Jan 11 Watch 7:26 Fighting malaria in the remote reaches of Cambodia By Fred de Sam Lazaro Malaria causes nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year. Ninety percent of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor infrastructure limits delivery of drugs. But now there is worry that those drugs are losing effectiveness as disease strains become… Continue watching
Jul 30 Opposition says Cambodian election was death of democracy By Sopheng Cheang, Jerry Harmer, Associated Press The ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulated itself Monday on its election victory, while the opposition party unable to contest the polls said they marked the death of democracy in the Southeast Asian country, making its government… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 10:02 As Cambodia’s economy grows, low-income residents left behind By PBS News Hour Cambodia's economy is one of the fastest-growing in the world, with a booming manufacturing industry and steady agricultural exports. But a burgeoning real estate market is causing displacement among farmers and low-income Cambodians, as the government grants large swaths of… Continue watching
Jun 03 360 video: This historic Cambodian building, set for demolition, is a city within a city By GlobalBeat Approximately 500 families, who are currently living in a historic building in Cambodia's capital, risk displacement to make room for a new development project. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 10:01 Deported from U.S., Cambodians fight immigration policy By PBS News Hour Every year, the U.S. deports thousands of immigrants who are convicted of crimes after they serve their prison terms -- including green card holders and those granted asylum. The policy dates back to the Clinton and Bush administrations as part… Continue watching
Jul 24 Mourners of slain government critic fill Cambodia’s streets By Andi Wang Tens of thousands of Cambodians filled the streets of Phnom Penh Sunday for a funeral procession of a well-known government critic who was gunned down earlier this month. Kem Ley, a Cambodian political commentator and activist, was shot to death… Continue reading
Apr 13 Helmet use a no brainer in Cambodia’s rapid motorization By Tom Hundley, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — On a steamy afternoon in the Cambodian capital, Sar Sopheap, 40, was looking over the selection of used motorcycles at a shop in the Prampi Makara district, known for its hundreds of small motorcycle shops. She… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 4:09 Cambodia promotes motorcycle helmets to halt rise of traffic deaths By PBS News Hour In Cambodia, motorcycle sales have surged in recent decades, but so have fatalities from motorcycle accidents. In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza and Hari Sreenivasan report on how government and traffic safety advocates… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition nearly killed by the Khmer Rouge By Cynthia Stone, KQED Charya Burt trained as a classical Cambodian dancer, Now, she's passing on her art and drawing on a painful family history under the Khmer Rouge to push her dance in new directions. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 3:34 Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition that was almost killed by the Khmer Rouge By PBS News Hour Continue watching