FEATURE
- Tonle Sap
The Tonle Sap lake supplies most of Cambodia’s protein and sustains millions of livelihoods. But dams and climate change are weakening its flood pulse, and fishers who once caught 50 kilograms a day are now returning with almost nothing.
- by Phoung Vantha
- 9 min read
- FEATURE
Thousands of Cambodian families were cleared from Angkor Archaeological Park and resettled in a government-built city. Years later, the market sits empty, the debt is mounting and many have already left.
- by Kong Sreyrath
- Land rights
- 10 min read
- INVESTIGATION
Thailand is counting on forests to help meet its climate goals by offsetting emissions it can’t yet cut. But it can take years to know if a newly planted forest survives. One flagship project shows what can go wrong first.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- Carbon credits
- 9 min read
- FEATURE
When NagaWorld dismissed 1,300 casino workers in 2021, it expected the dispute to end quickly. Five years later, hundreds of mostly female union members are still demanding reinstatement, union recognition and back pay.
- by Phoung Vantha
- NagaWorld
- 6 min read
- EXPLAINER
During the Thailand-Cambodia conflict, fake pages fed millions of Thai users false evacuation orders and distorted death tolls, all to build an audience they could quietly cash out. We unpick how these networks work, and why spotting the fakes is only the start.
- by Ken G Weber
- FAKE NEWS
- 5 min read
- FEATURE
Five Mother Nature activists are serving sentences up to eight years in Cambodia’s prisons. Their wives, siblings, and children were not charged, but they are paying anyway.
- by Phoung Vantha
- Mother Nature
- 9 min read
NEWS
- FEATURE
- US-Iran conflict
Bangkok’s street food vendors survive on razor-thin margins even in good times. A war they had no part in is pushing many of them into debt.
- by Rebecca. L. Root
- 8 min read
- FEATURE
- Hazardous chemicals
Six years after a landmark pesticide ban, Thailand’s farming system is still built around chemical dependency. Campaigners say the country solved a scandal, not the system behind it.
- by Pratch Rujivanarom
- 10 min read
- NEWS
Laos has positioned itself as Southeast Asia’s leading hydropower exporter. Along its rivers, the cost has been measured in demolished temples, submerged shrines and communities still searching for stable ground.
- by Konlaphat Siri
- 4 min read
- NEWS
- Southern Economic Corridor
Thailand has withdrawn a bill that would have turned four southern provinces into a special economic zone, after mounting protests over a deep-sea port that threatened local fisherfolk and the tourist island of Koh Payam.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 3 min read
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Cheap methamphetamine from Myanmar is flooding Thailand’s Lahu communities, where poverty and decades of neglect have left young people with few alternatives. But some are fighting back – with ancient rituals, a shoestring charity and, for the first time, the law on their side.
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