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  • Memories of Phnom Penh Crowd Crush Refuse to Fade for Some

    Memories of Phnom Penh Crowd Crush Refuse to Fade for Some

    Nov 6, 2025

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    Danielle Keeton-Olsen, Ly Lin
    Danielle Keeton-Olsen

    During Water Festival 15 years ago, more than 350 people died on a Phnom Penh bridge in one of the deadliest crowd-crush cases in recent history. Families and onlookers then and now spoke of ghosts, gangs and electric shocks to try to make sense of the tragedy.

  • Wave of Cambodian casinos suspended after Prince sanctions

    Wave of Cambodian casinos suspended after Prince sanctions

    Nov 3, 2025

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    Ly Lin, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
    Ly Lin

    Cambodia’s gambling regulator suspended casino licenses, including some businesses connected to U.S. and U.K. sanctions, to investigate scams and other violations.

  • Border-fuelled politics disrupts families’, businesses’ futures

    Border-fuelled politics disrupts families’, businesses’ futures

    Oct 15, 2025

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    Meng Kroypunlok, Anna Lawattanatrakul
    Meng Kroypunlok

    Mekong Indy and Prachatai talk to employers and migrant workers bracing for financial strain due to the ongoing Thai-Cambodia border conflict.

  • Cambodians crowd Chouk Chey village after civilian confrontation with Thai troops

    Cambodians crowd Chouk Chey village after civilian confrontation with Thai troops

    Aug 27, 2025

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    Ly Lin, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
    Ly Lin

    A confrontation between Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians at a disputed village leads Cambodians to bring food, water and support to the Banteay Meanchey border.

  • Fragile Peace Teeters at Metta Forest Pagoda

    Fragile Peace Teeters at Metta Forest Pagoda

    Jul 4, 2025

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    Danielle Keeton-Olsen, Meng Kroypunlok
    Meng Kroypunlok

    Prum Socheat throws a meditation pad on the floor of the Metta Forest pagoda and squats, flipping through photos collected from pagoda events. The lead monk acts as a school teacher reciting a story to his class, and on April 8, his class was two journalists. The early photos are from community events: worshippers ceremonially…

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