Thousands of garment workers have marched through the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh over mass dismissals
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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 …
Cambodia Election Campaign Promises Little Change
Cambodia may officially be a democracy, but call it one and you’ll get a swift reality check from anyone familiar with the Southeast Asian nation, where one month’s campaigning for general elections begins this week. …
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 …
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 …
Cambodia Mourns Former King Norodom Sihanouk
Images from Phnom Penh as Cambodians mourn the passing of former King Norodom Sihanouk