Police in riot gear have clashed With garment factory workers on strike in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

Some of the workers, who were striking over the suspension of a union official, say police used electric batons on them.

The Free Trade Union said some of its members were injured in the scuffles - and that laws guaranteeing the right to industrial action were broken.

A CENTURY ago, Cambodia’s rice fields were filled With majestic, elevated wooden houses. Today, few noteworthy examples remain, largely because of the cost of maintaining them and the near-universal desire for air-conditioned Western-style homes.

So when Darryl Collins, an Australian art historian who has lived in the country since 1994, had the opportunity to buy one four years ago, he couldn’t pass it up.

Built in 1915 by a wealthy Chinese-K ... Read More

No. 23rd, '09

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of an estimated two million people from 1975-79, and millions more were left With deep mental and physical scars.
Sin Son was one of them.
He lost several of his relatives in the mass slaughter but one very special companion, an elephant named Sambo, survived.
Sin Son told Al Jazeera of his reunion With his childhood friend after many years apart.

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George Lewis welcomes Cambodian composer Chinary Ung and violist Susan Ung for a demonstration of the unusual sounds of traditional Cambodian instruments and the effect of culture on music. Series: "What Creativity Means" [10/1999] [Humanities] [Show ID: 4409]