Ponheary Ly has survived genocide, the murder of several family members -- including her father -- and life in poverty. Today, she's working to build a brighter future for the children of Cambodia -- by helping them go to school.
Maneuvering slowly through grassy Cambodian terrain, a caravan of 20 men and women is on a search-and-rescue mission. Dressed in military fatigues, they are guided by a fearless leader who calculates every step and ensures the safest path for his comrades.
On a steamy Wednesday afternoon in October, a well-worn jeep pulls off the pock-marked dirt road and ambles to a stop in the tall grass. This is not a respite, it's an arrival.
CNN travels to Cambodia to see the role climate change played in the collapse of one of the world's greatest empires.
Aki Ra was forced to be a child soldier in the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the early 1980s, taught to shoot a gun and plant deadly landmines.
Three men charged with sexually exploiting Cambodian children are being brought back to the United States to face prosecution, the Justice Department announced Monday.
"Where Elephants Weep," reveals the Cambodia of today and tomorrow through a blend of western and Cambodian music and dance.
Cassie Phillips is in Battambang, Cambodia, where she will be working with the NGO Homeland.
Ancient Siem Reap, a stone's throw from Angkor Wat, introduces a new way to design a hotel: with just one bedroom. Christopher Cox checks into the One to see if it offers singular service that lives up to its name
Police were interrogating four men accused of taking dozens of young schoolchildren hostage in a six-hour standoff that ended with the death of a 2-year-old Canadian boy.
A hostage standoff at an international school in Cambodia ended Thursday with the killing of a Canadian boy and the arrest of four gunmen, authorities said.
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