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Memories of Phnom Penh Crowd Crush Refuse to Fade for Some
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During Water Festival 15 years ago, more than 350 people died on a Phnom Penh bridge in one of the deadliest crowd-crush cases in recent history. Families and onlookers then and now spoke of ghosts, gangs and electric shocks to try to make sense of the tragedy.
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Wave of Cambodian casinos suspended after Prince sanctions
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Cambodia’s gambling regulator suspended casino licenses, including some businesses connected to U.S. and U.K. sanctions, to investigate scams and other violations.
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US Indicts Cambodia’s Prince Group Chairman, Sanctions Associates for Sweeping Scam Network
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Striking new allegations suggest Prince Group gave bribes and a $3-million yacht to unnamed Cambodian officials to ensure the protection of scam-linked buildings. Its scammers controlled thousands of phones and tens of thousands of social media accounts in schemes that allegedly netted the group as much as $30 million a day.
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Border-fuelled politics disrupts families’, businesses’ futures
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Mekong Indy and Prachatai talk to employers and migrant workers bracing for financial strain due to the ongoing Thai-Cambodia border conflict.
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Shrinking Mekong megafish underlines risks to the river, study finds
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A study has found that the Mekong River’s largest freshwater fish are shrinking in size, with critically endangered species like the giant catfish and giant barb now averaging less than half their historical size.
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Cambodia’s new airport slowly breaks a rural community
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As Cambodia’s Techo International Airport rises, development blocks the fishing lakes that supported 400 families for decades. Without formal land titles, the community now faces forced eviction.
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Cambodians crowd Chouk Chey village after civilian confrontation with Thai troops
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A confrontation between Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians at a disputed village leads Cambodians to bring food, water and support to the Banteay Meanchey border.
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As Thailand’s monarchy reform movement wanes, ultra-royalists turn on migrants
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The number of prejudiced posts against Cambodian and Myanmar people is growing on Thai social media, as ultra-nationalists turn away from pro-democracy movements and toward migrant laborers.
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As Cambodia silences dissent, opposition wives rework their resistance
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They’ve lost homes, jobs and safety, but Cambodia’s opposition wives refuse to lose hope. As surveillance tightens and political space shrinks, these women represent the country’s dwindling but defiant resistance.
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Refugees and Thai agencies address Hun Sen’s leaked audio on dissident crackdown in Thailand
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A Thai House Committee discusses security risks related to reportedly leaked call audio alleging that Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen ordered actions against refugees.
