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No Homes, No Hope

Cambodian workers at a slum village in Phnom Penh as some 50 armed forces officers try to evict hundreds of squatters from the slum. Image: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP

Forced evictions are the ugly flipside of Cambodia’s development push, leaving poor communities homeless and increasingly angry

PHNOM PENH (17 February 2012) — Forced evictions in the name of progress have thrown nearly 50,000 Cambodians out of their homes over the past five years, prompting an angry backlash from human rights activists who insist the government do more to protect citizens’ rights.

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Debt Trap

PHNOM PENH (10 February 2012) — A multi-million dollar “no strings attached” loan by China to Cambodia has ignited debate in the kingdom about the economic, political and social costs of its rising dependence on the world’s second biggest economy.

Phnom Penh Pivot

PHNOM PENH (20 January 2012) — Nearly four decades after the US bombed parts of Cambodia as part of its Vietnam War strategy, the two countries will take a crucial step on the road towards normalised relations when US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visit Phnom Penh later this year.

Salary Standoff

PHNOM PENH (3 February 2012) — More than 30 years after the Khmer Rouge tore up Cambodian society, the tribunal tasked with dispensing justice is battling a cash crisis as the government resists international pressure to indict more of the murderous regime’s former leaders.

Prices the Poor Pay

PHNOM PENH (13 January 2012) — About 400 families were left homeless after more than 100 demolition workers, private security personnel and police destroyed hundreds of houses in a large commune last week.

Mekong River Blues

PHNOM PENH — Construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam project in Laos suffered yet another setback after Southeast Asian countries sharing the Mekong River complained of the environmental impact of the dam and the threat it poses to the livelihoods of millions of people living along the river.

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