Hun Manet, the son of longtime authoritarian leader Hun Sen, arrives in Melbourne next week at a time of increasing crackdowns on dissent and the opposition in the country.
A woman prays in front of skulls at a memorial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, marking the genocide that happened under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.
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While the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from escalating, it has not stopped many accusations of genocides, including violence in Darfur and in Ukraine.
Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger has died, aged 100. His legacy, including his involvement in the Vietnam war, is long, complicated and divisive.
The aftermath of U.S. bombs in Neak Luong, Cambodia, on Aug. 7, 1973.
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As he prepares to hand over power to his son after 38 years in power, veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen, has come a long way since his early days as a Khmer Rouge fighter.
Hun Manet, Hun Sen’s son, shows his inked finger at a polling station in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
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Social media account of Cambodia’s long-serving leader was deleted amid a spat with Facebook over videoed threats of violence against opposition supporters.
A witness cries while giving testimony in a trial against former Guatemalan dictator Gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt in 2013.
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David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York
College students learn about people who have dedicated their professional lives to reducing the threat of violence – and their successes and failures.
Establishing the financial worth of a river’s fish is complicated when many people don’t sell the fish they catch.
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Putting a dollar value on nature has staunch opponents who say it’s morally wrong, but without it, building dams and other infrastructure can run roughshod over vital ecosystems.
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Many Khmer Rouge leaders died before they could be indicted, and attempts to prosecute other suspects were blocked by the Cambodian government. Now, attention is turning to the tribunal’s legacy.
Community health workers assist patients as they gather their medications and supplements to discuss them during remote visits with pharmacists.
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Your T-shirt may have travelled one-and-a-half times round the world to reach you.
Despite Nepal struggling with high case numbers, many people defied lockdown to attend the Rato Machindranath Jatra chariot festival in mid-May.
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Low levels of immunity and high levels of mixing are a perfect setting for the next big outbreak.
A visualization of daily life around Angkor Wat in the late 12th century.
Tom Chandler, Mike Yeates, Chandara Ung and Brent McKee, Monash University, 2021
A bat virus discovered a decade ago in Cambodia indicates that pangolin trafficking remains a credible explanation for the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Supply chain transparency is important, but countries like Australia also must do more to support the justice process, such as securing compensation for fishermen and putting traffickers in jail.
L'etat, c'est moi: Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen runs a one-party state.
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