Cambodia

Amid economic crisis, sweeping new legislation on “public order” would stifle dissent—and effectively criminalize people for being poor.

With little faith in the government’s coronavirus response, many rural Cambodians are turning to the divine.

In Southeast Asia, the coronavirus pandemic has provided a handy excuse for a clampdown on free speech.

In South Africa, people are brewing beer at home. Muslims in India are celebrating Ramadan alone. And city streets everywhere are vacant.

Drought coupled with the coronavirus pandemic spells danger for food security.

The Cambodian prime minister is using the pandemic as cover to silence his remaining critics.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

Hun Sen needs somebody to blame for the impending disaster.

Eager to appease his benefactor in Beijing, the Cambodian leader is excluding China’s role from the Khmer Rouge narrative.

Cambodia’s autocrat is putting his own people at risk to court his Chinese backers.

The prime minister uses a shroud of democracy to counter dissatisfaction and thwart the opposition.

Refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge as children are being deported from the United States in record numbers—and are adapting as adults to life in a country most have never known.

Cambodia’s strongman has found an unlikely American voice.

Foreign Policy staffers review recent releases.

Dubious electoral endorsements are becoming normal for dictators worldwide.

Cambodian dissidents come under cyberattack in run-up to sham election.

One branch of Canberra's notorious offshore detention system has closed. But the men who were imprisoned there are now stranded on a remote Pacific island that doesn't want them.

With Chinese support, Hun Sen has effectively destroyed all opposition to his autocratic rule.

Zuckerberg needs to stop courting Beijing and start paying attention to the countries where Facebook matters.

The United States ignores massive abuses at its own peril.