The United States and European Union may have waning leverage over Cambodia as it slides further into China’s orbit, however Cambodian-Americans fear that upcoming elections could prompt further erosion of Phnom Penh’s relations with the West.
Cambodian Americans say they just want for Cambodia what they have in America — an election where the most popular party can win.
For artist Phung Huynh and many other Cambodians, the ubiquitous, cheerful-looking packaging is deeply intertwined with their family history of resettling in the United States as refugees.
Ambassador Keo Chhea praised the cooperation between the U.S. and Cambodia to enable the return of the antiquities. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Monday some of the sandstone and bronze sculptures and artifacts were given up by their owners when U.S. authorities told them they were stolen.
An exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art is showcasing a sculpture of a Hindu god that was carved into a Cambodian mountain around year 600. VOA Khmer’s Chetra Chap reports on the importance of this Hindu sculpture to a nation that is now primarily Buddhist.
Graphic designer creates book to help her children and others connect with Khmer culture
Lowell City Councilor Sokhary Chau also became his city's first Asian American mayor, following a council vote and inauguration Monday.
During the past three years, Laos has accepted 24 deportations from the U.S., compared to nearly 100 deportations to Burma, 125 to Thailand, more than 200 to Cambodia and nearly 300 to Vietnam.
Among the other languages in which voting materials are required, depending on the jurisdiction, are Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Korean, Vietnamese, as well as several American Indian and Alaskan Native languages.
Anthony Veasna So’s book is hailed as a highly original work full of compassion and humor that vividly describes life as a young Cambodian-American.
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