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Meet the 12-year-old Cambodian princess who apparently wants to become a K-pop idol
Cambodian princess Jenna Norodom is reportedly considering becoming a trainee in Korea to debut as an idol, according to a Taiwanese news outlet. The 12-year-old princess is already a celebrity in her ...
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Revived Cambodian Nationalism Threatens to Undermine ‘Special’ Relationship With Vietnam
Cambodia’s recent withdrawal from Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), a cross-border development cooperation scheme with Laos and Vietnam, is a cause for concern. The four ...
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Cambodia preparing strategy to graduate from LDC status by 2029: PM
Prime Minister Hun Manet recently said the Cambodian government is preparing a strategy to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) status by 2029. Addressing an event to celebrate the 20th ...
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PH to Cambodia: Filipinas in surrogacy scheme are victims, not criminals
The Philippine Embassy is appealing to the Cambodian government not to file criminal charges against the 20 Filipinas rescued from alleged surrogacy schemes, Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Ty said on ...
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Caught between giants: Why Cambodia looks to Australia
At first glance, Cambodia and Australia might not seem like major players in each other’s diplomatic orbits. But watch this space. Over the past decades, Canberra has been a key partner in Cambodia’s ...
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Rebuilding Cambodian cinema, one actor at a time
“Back in 2003 to 2004, when Khmer films were booming, I was captivated. I’d sneak off to the cinema whenever I could, eager to catch the latest releases,” said Cheng Ratana, a 22-year-old student at ...
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More than half of Cambodian children are severely beaten. Monks are helping to change that
Not far from the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, a group of saffron-robed monks have been learning some modern lessons. Gathered around a table inside a pagoda, they’re reading about the shocking ...
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Inside Cambodia’s cyber-scam centres, where workers are victims of human trafficking
It’s happened to us all: a message arrives on our phone that looks genuine but turns out to be a scam. The internet has enabled scammers worldwide to find and contact potential victims. In Southeast ...
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Sexual abuse allegations leveled at Cambodian Islamic school
Police are investigating allegations that the son of Cambodia’s top Islamic cleric had raped and sexually assaulted 18 girls in a school dormitory after complaints were lodged online by students which ...
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The son almost rises: Cambodia’s Hun Sen the power behind throne
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet kept a low profile at the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, holding meetings on the sidelines with fellow leaders but making no public statements to the media. An ...
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Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally
Several Cambodian journalists contributed to this report, but have requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. Rare timber species likely logged from Cambodia’s embattled protected ...