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Seattle University honoring land mine survivor and activist

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By Jack Broom The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — One of his legs ends at the knee. The other, just below it. It’s a disquieting sight, but Tun Channareth, of […]

Before Locke confirmation, who’s manning the fort?

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By Tessa Sari Northwest Asian Weekly Robert S. Wang is a career Foreign Service officer with more than two decades of experience in the U.S. Department of State. He is […]

Happy New Year (in April)! — A spotlight on Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Cambodia’s new year celebrations

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Unlike the Gregorian calendars that start the year on Jan. 1, most South Asian countries use lunisolar calendars that start the year at the beginning of spring.

Khmer Rouge documentary ground-breaking

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The Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s ruling party from 1975 to 1979, killed more than 1.3 million Cambodian citizens, according to an analysis by Yale University.

Postwar adoptee spends his final days helping orphans

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A photo of a 12-year-old North Korean boy on Sam Han’s laptop computer pulls the dying man a half-century back in time

Cambodian refugee goes home as U.S. Navy commander

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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — The distant thuds of gunfire and bombs weren’t nearly as memorable for Michael Misiewicz as fishing barehanded with

Vietnamese American family gets more than $500,000 from the death of son and brother

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Vinh Phan will never again walk through the front door of the Olympia home he shares with his parents.

Portland teen raises money for Cambodian school

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a tidy shelf in a bright turquoise bedroom in Southwest Portland sits a framed certificate from the Cambodian Ministry of Education.