Cambodia
Looted relics returned to Cambodia receive monks’ blessings
Cambodian artifacts were often looted out of the country beginning in the 1970s, under control of the Khmer Rouge. At least 13 antiquities have been returned this month amid a push in the art world from artists and scholars to return looted works to their countries of origin.
‘I cannot give up’: Cambodian rapper says he will sing about injustice despite threats from govt
Cambodia is now better vaccinated than many US states
Last living member of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime tries to overturn genocide, war crimes charges
Opening the door to Chinese investment comes with risks for Southeast Asian nations
Charlie Hebdo trial begins; Notorious Cambodia killer dies; COVID-19 antibody study offers some hope
The Charlie Hebdo terror trial began in Paris on Wednesday, five years after the massacre was carried out. Kaing Guek Eav, a former teacher known as “Duch” who became the most infamous killer in the Khmer Rouge era, has died at the age of 77 of lung disease in a Phnom Penh hospital. And a new study published on Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that COVID-19 antibodies last at least four months after initial infection.
From Louisiana to Taiwan, environmental activists stand up to a major plastics company
Formosa Plastics, a Taiwanese plastics company, intends to build a complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, a region already known as "Cancer Alley." Environmental activist Anne Rolfes faces criminal charges for a protest action she took to call attention to the company's history of harm.
California governor halts deportations of 2 Cambodian refugees, thwarting Trump administration
Gov. Gavin Newsom's pardon of state convictions is widely interpreted as a rebuke to Trump administration policies.
What it's like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees
Immigration attorney Kevin Chun Hoi Lo, who grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown, helped stop 30 Cambodians from being deported from the US last year. Months later, many were deported anyway.
'Death of democracy' in Cambodia after elections
Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party said on Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in an election that critics said was neither free nor fair.
Ahead of elections, Cambodia's democracy crumbles
Cambodia will elect its prime minister on Sunday — and current Prime Minister Hun Sen will win again.
As election nears, Cambodia opposition says it's been silenced
Ruler Hun Sen has had no opposition since last year when the opposing party was dissolved by the Supreme Court.
A global sand grab is wrecking ecosystems and communities around the world
Sand can seem like the most abundant and inexhaustible thing on Earth. But a global building boom is gobbling up sand — and destroying vital ecosystems around the world — for concrete and landfill.
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There are 28 other monarchies in the world
Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.
After deportation, a family from Wisconsin will start anew in Cambodia
The number of deportations to Cambodia — and the speed at which they’re processed — is on the rise. Sothy Kum is among them.