2017 Cambodia
Phnom Penh
The White Building: It’s crumbling, it’s rundown and it’s facing demolition – and its home to 2500 tenants, who mostly pay rent and enjoy to live there.
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2017 Phnom Penh: The White Building
The White Building is one of Phnom Penh’s most notorious apartment buildings, one that many locals consider a slum.
Where no one is calling your name
Preah Mear is one of Cambodia’s biggest illegal gold mining areas. The small, illegal gold digger ventures are cradled into the concessioned land, held by a Chinese company running three mines here, with a depth of up to 500 meters.
The Highlanders of Ratanakiri – Cambodia
The “forest people”, also called “highlanders”, “tribal people”, or “minorities” are actually the majority of Ratanakiri, a very rich province.
Ethnic Majority – The Highlanders of Ratanakiri
The highlander tribes in the northeast of Cambodia have lost their battle – even though there are Highlander Associations and diverse NGOs trying to do their best to protect them from land-grabbing.
Semi-Precious
The highlanders forests, once partially sacred and a trusted source for their livelihood, has been sold by the government and is still in the process of being sold out.
Gold Forest – Cambodia
The Gold Forest is an area off limits to everyone not into the gold business. It is a very remote stretch of land with its own rules of law. Read the story here.
2015 Cambodia
Siem Reap, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Phnom Penh
Peace is all people want – and businesses, foreign and local, take advantage of it, exploiting the country and their people to a point of no return.
2014 Cambodia
Siem Reap, Anlong Veng, Cambodia, Northern Thai Border Area
Khmer people are energetic, alert and they havea sense of humor. Cambodia is still recovering from the tragic loss and harm during the Khmer Rouge regime.
Pol Pots Cook
In 2014 I was doing research for a documentary about dictators’ cooks. I visited the cook of the former Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, in the north of Cambodia.