From royal courts to hidden hands: The secret trade of Cambodian antiquities

What Europe’s largest private collection of Asian art says about the trade in cultural heritage.

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Will Poland’s New Government Legalize Abortion?

Despite campaign promises, the fight for abortion rights seems far from over.

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How dams in China are destroying livelihoods downstream

The demise of a flooded forest in the Mekong River, blamed on high-volume dams in China and Laos, is robbing Cambodians of vital income, and women are paying the highest price. 

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Mekong — when the fish disappeared

China, Laos and Cambodia are building hydroelectric power dams on the Mekong River at an accelerating pace. The Mekong is a source of profits for power companies, but the dams have destroyed the river's ecosystem and are depriving people across the region of their livelihoods. 

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An icon, a football, a piece of a Russian rocket. What Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion took with them as the bombs fell on 24 February 2022, on their journeys to safety.

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One year on: Bittersweet journey to safety

Upstream dams are drowning Cambodia’s protected flooded forest. High water levels during the dry season at the Stung Treng Ramsar site have been catastrophic for its unique ecosystem and residents.

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When a forest is drowning

Dozens of Cambodian women and girls are taken to China each year, where they are forced to marry local men. Only the lucky ones manage to escape.

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Coming home:

VIDEO: Garment waste from Nike and other leading brands burned to fuel toxic kilns in Cambodia

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Garment waste from Nike and other leading brands burned to fuel toxic kilns in Cambodia

Off-cuts from Cambodian clothing factories that supply leading western brands, including Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors, are being used to fuel brick-kilns - exposing bonded workers to toxic fumes

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They have fled to safety but Ukraine’s youngest are not fine

Russia’s attack has not only upended lives, but it is also traumatising an entire generation of Ukrainians.

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Open Secrets: Cambodia’s Fake Orphans Scam

In this episode, Vice News explores the lies behind Cambodia’s orphan industrial complex and how the desire from Westerners to do good in post-war Cambodia fuels a system of perpetual harm.

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Point Blank: Gun Obsession

Cambodia has some of the strictest gun-ownership rules on earth. Vice’s Point Blank: Gun Obsession explores why and the black market it has created.

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Online Fraud:

How Chinese nationals forced to run internet scams in Cambodia earn millions for their captors, sometimes paying with their lives.

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Her Name Is Untac: UN Peacekeepers’ Forgotten Children in Cambodia

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A Seat at the Table

Join Jack Harries as he journeys to the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Along the way, he’ll be speaking with those who’ve done the least to cause this climate issue but who are feeling the effects the hardest.

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Once Upon A River:

Trouble On The Mekong

CNA investigates why Cambodia's new hydropower dams on the Mekong River are leaving fishing and farming communities high and dry.

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Is Cambodia’s thirst for sand putting communities and the Mekong at risk?

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Far-right group builds Polish shield from German scrutiny


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In Poland, Abortion Access Worsens Amid Pandemic

Abortions were already difficult to obtain and then came the coronavirus.

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Polish farmers fight Europe’s largest coal plant

Instead of following EU-wide efforts to phase out coal, Poland wants to extend the life of Europe’s largest coal plant.

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Poland’s far-right leaders seek to criminalize World War II restitution

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Cambodia’s high-rises, slavery and climate change

A legion of Cambodians are trapped as debt slaves in the brick-making industry as skylines and climate change expand.

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Cambodia's YouTube provocateur: 'Is a woman's value measured by virginity?'

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Cambodia's garment workers vulnerable to unsafe abortions

Women in the garment industry – away from their homes and support networks – are inhibited from accessing healthcare, including abortion services

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‘Real Autism’ in Poland

Bartek ‘doesn’t have a problem’ and isn’t ‘sick’. He has Asperger’s and is on a mission to challenge stereotypes.

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Pretty radical: a young woman's journey into the heart of Poland's far right

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