The species could be wiped out from the Mekong River by a new hydropower project, which also threatens to decimate fishing stocks
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Veteran Canadian Journalist Missing In Cambodia
Dave Walker was working on a film about Khmer Rouge war criminals at the time
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Trials Are a Shocking Failure
Hearings into an appalling genocide have seen just five indictments and only one conviction in eight years at a cost of some $200 million
Cambodia: Four Dead As Garment Protests Turn Violent
Workers brandishing sticks, rocks and petrol-bombs clash with police in Phnom Penh
Life of the Land
Once a child soldier for the Khmer Rouge, Aki Ra now rids the killing fields of their deadly mines
As Opposition to the Regime Mounts, Cambodia’s Capital Braces for Bloodshed
Sensing change in the air, an emboldened opposition takes on strong-arm ruler Hun Sen
Cambodian Garment Workers Protest Lay-Offs
Thousands of garment workers have marched through the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh over mass dismissals
Q&A: Veteran War Photographer Tim Page on Cambodia, Conflict and Getting High
Tim Page covered three decades of conflict across Indochina after falling into the industry as a 21-year-old during the attempted Laos coup of 1965. Page smuggled the only pictures of the putsch out of the country and was offered …
Viewpoint: The Cambodian People Have Spoken, Time to Level the Playing Field
As widely expected, Hun Sen has returned as Prime Minster of Cambodia, although describing the 60-year-old as head of a parliamentary democracy is much like saying Muammar Gaddafi was merely a colonel in the Libyan military. Hun …
Back from Exile, Cambodia’s Opposition Leader Brings Thousands onto the Streets
“I have returned to rescue the country,” Sam Rainsy told the cheering crowd of thousands gathered Friday morning at Phnom Penh Airport. Cambodia’s opposition leader has landed amid a general election campaign in full swing …
A Tale of Two Factory Disasters: What Cambodia Can Teach Bangladesh
As the final death toll of the Bangladesh factory collapse reached 1,126 last week, a small section of the second floor of a shoe factory in Cambodia gave way. Two people died, but witnesses said it was a stroke of luck that the …
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The E.U. is worried about Russia’s human rights record, rubber barons deforest Cambodia and Laos and attempts to introduce a law to protect women’s freedoms have reportedly been blocked by conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan
In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country’s arcane Cardamom Mountains. A year on, his family is no closer to learning the truth of what …