SCMP — Online fraud
How Chinese nationals forced to run internet scams in Cambodia earn millions for their captors, sometimes paying with their lives.
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ProPublica — Human trafficking’s newest abuse: Forcing victims into cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse.
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Rest of World — TikTok’s viral monks are clashing with Buddhist authorities
Superstar monks have built massive followings — but dancing, singing, and fame-seeking are all violations of the monastic code.
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The Guardian — ‘Everywhere is broken’: How land grabs in Cambodia are demolishing lives
The government has a ‘masterplan’ for the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, with tourist meccas built on land given to elite families while the poor and powerless face the bulldozers.
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SCMP — Sold as brides in China, few Cambodian women escape their fate
Dozens of Cambodian women and girls are taken to China each year, where they are forced to marry local men. Only the lucky ones manage to escape.
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The New York Times — Cambodia reins in the web
Under a new decree, all web traffic will be routed through a government portal. Rights groups say a crackdown on digital expression is about to get worse.
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Reuters Video — Cambodia bat researchers on mission to track origin of COVID-19
Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic.
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Reuters — Cambodia's dwindling fish stocks put spotlight on changing rivers
Experts blame hydropower projects, sand mining, deforestation, wetland conversion and climate change for dramatic drops in water levels in the region's rivers, severely disrupting fishing and threatening food supplies for millions.
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