Frustrated by Vietnam’s suppression of their language, history and faith, Khmer Krom monks are forced to migrate to Cambodia to pursue an unrestricted education. Some who return face hostile authorities who fear monks will stir up deep-seated ethnic divisions.
Author Archives: Paul Millar
Paul Millar is a journalist and editor.
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Cambodia’s Schools Reopened, but Rural Students Stay at Work
After COVID-19 closed Cambodia’s schools on and off for nearly two years, some students in the nation’s countryside were forced to find work to help their families through the pandemic. Now that schools have reopened, some may never step into a classroom again.
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As Cambodia Sheds Factory Jobs, Family Farms Lose a Lifeline
Hammered by years of debt, drought and desperation, Cambodia’s smallholder farmers have long supported themselves by sending family to work in Phnom Penh factories. But the pandemic has upended the arrangement, forcing unemployed workers back to failing farms.