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Obituary: François Ponchaud, French Missionary Who Alerted the World to the Khmer Rouge

Ponchaud's 1977 book "Cambodge, année zero" was one of the first detailed accounts of the horrors that unfolded after the communist takeover.

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The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

India’s Arrests of Suspected Human Traffickers to Cambodia Show Cyber-slavery Begins at Home

Governments outside Southeast Asia have a fundamental role in tackling cyber-slavery in the region. That is the wider lesson from the arrests in...

17.12.2024 5

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

Cambodia Deportations Undermine Thailand’s UN Human Rights Council Credentials

Thailand takes a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in January for the first time, having campaigned since 2022 to get it. However, a...

04.12.2024 3

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

Microfinance Mouthpiece 60 Decibels Drops Case for Defense of Cambodia

The microfinance industry's own boosters are struggling to put a positive spin on the country's debt crisis.

18.11.2024 10

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

Nobel Prize-Winning Research Highlights Cambodia’s History of Extractive Institutions

The work of Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson can help explain the government's collusion in criminal activities like cyber-scams.

28.10.2024 4

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

Cambodian Microfinance Loans Based on Rising Land Prices Point to Further NPL Increase

According to forthcoming research, the rate of non-performing loans at the country's microfinance lenders is higher than publicly disclosed,

04.10.2024 2

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

Cambodia’s CLV-DTA Crackdown Shows Vietnam Is Still the Elephant in the Room

Phnom Penh is acutely sensitive to any suggestion that the country is ceding land and sovereignty to its eastern neighbor.

02.09.2024 1

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse

Cambodian Cyber-Slavery Ends Age of Innocence for Microfinance Investors

The country's epidemic of online scam operations testifies to a lack of state capacity that should have been a red flag for MFI boosters.

05.08.2024 1

The Diplomat

David Whitehouse