https://www.scmp.com/rss/329148/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Grand celebrations will take place in Phnom Penh on Monday as Cambodia marks the 40th anniversary of the day the genocidal Khmer Rouge was overthrown by forces backed by Vietnam. But the date has become a fault line in the country’s changing society. For older Cambodians, like government spokesman Phay Siphan, it represents freedom. “January 7 gave me a second life, it gave me freedom,” he said. “It gave the people a choice to pursue peace, stability and prosperity.” However, with more than 70... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2180882/history-numbers-hun-sens-lesson-leadership-lost-cambodias?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2180882/history-numbers-hun-sens-lesson-leadership-lost-cambodias?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jan 2019 06:30:00 +0000 Jostling for space behind bars inside Bangkok’s notorious Immigration Detention Centre (IDC), Siu H’kli, 30, a Montagnard refugee from Vietnam, tries to make herself heard above the hundreds of other inmates trying to communicate with loved ones and charity workers. “I’m very scared, I’m in here by myself but my kids are outside,” H’kli shouts at the top of her voice in her orange prison uniform. “It doesn’t matter where we go, we just cannot go back to Vietnam.” Standing next to her is Nay Y... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2171490/persecuted-hanoi-locked-bangkok-montagnards-vietnams-forgotten?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2171490/persecuted-hanoi-locked-bangkok-montagnards-vietnams-forgotten?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Nov 2018 03:15:30 +0000