More than 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is female, and many see the new generation as a catalyst for change.
Countries in the Asia-Pacific will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, particularly extreme weather.
To conservative Cambodians, sex workers are defying traditional values.
“Sex, Love, and Money in Cambodia: Professional Girlfriends and Transactional Relationships” looks at the intimate lives of Cambodian women and the idea of “transactional relationships.”
According to the World Economic Forum 2015, Cambodia was ranked 95th in competitiveness, surpassing only Myanmar among countries in Asean.
Cambodia’s garment sector is a major economic driver in the country, earning some $3 billion from exports in the first half of 2015.
Freedom of expression online plays an important role in Cambodia’s developing democracy says Ellen Grant, who recently produced a documentary called "Cyber-Democracy: Cambodia, Kafka's Kingdom."
Cambodians in the US have twice the rate of type-2 diabetes, seven times the rate of depression, and fifteen times the rate of PTSD than the standard US population.
Sarah Chayes says that corrupt governments can be broken down by anti-corruption revolutions, such as those that occurred in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.
Around 150 Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese met with members of the Southeast Asian American Health Coalition and Khmer Health Advocates, describing what they need in a proper healthcare system.
Phare’s performance “Khmer Metal” was applauded by the audience, some reacting with the words:“Now that was circus!”
Susan Markham, USAID’s senior gender coordinator, spoke to VOA Khmer's Ten Soksreinith recently about the agency’s efforts to promote gender equality around the world.
“The Storm Makers” documentary illustrates how young women in rural Cambodia are lured into slavery.
There are questions whether the reclusive country is really looking at the possibility of opening up to the world.
As of June 2015, microfinance institutions lent more than $2 billion, compared to $1.6 billion dollars in 2014, according to the Cambodia Microfinance Association.
Phare, a Cambodian circus, is conducting its first US tour, after traveling across Europe and Asia for the last decade.
Hun Sen said democracy and human rights are making progress, but he also said groups that abuse the principles to serve their “political purposes” would not be tolerated.
Often underpaid and undervalued, there are not many artists devoted to preserving Khmer cultural values through arts these days.
Codingate, a tech startup company, is ready to make a move to bring Cambodia’s IT service to the next level.
In 2011, twenty-five-year-old Thorn Bun Thoeng started teaching English to local children in his native Preah Dak village.
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