Members of the community in Long Beach have struggled with mental health issues, many related to the trauma of Cambodia’s past.
Hun Many says the US and Cambodia have so far forged a good relationship but there is room for improvement.
As Cambodia prepares for an official visit from US Secretary of State John Kerry next week, the country’s US ambassador says it would consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Cambodian refugees had little support in the New York borough, where they faced “a life of poverty, bad housing, and watching their families struggle through welfare.
Long Beach is home to more than 60,000 Cambodian Americans, the largest community across the United States.
“All I Heard Was My Sorrow” describes Ly Sambo's life under the Khmer Rouge and her flight to the US in the early 1980s.
Phare, the Cambodian Circus troupe, has been performing in the United States and the message of its tour is that it wants the world to know that Cambodia is a very different country today, than the common image of its tragic past.
The discussion highlighted the contrast between the academics views on helpful forms of reconciliation and healing, and the efforts of the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal toward the same goal.
Participants discussed the difficulty in promoting human rights and democracy in Cambodia, where political pressure and powerful individuals often intervene.
“Rise of the Golden Aura” will be a romantic fantasy about a Cambodian orphaned girl adopted by a Cambodian-American parent who becomes queen of the vampire underworld.
Rana Sowath, a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, told “Hello VOA” that Cambodia has a surplus of business administration and management students.
Chhun lost his family, home, and way of life to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. He built a new life on the Alabama bayou.
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