August edition
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US immigration raids spark statelessness crisis in Mekong countries
U.S. deportations to Mekong countries have skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Countries such as Laos are dealing with an unprecedented influx, and many former refugees arrive in the region stateless and without support.
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Threats, social pressures prevent Rohingya girls from finishing school
Girls’ school enrollment in Cox’s Bazar falls steeply when they turn 15, leaving communities to address the harassment and community pressure keeping them out.
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Floating houses stuck aground as climate change takes hold
Cambodia’s monsoon is weakening, and dams are siphoning water away, researchers say. Residents who fish the Tonle Sap lake’s floodwaters are struggling to survive.
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Three other bodies were found on Bokor in week of Korean student death
A year ago, the dead body of a Korean student was found on Cambodia’s Bokor mountain, sparking rare international attention. But three other corpses were also found on Bokor the same week with little publicity.
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Mountains of sand abandoned in Prince resort at Ream
The arrest of Chen Zhi, chairman of Prince Group, put Sihanoukville’s 800-hectare Bay of Lights landfill project on pause. Since then, security guards were let go from their jobs, and sand-carrying boats floated off towards other projects.
August updates
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Scam briefs: Province downplays economic impact of crackdowns
Only people involved in the “gray economy” are impacted by crackdowns on Cambodia’s online scam industry, a deputy provincial governor said as officials continue raids under their heavily promoted campaign against online fraud operations.
