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Prostitution in Cambodia is illegal, but prevalent. A 2008 Cambodian Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation [ 1 ] has proven controversial, with international concerns regarding human rights abuses resulting from it, such as outlined in the 2010 Human Rights Watch report.
Many urban families of Chinese or Sino-Khmer descent in Sihanoukville city have for most of Cambodia's history constituted the commercial elite and urban upper classes. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] There is a dedication to Confucian work ethics.
Landlocked Cambodia tried to keep its access to maritime trade through Ha Tien. In 1757 Ha Tien acquired the ports of Kampot and Kompong Som as a reward for Mac's military support of the King of Cambodia. Until its destruction in 1771 the port developed into an independent duty-free entrepôt linked with several Chinese trading networks. [29]
In 2006, Cambodia was a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking. The traffickers were reportedly organized crime syndicates, parents, relatives, friends, intimate partners, and neighbors. [1] Cambodia ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in July 2007. [2]
Norodom Sihanouk was the King of Cambodia who reigned between 1941 and 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004. Sihanouk was also known as a filmmaker. Sihanouk was also known as a filmmaker. He often simultaneously produced, directed and wrote the scripts of his films.
With a length of 230 km (140 mi), [1] it connects the capital of Phnom Penh with Sihanoukville in the south-west. [2] Sihanoukville is the only international sea port of Cambodia, making NH4 one of the country's most important highways. The road was built in the 1950s, coinciding with the construction of the port. [1]
This is a list of Cambodia's 163 districts (ស្រុក srok), 33 district-level municipalities (ក្រុង krong) and 14 sections (ខណ្ឌ khan) organized by each province and an autonomous municipality .
Snake Island, off the coast of Sihanoukville, as seen from Hawaii Beach, October 2014. The following is a list of Cambodia's islands, all situated in the Gulf of ...