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Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish

Fishermen in Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater fishery, the Tonle Sap lake, hope that raising eels will help them adapt to new realities stemming from climate change and environmental damage

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Cambodia: journalist arrest signals false dawn for democracy as the country slides into authoritarianism

Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist and one of the kingdom’s last remaining independent media voices, was arrested on Monday, September 30. He has been detained over a social media post for “incitement to disturb social security”, and faces up to two years in jail.

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Can visiting genocide memorials make you more empathic?

Each year, people visit museums and memorial sites as part of educational interventions organised around the remembrance of a genocide or an atrocity. Many schools visit a concentration camp as part of Holocaust education, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau. Others travel to memorial sites associated with other genocides, such as the massacre…

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Cambodian Woman Deported From Malaysia For Social Media Comments

Cambodian maid deported from Malaysia for criticizing government leaders, raising human rights concerns.

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Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions.

Cambodia has broken ground to build a $1.7 billion, China-funded canal to eventually link its capital Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand

The Independent UK

Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he's pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests

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Cambodian Opposition Figure In Court On Incitement Charge

An outspoken Cambodian opposition politician appeared in court Friday for questioning on new charges, the latest in a series of legal cases brought by the authorities against dissenting voices.

International Business Times

A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia's's biggest casino

A Cambodian union leader freed from prison after serving time for her part in a strike against the country’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the labor action until justice is done

The Independent UK

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor

Cambodia has decried newly imposed U.S. sanctions on one of its tycoons who has been implicated in forced labor, human trafficking and lucrative online scams

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US Sanctions Cambodian Tycoon For Human Trafficking And Investment Scams

The Treasury Department sanctioned Ly Yong Phat and entities he controlled over their role in the abusive treatment of workers in online scam centers

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Rohan's parents gave him up. He wants them to know they made the right choice

The Canberra man arrived as an infant in a cardboard box.

International Business Times

Controversial Cambodia Carbon Credit Project Reinstated

A carbon credit scheme in Cambodia that was put on hold after allegations of rights abuses has been reinstated after more than a year of review, a verification body said.

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A family affair: can Asia break free from the power of its political dynasties?

Anger is rising at Indonesia’s new administration – while Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos and Brunei are all led by the children of former leaders

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Cambodia's leader defends arrests of protesters, claiming they were trying to overthrow government

Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries

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China To Give Cambodia Warships Amid Naval Base Expansion

China's provision of warships to Cambodia raises concerns about a potential permanent naval presence in the Gulf of Thailand. U.S. and other countries expr...

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Cambodia says China gifting 2 warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port

Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a strategically important base being expanded with Beijing’s funding

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Influencer Sparks Outrage By Playing ‘Temple Run’ In An Actual Ancient Temple

"You wouldn’t run through St. Peters in Rome or any Western church — so why is it okay to do it in Cambodia?" The post Influencer Sparks Outrage By Playing ‘Temple Run’ In An Actual Ancient Temple first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Tourists taking part in ‘Temple Run challenge’ at historic Cambodian Unesco site receive backlash

Conservationists and academics have condemned the trend as a ‘disaster waiting to happen’

Bangkok Post

Teen rescued from scammers in Cambodia

The teenage son of a secretary to the Chaiyaphum mayor was brought back safely to Thailand on Wednesday after being abducted and held for ransom.

The Guardian - UK

Mind the carvings! The TikTokers recreating the Temple Run video game – in an actual temple

Angkor Wat in Cambodia is a world heritage site, renowned for its beauty and its air of gentle decline. But 900 years of history is attracting some unwanted visitors

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