Survivors of cyber slavery in South Asia have spoken out about the horrific conditions they endured while allegedly being forced to operate online scams from behind barbed wire fences in prison-like buildings. Trafficked by Chinese gangs, Pakistans are forced to scam at least five Americans daily, facing beatings and starvation if they failed – a … Read more
Vietnam’s Chinese minority had long been discriminated against, and Ngo’s Chinese father and Vietnamese mother had been forced to close their grocery store after repeated harassment. When Ngo was four his father died, leaving his 23-year-old mother to look after their three young children. The Duc Ngo prepares pigeons at Le Duc Salon, in Berlin, … Read more
RUN TA EK, Cambodia — It’s been more than a year since Yem Srey Pin moved with her family from the village where she was born on Cambodia’s Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site to Run Ta Ek, a dusty new settlement about 25 kilometers away. Hers is one of about 5,000 families relocated from the … Read more
Tiger X, Orangutan Y or Dugong Z would not have been so loved if they had been born in earlier times. The last of their kind they may be, but we value them primarily because they represent a disappearing opportunity – to either ward off yet more loss to the planetary biodiversity we know is … Read more
Constructed by King Norodom I between 1866 and 1870, the complex still serves as a royal residence and encompasses the palace, throne hall and several pavilions. Visit early and you might stumble upon a Buddhist ceremony. Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace. Photo: Chris Dwyer Next door, the National Museum hosts an impressive collection of artefacts and … Read more
Although there are similarities in architectural style between the two, several of Koh Ker’s Brahmanic temples and prasats (sanctuaries) bear more detailed inscriptions and many of its statues depict characters rarely represented elsewhere, one being a Hindu god astride a peacock. Koh Ker, with its seven tiers, more closely resembles Mexico’s Chichen Itza temple than … Read more
New York — Six years ago, Nachiket Chanchani visited Angkor Wat for the first time. Inspired, the architectural historian began thinking about the relationship between the complexities of modern post-genocide Cambodia and the ancient temple complex. Chanchani, an associate art history professor at the University of Michigan, kept reflecting on Angkor Wat, juxtaposing the temple … Read more
Paris-based Unesco responded that it was “deeply concerned about the allegations” and ordered Cambodia to report on the state of conservation at the Angkor site about a year earlier than previously planned, while urging “them to ensure that any relocation is voluntary”. Squatters who have been coming in, and these squatters are the people who … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Tourist arrivals are up in Asia-Pacific, but details behind the numbers show which countries are making the biggest strides towards making a full recovery, reports CNBC’s Monica Pitrelli. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of … Read more
Sonja Prokopec took her son on their first “solo” trip together when he was six years old. They went to Rome, and it was so memorable that Prokopec said she’s now planning their second trip this summer. “I really enjoy one-on-one time which we have when travelling alone,” she said. “There are no distractions, no … Read more
