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Long Kimheang

Wife of Jailed Translator Seeking Asylum After Arrest Threat Over Protests

A woman who protested the detention of her husband, who was jailed in relation to his work on a child sex trafficking documentary that officials called fiction, said Tuesday that she had fled the country and has applied for U.N. refugee status after Cambodian authorities threatened her with arrest.

Flood plains in Cambodia (Adelia Ribier/WorldFish)

Q&A: What Is Cambodia’s Climate Future?

We asked four people — including an environmental activist, a sustainable growth advocate and two climate researchers — about Cambodia’s place in the climate conundrum. Here’s what they told us.

Salt lays out to dry in a greenhouse at Thaung Trading Company's processing laboratory in Kampot province in September 2019. (Danielle Keeton-Olsen/VOD)

Unpredictable Seasons Put Cambodia’s Salt on Shaky Ground

Salt has been a staple of Cambodia’s coastal economy for a thousand years, but changing weather patterns and rising sea levels — attributed to global warming and the fluctuations in seasons that result — are making the future of the industry less certain.

Borei Keila Holdouts Sent to Prey Speu Center, Resident Says

Six residents of the eviction-hit Borei Keila community, including a child, were taken into detention at the notorious Phnom Penh Social Affairs Center, better known as Prey Speu, on Monday, another resident told VOD.