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45 min ago | Forbes.com

Cambodia's Booming New Industry: Orphanage Tourism

It's the end of your three week vacation in Southeast Asia. You did good. You managed to hit all the locations on the backpacker's circuit; lounging on the tropical Islands off the Thai Peninsula, experiencing the street food of Bangkok, exploring the temples of Siem Reap, and shopping on the floating markets of the Mekong River.

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Related Topix: Travel, Southeast Asia, Asia Travel, World News, Cambodia, Cambodia Travel, Siem Reap, Cambodia Travel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Travel, Family, Kids

Thu May 23, 2013

BruDirect

Youths Hold 'Key' To Asean's Future

AMMY+3) in Brunei Darussalam concluded yesterday with the release of joint ministerial statement agreed by attending officials from Asean members countries including their Plus Three partners China, Japan and Korea.

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Crikey

Running shoes leave bloody footprints: inside Asia's garment trade

Think Bangladesh is the only country with unsafe labour practices? Garment workers are not safe in so-called "clean" south-east Asian countries either, writes Australian Phnom Penh Post journalist Shane Worrell .

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Jaunted

Phnom Penh: Inside Cambodia Angkor Air's Lounge at Phnom Penh International Airport

Here's a random peek inside the home airport lounge of Cambodia Angkor Air , the national carrier of Cambodia .

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Vietnam, Travel

The Daily Star

Independence Day Special 2013

On this March 26, Bangladesh will be 42 and on the threshold of 43 years of its emergence as an independent nation.

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FiveThirtyEight

Latitude: Cambodia No Model For Workers' Rights Even If Conditions Are Better Than In Bangladesh

After an overloaded mezzanine collapsed at the Wing Star Shoes Factory on the southern outskirts of Phnom Penh last week, killing two workers and injuring 11 others, the Cambodian government sprang into action.

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FiveThirtyEight

Scientist at Work Blog: Mekong Mystery: Dwindling Fish

The fish harvest from the Mekong is increasingly dominated by small fish, like these drying in the sun at a fishing camp at the border of Laos and Cambodia.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Laos,

The Nation

Neutral Asean members can do more on South China Sea issues

Clues about the character of the new Chinese leadership are emerging from its interactions with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations .

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Brunei, Cambodia, Hassanal Bolkiah, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

Bangkok Post

Unesco talks opposed

Thailand's delegates to the World Heritage Committee meeting in June will oppose any discussion on the Preah Vihear temple, the government says.

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The Nation

'Tough Stand' urged if Phnom Penh tables plan

Ministry officials are concerned Cambodia might again table a universal management plan for the disputed area around the Preah Vihear Temple at a Unesco World Heritage Committee meeting in Phnom Penh next month.

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Bangkok Post

There's no truth, There's ...

Rithy Panh's powerful and personal documentary about Khmer Rouge era Cambodia is one of the best films at this year's Cannes festival Cambodian director Rithy Panh's new documentary film pays tribute to and questions the power of image.

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BroadwayWorld.com

Season of Cambodia to Culminate with Visual Arts 'Open Studio' Exhibition, 5/25-27

Organizers of Season of Cambodia announce the final week of events for its two-month long arts festival, which began in early April 2013, and now culminates with a visual arts 'Open Studio' exhibition of works by five artists-in-residence at Governors Island off the southern tip of Manhattan.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Pop/Rock, April, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Photography, Arts, The Weekend

Tue May 21, 2013

MoneyWeek

Join the scramble for riches in the Mekong region

In June 1866, an adventurous French expedition consisting of two steam-driven gunboats, filled with liquor, flour, guns and other goods, left Saigon and headed up the Mekong River to find a new inland way to China.

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Business Wire

Sciaroni & Associates: Ruling Endorses Investment in Cambodia

A recent decision by an independent international arbitration authority is an indication that Cambodia is an increasingly attractive candidate for expanded foreign investment, regional advisory and business leaders said today.

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NEWS.com.au

Second Cambodian factory collapse injures 23

People watch as a roof of a relaxing shelter is lifted from the water after it collapsed behind a factory in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2013.

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Mon May 20, 2013

New York Magazine

Beauty School for Ex-Sex Slaves

Michael Angelo stands in the Wonderland Beauty Parlor , a swarm of mermaid Barbies hanging overhead.

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TIME.com

A Tale of Two Factory Disasters: What Cambodia Can Teach Bangladesh

A garment worker attends a march on the streets to mark International Labor Day in Phnom Penh, May 1, 2013.

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BBC News

Man jailed for Cambodia sex offences

A British man has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 21 months for child sex offences committed in Cambodia.

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The Miami Herald

Cambodian ceremony honors victims of Khmer Rouge

More than 1,000 Cambodians have turned out for the official annual ceremony honoring victims of the 1970s communist Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million Cambodians.

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Sun May 19, 2013

OregonLive.com

Ceiling of Asics-contracted factory collapses, 2 workers die

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where two workers were killed and seven injured .

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