Cambodia

A buffalo grazes on the drenched land in the Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia.
Human rights
‘It’s a lose-lose situation’: Carbon ‘offset’ project in Cambodia accused of human rights violations
A woman seen washing pots and pans
The price of higher ed
Despite lack of govt loans for college in Cambodia, these students are making it work
A bronze standing Shiva statue is unpacked at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh after being returned to the kingdom in March 2023.
Arts, Culture & Media
Looted relics returned to Cambodia receive monks’ blessings
Kea Sokun is a rapper who sings about social justice issues in Cambodia.
Justice
‘I cannot give up’: Cambodian rapper says he will sing about injustice despite threats from govt
Sihanoukville, Cambodia, has become a construction site in recent years, with dozens of Chinese projects to build business and apartment high-rises, and with roads under construction around town.
On China's New Silk Road
Opening the door to Chinese investment comes with risks for Southeast Asian nations
Chanthon Bun, who was incarcerated for 23 years, part of that time in San Quentin State Prison in California, shows artwork from an origami course offered in the prison.
Immigration
He’s out of prison and has COVID-19. But he’s still sheltering from ICE.
A room full of mostly elderly Asian residents of San Francisco's sit in a large room as they attend a talk on protecting themselves from immigration enforcement.
Commentary
What it’s like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees
cambodia street scene before elections
Global Politics
‘Death of democracy’ in Cambodia after elections
President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a campaign rally
Global Politics
Ahead of elections, Cambodia’s democracy crumbles
A blue sign showing two politicians stands next to an intersection in a city, where a woman is waiting to cross the street. The signs are written in Cambodian.
As election nears, Cambodia opposition says it’s been silenced
Maddox and his brother in their apartment in Lowell, MA.
Arts
This 9-year-old brings hope to his grandmother, a genocide survivor, by dancing
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Conflict
Hiking once saved this Cambodian refugee’s life — and now it’s his therapy
Director Rithy Panh uses clay figurines to represent Cambodians in his Oscar-nominated film memoir "The Missing Picture". It's about his boyhood memories of living under the Khmer Rouge from 1974 to 1978. Panh lost almost every member of his immediate and
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Missing Picture’ is the first Cambodian film to make it to Oscar night
Global Scan
Smoker? China, finally, says keep it out of the schools
Cambodian children
Health & Medicine
The Khmer Rouge may be partly to blame for diabetes in Cambodia
A musician strums the pin, the Cambodian harp, during a rehearsal in Phnom Penh.
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodia works to revive an ancient harp, plucked from a temple wall
Development & Education
First he joined a gang, then he was deported, now he’s saving lives
Health & Medicine
High blood pressure takes increasing toll in Cambodia, developing world
Health & Medicine
Cambodia promotes brown rice to fight diabetes
Health & Medicine
Hypertension in the Developing World: The View from Cambodia
Arts, Culture & Media
Oakland Singer Fuses Cambodian Psychedelic Rock and Hip Hop
Health & Medicine
Promoting Brown Rice to Fight Diabetes in Cambodia
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodia trying to reassert ownership of potentially looted cultural artifacts
Cambodian TV show reunites families separated by Khmer Rouge
Young Cambodians struggle with Khmer Rouge past
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodian film up for Oscar
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodian Space Project Rocks Phnom Penh
Arts, Culture & Media
Training to Become Cambodia’s First Underwater Deminers
Arts, Culture & Media
Karaoke Used to Support State Propaganda
Global Politics
Cambodia Seeks Return of 10th-Century Statues
Global Politics
Bidding Lea Heuy To Cambodia’s Controversial King
Arts, Culture & Media
Bochan: a Cambodian-American Idol
Arts, Culture & Media
TV Show Reunites Families Split Apart by Khmer Rouge
Global Politics
A California Accountant’s Bid to Overturn Cambodia’s Government
Global Politics
Guidance for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un from Cambodia
Conflict & Justice
Khmer Rouge Trial Begins in Cambodia
Environment
Invoking Buddha to Protect Forests
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodia and Thailand at Odds Over an Ancient Temple
Arts, Culture & Media
Dengue Fever and Cambodian Psychedelic Rock
Global Politics
Critics Worried About Dam Along Mekong River
Conflict & Justice
Indigenous Protest in Cambodia
Golden Moon Bear
Cambodian Farmers
Conflict & Justice
Comrade Duch sentenced to 35 years in prison
Arts, Culture & Media
New revelations on 40th anniversary of Sean Flynn’s disappearance
Conflict & Justice
Thirty years later, the Khmer Rouge is on trial
Arts, Culture & Media
Dengue Fever
Conflict & Justice
Boomer Da Sharpshoota
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodian film up for Oscar
The World – Episode 20071120 – Khmer Rouge tribunal begins