https://www.scmp.com/rss/500483/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Last month, two members of Cambodia’s forcibly dissolved opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) – were arrested and charged with incitement, defama­tion and violating a Supreme Court order. When Sun Bunthon and Nou Phoeun were brought in by police, they were surprised to hear officers read out a transcript of a private phone call, in which the arrestees had encouraged the return of the party’s exiled co-founder, Sam Rainsy, who has been charged with treason and a host of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3033508/cambodias-digital-surveillance-serves-silence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3033508/cambodias-digital-surveillance-serves-silence?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Oct 2019 03:50:11 +0000 In recent years, Chinese developers have built more than 100 ­casinos and dozens of hotels and resorts in the once sleepy province of Sihanoukville on Cambodia’s southwestern coast. Supporters of the projects say they will bring jobs and economic benefits to the Southeast Asian nation of 16 million people, which is one of the world’s poorest. Critics, however, have cited environmental damage, skyrocketing property costs leading to illegal evictions and land disputes – and rising crime. In... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-cambodia-video-threat-seize-sihanoukville-exposes-tensions/article/3010262?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-cambodia-video-threat-seize-sihanoukville-exposes-tensions/article/3010262?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 May 2019 09:42:23 +0000 The Chinese embassy in Cambodia is investigating a video of a gang, supposedly from Chongqing, threatening to seize control of the city of Preah Sihanouk, the capital of Sihanoukville province. In recent years, Chinese developers have built more than 100 casinos and dozens of hotels and resorts in the province, situated on Cambodia’s southwestern coast. In a video circulated on Facebook, a Chinese man speaks to the camera while surrounded by about 20 other Chinese men, some of them sporting... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3010138/chinese-gang-threatens-chaos-cambodian-province-rift?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3010138/chinese-gang-threatens-chaos-cambodian-province-rift?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 May 2019 06:17:10 +0000 An iconic Phnom Penh housing site known as the White Building is being turned into a multibillion-dollar casino development, as Cambodia woos Chinese tourists by catering to their penchant for gambling. Hong Kong-listed developer NagaCorp, controlled by Malaysian billionaire Chen Lip Keong, estimates it will spend US$3.8-US$4 billion on the Naga3 project, its third casino in the country, which will have hotels, condominium facilities and a 12-floor entertainment centre and outlet... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3005434/chinese-tourists-win-poor-cambodians-lose-us4-billion-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3005434/chinese-tourists-win-poor-cambodians-lose-us4-billion-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Apr 2019 01:00:08 +0000