The AI-Powered World Cup Runs on Thousands of Data Workers in Global South
June 23rd, 2026
Via Rest of World, an article on the human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry: Football increasingly relies on advanced data analytics and AI tools to power team tactics, broadcasting, and the sports betting industry. A global workforce of […]
Read more »US Assesses Financial Support for Construction of Cambodia Airport
May 16th, 2025
Via , an article on potential U.S. financial support for the construction of a new Cambodian airport: The U.S. government has announced it is assessing whether to help finance a nearly-completed airport near the Cambodian capital, a move that comes amid growing tariff tensions between the two countries, the halting of virtually all Washington’s aid […]
Read more »Vietnam Is Running Out of Sand to Fuel an Economic Boom
May 4th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a look at how a new crop of factories in Vietnam requires roads, and that means sand. To keep up, the country is importing from Cambodia on a massive scale: When President Donald Trump launched his first trade war with Beijing in 2018, driving up the cost of goods from China, companies raced to relocate […]
Read more »Trump’s Tariffs Risk Pushing Cambodia Further into China’s Embrace
April 24th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on a massive canal highlights Beijing’s deep investment in Cambodia just as the US is pulling back, leaving the Southeast Asian nation with less room to balance ties: Along the Mekong River just outside Phnom Penh, Men Moeun and his neighbors live on land set aside for a massive China-backed infrastructure […]
Read more »How Does a Nation Charm China? Name a Boulevard After Xi Jinping.
April 18th, 2025
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how China is the biggest foreign patron of Cambodia, where Mr. Xi concluded a tour of Southeast Asia. But the region also needs to curry favor with President Trump. Xi Jinping Boulevard runs a loop around Cambodia’s fast-growing capital, where signs in Chinese are rapidly overtaking […]
Read more »Speeding Up the Economy: The Role of Methamphetamines in the Southeast Asian Boom
October 12th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on how – faced with ruthless economic demands – increasing numbers of Southeast Asian workers are turning to a cheap, addictive drug that enables them to “work without stopping:” Like many teenagers around the world, Ngo started using drugs after being encouraged by his friends. But what separates his experiences […]
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