A human rights group has slammed new penalties imposed on Cambodian women wishing to travel to China as "futile," saying they will do nothing to help those trafficked as brides for the country’s many ...

KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - O n the Chinese messaging service WeChat, Ol En scrolled back through time. Call unanswered. Call unanswered. Call declined. The last ...

PHNOM PENH, Dec 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The trafficking of Cambodian "brides" to China has risen sharply this year with mass job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic driving more young ...

COVID-19’s economic impact aggravated a trend created by China’s infamous one-child policy. Intermediaries earn US$ 20,000 to US$ 40,000 per marriage. Women and girls enticed with a promise of work ...

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - New agreements reached between Phnom Penh and Beijing to combat the trafficking of Cambodian 'brides' to China will be useless without fresh funding and ...

This article is part of a series on Chinese photographers. Buntha first arrived at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport from Cambodia in November 2013 with little to her name other than a tourist ...

April 13 was the Cambodian New Year. For Sophorn, who moved to China from Cambodia in 2013 to marry, it was the first time she had been home in over three years. Sophorn is one of thousands of ...

A woman derided as a "foreign bride" after her cash-strapped Cambodian family married her off through a broker is set to make history at Taiwan's elections next week. Lin Li-chan is running for ...

Countless women from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar go to China to wed. Some end up happily married; others speak of violence and forced labour KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia, March 11 (Thomson Reuters ...

KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - O n the Chinese messaging service WeChat, Ol En scrolled back through time. Call unanswered. Call unanswered. Call declined. The last ...