Karen J. Coates

Karen J. Coates is an independent journalist in New Mexico. She and her husband, Jerry Redfern, are producing a documentary film based on their latest book, Eternal Harvest: The Legacy of American Bombs in Laos.

London: A Testament to Survival

England is a lesson on the longevity of our planet, the tenacity of our species, and our need, as human beings, to connect.

By Karen J. Coates | Friday September 25, 2020
A brightly dressed woman and child, and further off, a man, walked on the beach in front of a backdrop of shiny new construction.

Cambodia: Gambling on the Future

Sihanoukville is rapidly being remade into a modern playground for the rich, thanks to investment from China

By Karen J. Coates | Monday June 3, 2019

Laos: What Lies Beneath

Clearing a decade of American bombs in Laos

By Karen J. Coates | Monday December 4, 2017

Trust Yourself

By Karen J. Coates | Monday October 3, 2016

East Timor: Mountain of Memory

Long ago, the country was home to lush rainforests, but during successive
foreign occupations, loggers stripped away much of its tree canopy

By Karen J. Coates | Tuesday September 6, 2016

Hunger Pangs

What it means to want in a world of plenty

By Karen J. Coates | Monday February 29, 2016

London: A Testament to Survival

By Karen J. Coates | Friday September 25, 2020
A brightly dressed woman and child, and further off, a man, walked on the beach in front of a backdrop of shiny new construction.

Laos: What Lies Beneath

By Karen J. Coates | Monday December 4, 2017

Trust Yourself

By Karen J. Coates | Monday October 3, 2016

East Timor: Mountain of Memory

By Karen J. Coates | Tuesday September 6, 2016

Hunger Pangs

By Karen J. Coates | Monday February 29, 2016

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