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November 05, 2016
Cambodian-Americans Raise Concerns Over Low Voter Registration

In Minnesota, an activist says about 2,000 of the local Cambodian community have registered to vote, slightly more than the 2012 election.
October 29, 2016
Journalist Worked to Uncover Cambodian Genocide, Tells New Generation of Reporters to Trust Instinct, Keep Digging

"I want journalists to know if journalists write stories that people don’t want to believe, stick to your gut. If you are confident and you keep showing through your research and reporting that you were right, just stick to your gut."
October 26, 2016
Cambodian-Born Candidates Make History in US State Legislature Race

The 18th district’s incumbent representative and Democratic Party candidate Rady Mom is being challenged by Republican candidate Kamara Kay in the November 8 vote.
September 28, 2016
Khmer-American Songwriter Adds Powerful Ballad to ‘Painfully Beautiful’ Screenplay

“Like a Rose”, originally written and produced by Cambodian-American Bochan Huy, is a painfully beautiful accompaniment to the love between Dr. Ngor and his wife.
September 19, 2016
Avoiding Gang Culture, Young Cambodian-Americans in Lowell Thrive through Education

Almost a third of the 4,000 students at the school are of Cambodian origin.
September 07, 2016
Cambodian-Americans Aim for Massachusetts State Legislature, Vow to Bring Change to Lowell

There are approximately more than 30,000 first generation Cambodian migrants living in Lowell, Massachusetts.
August 29, 2016
In Lowell, Cambodians Seek Increased Representation

The city has a population of about 105,000, almost one in five of whom are of Asian descent. More than 30,000 first-generation Cambodian migrants live in Lowell.
August 18, 2016
Cambodian-Americans in Lowell Split Over Clinton and Trump

Lowell has the second largest concentration of first-generation Cambodian migrants in the United States, after Long Beach, California.
July 30, 2016
Cambodian-American Swimmer to Compete at Rio 2016

Puo Sovijja, a student at Brown University, where he studies math and biology, said he hopes he can break his previous record for the men’s 100-meter freestyle at the games.
July 27, 2016
River of Change: Hydropower dams and the Mekong River’s uncertain future

Irrevocably change is underway upriver and downriver – from China to the Mekong delta – as countries along the river’s length pursue hydroelectric dams as a path to power generation.
June 22, 2016
Q&A: Mekong Historian Finds His Worst Fears Confirmed

"When I wrote the book and published it in 2000, 16 years ago, I did not expect that the Chinese would continue building dams at the rate that they have now done. So, the uncertain future has proved to be exactly that: very uncertain indeed," said Mekong Historian Milton Osborne.
June 14, 2016
Emerging Novelist Hopes to Inspire New Generation

Her passion for writing was nurtured from a young age by her mother’s love for novels, Meas says.
June 02, 2016
Ambitious Book Projects Take a Wider Look at Contemporary Cambodia

The book brings together more than 35 scholars on Cambodia, including several Cambodian researchers.
May 16, 2016
David Chandler Talks Cambodian Optimism—and Its Opposite

From the comprehensive “A History of Cambodia” to his dissection of the Khmer Rouge’s main torture center in “Voices from S-21,” Chandler has charted more of the country’s turbulent and often bloody past than any other scholar.
May 06, 2016
Cambodian-Born U.S. National Champion Diver to Make a Homecoming Trip to Cambodia

Jordan Pisey Windle was about two-years old when he was adopted by his American father, Jerry Windle, a former U.S. Navy officer who had served off Cambodia's coast. Jordan's natural diving talent has won him numerous national championship titles, including first National Champion in the 10-meter platform, the 3-meter mixed gender event with his synchronized partner, and Olympic Silver Medal.
May 06, 2016
Cambodian-Born U.S. Diving Champion Hopes to Inspire His Homeland

Aged just 12, Jordan won the U.S. Junior National Championship Title diving from the 10-meter platform. He then won gold at the Junior Pan American Championships in Arizona, and as well as silver and bronze medals at the U.S. National Championships in more recent years.
April 28, 2016
Khmer Rouge Survivors Head to US for Shooting Remembrance

The 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration, is held to remember four students who were fatally shot by Ohio National Guard troops just days after Nixon announced armed intervention in Cambodia.
April 22, 2016
The Failure of Cambodian Resettlement in the U.S.

From the 1970s to the 1990s, as many as 100,000 Cambodian refugees resettled in the United States. But far from finding a sanctuary, many Cambodians in America have grappled with poverty, mental health problems and social isolation.
April 18, 2016
Cambodian Forestry Campaigner Awarded 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize

He dedicated the award to his countrymen who are fighting to preserve Cambodia’s remaining forests in the face of rampant illegal logging and damaging government policies.
March 28, 2016
Columbia Researchers Probe Cambodia’s Orphanage Problem

In Cambodia, there have been numerous reports of children exploitation and abuse at child care institutions.

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