrounding areas disperse scam workers

    Raids across Phnom Penh and surrounding areas disperse scam workers

    Cambodian authorities conducted online scam related raids across Phnom Penh and central Cambodia, but local residents say they saw evidence that some workers escaped trouble.

    Jan 13, 2026

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    Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
    Mech Dara
  • A Decade of Repression: How Việt Nam Jailed Dissidents, Journalists, and Rights Defenders

    The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement did not halt repression, did not reduce abusive laws, and did not protect peaceful civic actors. Instead, it normalized a situation in which economic integration advanced while political imprisonment continued.

    Jan 13, 2026

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    Quynh-Vi Tran
    Quynh-Vi Tran

  • Myanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora


  • Prince-linked network hit as chair deported to China

  • Phnom Penh court closes investigation on Thai exile’s disappearance

    Phnom Penh court closes investigation on Thai exile’s disappearance

    Jan 8, 2026

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai
  • Thailand’s last hunter-gatherers face a vanishing way of life

    Thailand’s last hunter-gatherers face a vanishing way of life

    Jan 8, 2026

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    Nathaphob Sungkate
    Nathaphob Sungkate

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    Karen community fighting corn and coal for clean air in northern Thailand

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    Gerald Flynn
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