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“Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea momentarily broke his silence during the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday to pose two questions to veteran journalist and witness Elizabeth Becker regarding the United States’ criminal role in the historic destruction of Cambodia. Choosing to…
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The Apsara Authority said yesterday that it is ramping up security and increasing printed warnings against desecrating temple ruins at the Angkor Archaeological Park after a second group of tourists – this time, two American women – were deported in…
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More than 70 residents in Battambang’s Sangke district – including children as young as 3 – have tested positive for HIV after some of them received injections from an unlicensed doctor now on the run from authorities, villagers and officials…
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Pressing humanitarian emergencies across the globe have seen the budget for the World Food Programme’s multimillion-dollar school feeding operation in Cambodia slashed for the second year in a row, leaving about 275,000 students without daily hot breakfasts and other food…
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Prominent activist monk Venerable Loun Sovath is awaiting new charges after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court discovered grave technical errors involving his case during a trial that lawyers and NGO officials have called “bewildering”. Sovath, an internationally recognised human rights…
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Cambodia’s smartphone revolution is proving to be fertile ground for tech-savvy entrepreneurs with bright ideas Cambodia might be a rookie in the tech game, but industry insiders say it’s just warming up. As mobile users grow exponentially, foreign companies enter…
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Most people tiptoe around thoughts of the unknown, but Romanian-born Sorin Mihailovici doesn’t have such fears. In fact, the 37-year-old trailblazer has made a career out of soaring feet first into all things foreign — including his move to Canada….
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Most immigrants come to Canada to work and build a better life, and for some that means starting a small business. But small businesses can come with big challenges and even bigger costs. From franchises to opening a retail shop,…
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Hi! I’m Sarah, a Canadian freelance multimedia journalist, serial expat and self-proclaimed third culture kid. Specialising in tech, travel, immigration, culture and health, I have followed my sixth sense for news to various places in North America, Asia and now, Europe. When I’m not writing or editing, I’m losing sleep over travelogues and fantasy books or planning motorcycle trips from the Old Continent.
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