BY MENGHUN KAING The Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia last month sentenced two former senior Khmer Rouge leaders to life in prison for crimes against humanity. … Last month’s sentence undeniably brought some justice to the people of Cambodia. However, the verdict does not diminish the massive challenges

BY ASSO. ANOU’SAVRY THOM, SÉRA ING, ANVAYA The first Memorial in remembrance of the Fall of Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975 and in homage to the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide. The Cambodian Tragedy Memorial Project is officially one of the 13 current civil party reparations projects upheld, supported and

BY SIMON MARKS & JOSHUA WILWOHL SOMALY MAM: THE HOLY SAINT (AND SINNER) OF SEX TRAFFICKING Newsweek, May 21, 2014 Mam claims to have rescued thousands of [Cambodian] girls and women from sex trafficking, a dangerous and formidable feat. … She has done so much for so many, does it

BY ABBY SEIFF UCAnews, May 27, 2014 After two decades in development, Cambodia’s independent judiciary laws should have been the finest on earth. First proposed in the early 1990s, the laws have been in the works since 2005. A group composed of foreign experts and Cambodian officials met every few

BY NHEAN SOCHEAT In recent news reports, we have seen some Cambodians applauding the repatriation of priceless, long-lost antiquities that were looted during the country’s violent 1970s. Last year, two pandava brothers (kneeling attendants from the Hindu epic Mahabharata) were shipped from the United States back home to Cambodia after

BY SIRIK SAVINA As residents of Phnom Penh, my family was forced to leave their home and take an uncertain journey to their native village in Prey Veng, a province in southeastern Cambodia. Amid fear and confusion, they joined the crowds of evacuees trudging along Monivong Boulevard towards National Road

BY KOK-THAY ENG The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) should tone down its anti-Vietnamese rhetoric, while the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) should look carefully at a long-term, anti-corruption plan for the benefit of the party. This plan should include milestones to be achieved annually. What has been seen in the