"Human survivability at its absolute limit in #Asia currently: #Thailand, #Myanmar, #Cambodia, #Vietnam, and the #Philippines. All hit temperatures above 40°C, with some places experiencing an incredible life-threatening heat index of up to 52°C."#climate
From 2010 to 2017, there was a thing called #AseanCitizen that we Aseans started as a grassroots movement. We were all bloggers from across, well, #ASEAN or South-East Asia.
Some of us joined together to produce one of the best multi-authored regional blogs. We talked about our cultures, write about what makes the region awesome. As well as, try to address the oftentimes silly and sometimes heated debates.
It's all gone now. Forgotten. The blogs dead or offline. We all grew up, got busy with our personal lives, and moved on separately. And the important reason? We lost interest in it as we started to see ASEAN was, is, and will never be for the grassroots.
That was the end of what was once a vibrant grassroot ASEAN Citizens effort. We did it all voluntarily. Without a single recognition from the top-down organisation that is ASEAN.
But today? ASEAN is still a top-down organisation. They kept trying to get the grassroots involved, but they are always failing. Why? Because it is a top-down organisation, as simple as that. They will never understand until they shift their mindset and approach to bottom-up.
(P.S I want to restart this grassroots movement, but I just no longer have the spark. Give me a very good reason why I should give it another chance. Or, at least, guide the new generation.)
Cambodia exported approximately 290,000 tonnes of fresh bananas in 2023, marking a decline of over 21% year-on-year, as reported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
He was the biggest US warmonger for a very long and deadly time period. Today, we can celebrate that this dark age came to an end. When we drew this angel of death aka Heinz Alfred #portrait with @inkscape as #svg#vector#graphic we've been looking forward to this special day.
2023 Nov 29th, Kissinger finally dead after a century of his terror & US wars against human rights and humanity.
If you hate Kissinger, don't forget to blame Nixon, too:
"After getting out of the army, he attended Harvard. His 300-page undergraduate thesis was titled, 'The Meaning of History.' He went on to teach at #Harvard, becoming known for his hawkish views.
The Irrawaddy dolphins of Cambodia are a rare sight — only about 100 remain in the 2,700-mile-long Mekong river. They're also a fundamental part of Cambodian folklore, which was forbidden under the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Atlas Obscura looks at how the resurgence in telling traditional tales has helped Cambodians gain what was almost lost — both their dolphins, and their cultural pride.
Three Cambodian environmental activists have been barred from leaving the country to accept an award in Sweden, prompting criticism of the government.
Long Kunthea, Phun Keo Reaksmey and Thun Ratha are with the group Mother Nature Cambodia, which last month was named a winner of the Right Livelihood award for its “relentless” activism against environmental destruction in the country.
Cambodia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, and the situation in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary which spans four provinces is emblematic of the problem.
Preliminary satellite data from Global Forest Watch indicate that deforestation in Prey Lang in 2023 is set to surpass both 2022 and 2021, with the latter year marking the highest recorded forest loss since the start of the century.
A growing number of casinos in #Cambodia, #Laos and #Myanmar are engaging in large-scale money laundering, facilitating #cyberfraud that is costing victims in America and abroad billions of dollars, according to new research by the United Nations.
There's a new(ish) video up on Austronesian languages - https://youtu.be/TAa9sT3qxaU - and this comment is such a callout for our people being too online lmao
(Context: for some reason, the word for 'five' is pretty consistently lima/ima/limo/imo across the languages in the family group)
ETA: the video also looks pretty interesting! I'll watch in a bit
The shadowy #Chinese firm that owns chunks of #Cambodia. “The highway runs through the forest…to the sea & to what must be one of the world's largest tourism projects. 15 years after it began, there is…not much to see …The airport is still unfinished. A…casino, with an attached…hotel & apartments, sits alone near the sea…surrounded by a construction site… But it has already had a damaging impact on one of Asia's richest natural environments…” Lulu Luo, Jonathan Head, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66851049
#Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, 70, announces he’ll resign and hand power to his eldest son after almost four decades of hardline rule. His Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory in an election on Sunday with no meaningful opposition.
ICYMI: The Cham is a matriarchal and matrilineal society descended from the refugees of the Kingdom of Champa, whose members now mostly reside in Vietnam and Cambodia. Plus a note on Queen Ang Mei, one of only three female Cambodian rulers. Ep 12 excerpt below!