Inside the Cambodian ‘factory’ set to turn street kids into business owners

George Wright December 11, 2018 Share this article What if we told you that you could help 52 at-risk Cambodian youth break the cycle of poverty and build meaningful futures? George Wright pays a visit to an innovative new project—spearheaded by Friends-International and The Intrepid Foundation—that aims to do just that. In 2006, Ouch Sopheak […]

Straight Outta the Bronx: A Cambodian Rickshaw Driver

Amid the throngs of tuk-tuk drivers competing for fares in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 49-year-old Luka Meas stands out. Largely because of his Bronx-accented English. After surviving the Khmer Rouge regime, Meas and his family immigrated to New York in 1981. He never became a U.S. citizen, so after serving time for a drug conviction, he […]

Exile sues Facebook in hunt for Cambodian leader’s paid ‘likes’

Facebook doesn’t normally have to answer questions about government leaders’ public pages, but it might have to very shortly. Exiled Cambodian politician Sam Rainsy has sued Facebook insisting that it provide any information that might show Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen (above) bought millions of fake “likes” to feign popularity. Rainsy himself is the target […]

Cambodian PM calls US democracy 'bloody & brutal' in row over USAID-funded NGO

Political tensions have been rising between Phnom Penh and Washington, after Cambodia ordered a USAID-supported organization to halt its activity in the country. The Asian nation says it is defending its sovereignty, while Washington questioned its democracy. In the latest development to the worsening dispute between the two nations, Cambodia’s long-ruling leader, Prime Minister Hun […]

‘I’ll be less sexy’: Cambodian star’s risque Facebook posts results in acting ban

Published time: 27 Apr, 2017 17:41 A Cambodian actress has promised to be “less sexy” after being banned from working for a year over Facebook posts the country’s Ministry of Culture deemed too raunchy. Actress Denny Kwan, 24, who has starred in several music videos, was punished because the ministry judged that she had failed […]