European trade threats could backfire in Cambodia
Pressure from Brussels risks deepening Phnom Penh’s close engagement with China
Vietnam learns to live in China’s shadow
Four decades on, China’s 1979 border war is officially ‘forgotten’ in Hanoi.
Cambodia’s Potemkin election — what will come next?
Despite being free from the friction of meaningful opposition, fresh challenges loom for long-ruling Hun Sen
Sanctions will not resolve the Hun Sen problem
China gives Cambodia’s strongman the option to ignore Western pressure
One-Party Cambodia’s Grim Message
China-backed authoritarianism is on the rise in Cambodia as the influence of the US and other Western donor countries retreats
Myanmar refugees find a foothold in North Carolina
For the Myanmar residents of Chapel Hill, hopes of a return home are tempered by fears of continued ethnic tensions
In Cambodia, everything is different but nothing has changed
As is usual at this point in the electoral cycle, the Cambodian government is clamping down hard on its opponents.
Activist murder heightens political tensions in Cambodia
Political tensions are intensifying in Cambodia following the brazen daytime killing of a high-profile activist in the capital Phnom Penh.
Aung San Suu Kyi faces dilemma over controversial dam project
Since its suspension five years ago, the $3.6 billion Myitsone hydropower project has come to symbolize the bad old days in Myanmar.
The new ‘explorers’
In June 1866, six Frenchmen departed from Ho Chi Minh City on a dangerous mission up the mighty Mekong River.
China’s footprint kicks up concerns in tiny Laos
The Kings Romans Casino stands out in this remote corner of northwestern Laos, its giant illuminated neon crown towering over a landscape of banana plantations and jungle-clad mountains.
As a frontier economy booms, Cambodia’s capital rises
PHNOM PENH — For most of its history, the sleepy Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh was best known for its charming, tree-lined boulevards and Buddhist pagodas.
