Bombs Over the Forest: the day elephants died
Before the sun rose in the dense green of Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary, life breathed quietly through tall trees, flowing streams and hidden pathways where wild animals once moved without fear. But when war’s thunder came, that peace was destroyed. On December 23, park rangers and local people found theContinue Reading
A Pregnant Soldier Who Never Came Home
A second wave of the Cambodia-Thailand war from 07 to 27 December 2025, escalating tensions at the border drew attention not just to clashes over disputed territory but also to the human cost felt in homes across Cambodia. As soldiers were called to defend their country, ordinary families stood inContinue Reading
A Night of Horror at the Border: seven soldiers against one Cambodian girl
On the night of 15 November 2025, near the Thai–Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo Province, an 18-year-old Cambodian migrant worker was allegedly assaulted and raped by seven Thai soldiers. She had spent months working in Thailand and was traveling home with a group of 13 Cambodian workers, all hoping toContinue Reading
Yemen’s Generation without Classrooms
A decade of war and humanitarian crisis has cratered Yemen’s education system for girls. In June 1964, Malcom X said, “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” In Yemen, that passport to the future has been lost in the ashesContinue Reading
Borderline Classrooms: education at risk in Southeast Asia’s flashpoints
Armed clashes along the Cambodia–Thailand border in late July 2025 showed once more how fragile peace is in Southeast Asia. According to Save the Children, over 1,200 schools in both countries, including Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, and Surin provinces, were closed because artillery fire and the fighting forced 134,000 peopleContinue Reading