The U.S. granted Socheath Phong refugee status two years ago after Cambodia's government tried to imprison him. Phong's wife and children were supposed to follow him to his new home in Cincinnati, but ...

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More than 40 years ago, some 150,000 refugees came to the U.S. to flee the oppressive Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. One woman who resettled in the East Bay was inspired to serve newcomers who come ...

CU CHI, Viet Nam, October 30 (UNHCR) - Forced to flee Pol Pot's Cambodia in 1975 when he was just 16, Sopha Lay Demontero spent just one-third of his life in his homeland. For all of his adult life, ...

BOSTONBOSTON — He came to the U.S. as a young refugee, having survived Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. Now, Sokhary Chau is the nation’s first Cambodian American mayor. The 49-year-old city councilor in ...

ROCHESTER — For Cambodians living in Minnesota, seeing images of immigration agents kicking in doors of homes, breaking car windows to detain someone and coverage of a fatal shooting is stirring ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio ‒ Socheath Phong wants to show you why he’s here, living alone in this small rental house just off West Eighth Street. His English is improving, but his accent is thick. He worries ...