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Video of Tycoon Stomping on Woman's Head Reveals the Dark Side of Cambodia's Elites
The vicious assault of an actress by a property magnate in Cambodia earlier this month has shone a light on the culture of impunity and entitlement surrounding the country's ultra-rich.
Most Cambodian 'Coffee' Is Actually Soybeans and Scorched Corn
Coffee in Cambodia is a con, cut through with blackened water, soybeans, and dodgy flavourings as rival roasters compete to sell the cheapest product. I got on a moped with a local roaster to visit some of the fakers at work.
'Trading Refugees for Money’: Four of Australia’s Failed Asylum Seekers Arrive in Phnom Penh
Only four out of 718 people accepted the Australian government's offer, despite being housed in conditions that Amnesty International has called "toxic" and "inhumane."
In Cambodia, Coffee and Tea Come Together in One Cup
Pouring jasmine tea over coffee dregs sounds like a bad idea but in Cambodia, it’s a refreshing way to cap off the heavy Robusta blends favoured by street sellers.
In the Jungle with the Montagnards, Vietnam's Persecuted Indigenous Minority
I met with a group preparing to cross the Cambodian border in an attempt to make it to the UN office in Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh’s Best Breakfast Comes From a Stall Next to a Sewer
Vanna has been serving babaw—a Cambodian rice porridge similar to congee—in a stall next to Phnom Penh’s infamous Lu Tuk S'Oi, or ‘bad smelling water’ for eight years.
The High Cost of Cheap Clothes
VICE News traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to investigate what is happening to those swept up in the country’s trafficking crackdown.
We Talked Refugees with Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young in Cambodia
We followed the Greens Senator around a Phnom Penh slum, where she looked at the conditions awaiting Nauru's refugees.
Australia Dumps Its Refugees on Cambodia
Five detainees on the South Pacific island of Nauru have stitched their lips together in response to the arrangement signed last Friday for Australia to palm off unwanted refugees to Cambodia in exchange for $35 million in aid.
Weed Pizza and AK-47s: My Summer Vacation in Cambodia
I came to Cambodia to live out the dream I had entertained since my days as a young boy watching endless action movies and filling my youthful hours with GI Joes and Nerf guns: I was going to shoot an AK-47.
I Survived a Khmer Rouge Execution During The Cambodian Genocide
Sovannora survived prison camps, an execution attempt, and an frantic journey across a minefield. We asked him how he felt after the sentencing of two former Khmer Rouge officials two weeks ago.
‘I Learned to Fight For My Life’: Meet a Man Who Survived a Khmer Rouge Execution
Sovannora survived prison camps, an execution attempt, and an frantic journey across a minefield.