When they received an eviction order in 2004, residents of Koh Pich, a lush 68-hectare river island minutes from downtown Phnom Penh, Cambodia had no idea their plight would become a symbol for a l
The exchange of sex for money remains a major driver of the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout Southeast Asia, but the karaoke bars, massage parlors, beer gardens, and other settings where these transac
The crowded, raucous beer gardens of Phnom Penh don’t always make the best classrooms, admits Ky Sok Ly.
Population: 14.2 million Total Areas: 181,035 km sq System of Government: Multiparty under a Constitutional Monarchy Religious Composition: 95% Buddhist, 5% other (Muslim, Animist, Christian) Ethnicity: 90% Khmer, 10% other (Cham, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indigenous hill tribes)