A Cambodian-American singer in Oakland, CA, is shaking things up in the Khmer community by fusing Cambodian psychedelic rock music with funk, soul and hip-hop.
Cambodia trying to reassert ownership of potentially looted cultural artifacts
Monday was an historic day for the people of Cambodia. Opening statements in the war crimes trial against three former leaders of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime, began in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.
Thirty years after more than a million people died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, a United Nations-backed trial is finally underway. For what this means for Cambodia we are joined by Jonathan Head, the BBC’s South Asia correspondent.
We close today with Cambodian-American rapper Boomer Da Sharpshoota. He grew up in the US but he was deported seven years ago. He lives in Cambodia and he’s been learning to rap in Khmer. It’s not the language he grew up speaking. Corey Takahashi reports.
