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Men from India's Erikala tribe unload bamboo from the Nalamalla forest, at their hamlet at Lingala Mandal in Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. The Erikala tribals earn their livelihood mainly by making bamboo products. Photo: AFP

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Why bamboo isn’t just for pandas

by Alistair Monument June 21, 2018

A Cambodian garment worker gets pay for her lunch in front of a factory in Phnom Penh. Women in worksites such as these are often targets of sexual harassment. Photo: AFP/ Tang Chhin Sothy

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MeToo movement finally reaching Asian workplaces

by Alan Boyd June 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) with his West Point-trained son Hun Manet, who many think is being groomed to take over from his father some time after the July 29 elections. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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Is Cambodia moving towards a one-party military state?

by David Hutt June 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Prince Norodom Ranariddh and his wife Ouk Phalla after casting their votes at a polling station in Phnom Penh June 3, 2012. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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Cambodian prince’s wife killed in car accident

by Alan Parkhouse June 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Hing Bun Hieng, the commander of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's bodyguard unit, stands at the International Airport of Phnom Penh as he travels to Singapore for the 32nd ASEAN Summit, in Phnom Penh, April 27, 2018. Photo: Reuters

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Hun Sen’s bodyguard under US sanction fire

by Andrew Nachemson June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Hundreds of rescued foreign fishermen, mostly from Myanmar and Thailand, are gathered by Indonesia's illegal fishing taskforce and Thai officials at an Indonesian fishing firm on April 3, 2015, in remote Benjina Island. Photo: AFP/ Ugeng Nugroho/ Ministry of Fishery

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Hundreds of fishermen still stuck in Indonesia, returnees say

by Jim Pollard and Rajat Sethi June 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese fruits seller on floating market - woman selling fruit from her boat in the Mekong river delta, Vietnam. Photo: iStock

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Beijing’s grand economic strategy for the Mekong

by William Holland June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Stock market and other finance themes. Financial data on a monitor. Photo: iStock

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The Asian Development Bank preaches bond destiny

by Gary Kleiman June 5, 2018

An aerial view of Tianjin Union Development Corporation's Koh Kong project in Cambodia. Image: Cambodia Constructor's Association

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A Chinese colony takes shape in Cambodia

by Andrew Nachemson June 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia’s coastal resort of Sihanoukville Photo: Google Maps

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Brit with ‘Taiwan’ tattoo beaten by Chinese in Cambodian bar

by Asia Times staff May 29, 2018February 18, 2020

A temple by the riverside in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.Photo: iStockphoto

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Only 43 Cambodian maids in HK from the 1,000 targeted

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit last year. Photo: AFP

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China’s political warfare – how vulnerable is India?

by Prakash Katoch May 22, 2018

Phnom Penh Post newspapers are seen on a desk in a picture taken on May 7, 2018. Photo: Reuters/ Samrang Pring

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Lifting the veil on Cambodia’s new media baron

by Chris Taylor May 22, 2018

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks to media in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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US tightens squeeze on Cambodia clampdown

by Andrew Nachemson May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Police officers stand guard near the Supreme Court of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

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Injustice continues: Cambodian court extends detention of two journalists

by Marte Hellema May 18, 2018

A man reads the Phnom Penh Post at a coffee shop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 8, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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Takeover tremors rock Cambodia’s most influential paper

by Alan Parkhouse May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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New start or sad end for Cambodia’s last free newspaper?

by Alan Parkhouse May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Train cars at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station. Photo: AFP

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Misaligned rails keep SEAsia delinked from China

by Peter Janssen May 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers gather as they rally to mark May Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 1, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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How Cambodia killed its unions

by David Hutt May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A Laotian family earns its living growing peanuts on a small island in the Mekong River. Thanks to international efforts, the threat to them and others from malaria has been reduced. Photo: iStock

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Beating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion

by Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Shin Young-soo April 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A Junk in Guangzhou harbour in 1869-71. According to Thomson the vessel shown here ‘is a fine type of its class and has in her model something of the foreign ship, though retaining quite enough of the old Chinese build to soothe the prejudices of the nation.’

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Newly found photos of China and Indochina go on show

by Asia Times staff April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ex-leader Sam Rainsy (2nd R) speaks to people as its now jailed presiden Kem Sokha (R), listens in front of the National Assembly building during a rally to mark Human Rights day in Phnom Penh on December 10, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Tang Chhin Sothy

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Can Cambodia’s fractured opposition survive?

by David Hutt April 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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Cambodia clampdown was long in the planning

by Alan Parkhouse April 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo, August 7, 2017.
Photo: AFP/Toru Hannai/Pool

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Why Japan won’t criticize Hun Sen

by David Hutt March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

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Agencies for Indonesian maids urged to reduce fees

by Asia Times staff March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) and his then Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung stand next to a border marker during an inauguration ceremony at Cambodia's Bavet commune in Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province, September 2006. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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Hun Sen willing to risk losing his oldest ally

by Alan Parkhouse March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Djibouti is located between the Gulf of Adan and the Red Sea. Photo: Getty Images

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Djibouti the latest to fall victim to China’s ‘debt trap diplomacy’

by Jon Connars March 27, 2018

The Phnom Penh Post newspaper as a newly launched daily edition in a 2008 file photo. AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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Cambodia’s last free media on shaky ground

by Alan Parkhouse March 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto

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Cambodia exiles bid to buy influence in Washington

by David Hutt March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes a selfie with a delegate during during a summit event with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Sydney, March 16, 2018. Photo: Pool via Reuters/Mark Metcalfe

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Should Australia join Asean?

by Alan Boyd March 20, 2018February 18, 2020