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Singapore-based Company Embroiled in Thai-Cambodia Scandal
By: Andy Wong Ming Jun Mauerberger and Cambodian princeling Yim Leak. Photo from Whale Hunting Singapore once again finds itself caught up in the politics of its ASEAN peers with recent revelations involving Capital Asia Investments (CAI), a...
Red Deer Realtor trekking across Cambodia for charity
Published 3:50 pm Friday, October 3, 2025 By SEAN MCINTOSH ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer woman will be one of several Canadian Realtors trekking across Cambodia to raise money for charity. Lori Cartwright, a Royal LePage Network Realty Realtor, will...

OC Cambodians Look to the Future
There’s been a lot of attention on the diasporas of Vietnamese refugees who came in the 1970s fleeing communism, but there’s also another Indochina group that appeared in Santa Ana in the 1980s–Cambodians fleeing the Communist regime of the Khmer...

Data reveals serious mental health challenges amongst AANHPI students—but there is hope in cultural connection
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY As a young student, researcher and educator Jenn Nguyen both witnessed and felt the pressure of the “model minority” myth that weighed so heavily on both her and her fellow Asian and Asian American...

Fraser Residence BKK1 brings Frasers Hospitality’s serviced apartments to Cambodia
Frasers Hospitality brings its Fraser Residence serviced apartment brand to Cambodia through the signing of Fraser Residence BKK1, Phnom Penh. The new property is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2026. According to Frasers Hospitality...

Behind the Scenes at New York Fashion Week With Julia Sun '26
It's easy to forget how close we are to a global fashion capital when you're sitting next to a 23-year-old sporting a Minecraft T-shirt and sweatpants with mystery stains. But if you're familiar with the fashion sphere, you will know we are in the...

JATI - Cambodia’s Most Anticipated Island Escape by the operators of Shinta Mani
JATI, an exclusive private island retreat by the acclaimed creators of Shinta Mani Hotels has recently opened, offering a unique blend of Khmer-inspired luxury and barefoot island bliss off Cambodia’s southern coast. The 82-villa laid-back retreat...

Cambodia lies, is provocative, violates ceasefire, UN told
PUBLISHED : 28 Sep 2025 at 11:14 UPDATED : 28 Sep 2025 at 12:35 Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow told the United Nations General Assembly that Cambodia continued to lie, act provocatively and violate its ceasefire agreement with...

Cambodia lies, is provocative, violates ceasefire agreement: UN was told
PUBLISHED : 28 Sep 2025 at 11:14 Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow told the United Nations General Assembly that Cambodia continued to lie, act provocatively and violate its ceasefire agreement with Thailand. Speaking at the UNGA’s 80th...
Floods kill 19 in Cambodia from July to September: report
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mekong River floods and flash floods in other places had killed 19 people in Cambodia from July to the end of September 2025, a disaster control report showed on Thursday. The floods battered parts of 20 cities and...

Man, 29, died after drinking fruit juice while in Cambodia, inquest hears
A 29-year-old Northampton man collapsed and died after drinking a fruit juice while on holiday in Cambodia, an inquest has heard. Ally Ahmed, who was living in Northampton at the time, died at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh,...

Cambodia isn’t ready for India’s tigers. It doesn’t have prey or protection for big cats
The risk is that the export project could proceed anyway, for diplomatic and geopolitical reasons. Once underway and spun as a landmark conservation initiative, it would be difficult to abandon—leaving the tigers to languish in an enclosure with...

Avoiding Another Sihanoukville: Why Cambodia’s Coastal Provinces Must Transform Into A Blue Economy Hub
This photo taken on September 26, 2022 shows a motorist passing a building previously shut down by the police, in Sihanoukville in Preah Sihanouk province. Photo by AFP Cambodia’s coastline, once a lifeline for generations of fishing and farming...
Chen Zhi Climate Action Challenge and Ministry of Environment Partner to Advance Youth Climate Solutions in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 1 October 2025 - Cambodia's climate resilience efforts gained fresh momentum with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Environment and the Chen Zhi Climate Action...

Cambodian doctors and nurses complete K-medicine training at KNUH
An orthopedic surgeon and a trauma nurse from Cambodia received clinical skills training at Kyungpook National University Hospital (KNUH) for two to three months. It was part of the “Cambodian Core Medical Personnel Capacity Building Training...

Making Cambodia pay for border row
What I am covering today is a sensitive issue that all economic research houses, both government and private, avoid talking about. That is the economic impact of the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. These research houses widely...

Melaka and Cambodia Pledge to Foster Muslim Tourism
Cambodian Tourism Minister Huot Hak met with Melaka Governor Tun Seri Stia Dr. Haji Mohd Ali Bin Mohd Rustam on September 28, on the sideline of World Tourism Conference 2025 in Melaka city, Malaysia. Photo: Ministry of Tourism PHNOM PENH – The...

The Well Method: Discovering The Whole Truth About Health
Life is meant to be more than surviving. Health is more than checkups and diet plans. There’s a way to be whole. getty The story of how I came to find a wholeness of health began in the arms of my mother as she crouched in the mud of the Cambodian...

BIC Group: Building Cambodia’s corporate future through ESG
A framework for sustainability BIC has taken a decisive step by publishing annual sustainability reports, detailing its activities beyond financial performance. The latest report highlights programmes in education, health and community...

Cambodia: Microfinance Lending Harming Indigenous Groups
Cambodian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) backed by international investors have aggressively marketed loans to Indigenous communities, targeting the value of their land as collateral for loans. Predatory lending and collection practices by these...