Anakut - The podcast about Cambodia's future

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Anakut - The podcast about Cambodia's future Podcast

Anakut is a podcast about Cambodia, where it stands today and where it's moving into the future. In each episode, we invite new guests into our studio to discuss a major thematic issue affecting the Kingdom of Wonder. The podcast is a Southeast Asia Globe production partnership Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Cambodia. Join us for the conversation!

  1. 17/10/2023

    Pearl of Asia

    In this episode, Globe Editor-in-Chief Andrew Haffner and his co-host Dy Sereyvoleak explore Phnom Penh’s role in shaping Cambodia’s contemporary culture, focusing on the city’s role in bringing art, music and other creative pursuits to the eyes, ears, and minds of the public. It may not rival global cultural giants like New York or Paris, but it undoubtedly plays a pivotal role in shaping popular taste and media in Cambodia.The duo take a look at Phnom Penh’s evolving infrastructure supporti...

    18 min

  2. 26/04/2023

    China's Belt & Road Initiative in Cambodia

    The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) started with lofty ambitions. This massive China-led infrastructure project has been called one of the most “one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever conceived.” The vast network of overland corridors and maritime shipping routes was announced in 2013 by president Xi Jinping, and based on the Silk Road, one of the world’s original trade routes and a critical source of connectivity between Asia and the Mediterranean and European world. In C...

    23 min

  3. 12/04/2023

    Public Education in Cambodia

    Covid-19 resulted in a loss of 250 days of school for Cambodian students. With a focus on the status of public education post-pandemic, we spoke with Chhun Vyrada, a teacher and fellow with Teach for Cambodia and Ou Sokhim, the Education and Technical Lead at Aide et Action, an education non-profit, to learn what the learning outcomes are for students who lost out on a year of educational opportunities.

    35 min

  4. 05/04/2023

    Women in Politics and Policy

    The Cambodian government has an increasing number of female representatives, as well as a Ministry of Women’s Affairs, but major hurdles remain in place limiting actual participation in governance. To help tackle these questions, we invited Chanthol Oung, Executive Director of the Women's Media Centre of Cambodia andYou Sotheary, Founder of the Next Women Generation platform to share their experiences and reflections on women’s issues, the current state of women in politics, and their hopes f...

    41 min

  5. 17/08/2021

    Urban Planning: Building the future of Phnom Penh

    Anakut - The podcast about Cambodia's future

    48 min

  6. 10/08/2021

    Powering the Kingdom: Cambodia's Energy Mix

    Anakut - The podcast about Cambodia's future

    36 min

  7. 03/08/2021

    Saving Prey Lang Forest

    This week we take a walk through Prey Lang Forest, in theory a protected sanctuary, but which has seen rampant deforestation propelled by official corruption. Joining us are Meou Chandara, an activist from the Cambodian Youth Network, and Fran Lambrick, a co-founder of environmental and human rights group Not1More

    37 min

  8. 27/07/2021

    Cambodia's Garment Sector

    The outlook seemed bleak for the Kingdom's garment industry when early last year Cambodia simultaneously lost tariff-free access to the EU and the pandemic struck the global economy. Almost 18 months on, we speak with GMAC head Ken Loo and researcher Dennis Arnold to learn about the state of the industry today

    38 min
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Anakut is a podcast about Cambodia, where it stands today and where it's moving into the future. In each episode, we invite new guests into our studio to discuss a major thematic issue affecting the Kingdom of Wonder. The podcast is a Southeast Asia Globe production partnership Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Cambodia. Join us for the conversation!

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