The explosion is terrifying. With half a grin, Aki Ra says, "One less land mine, one less child without a leg." In the warfare that raged in Cambodia from 1970 until 1998, all sides used land mines.
Sand is the most exploited natural resource on Earth, after water. In Cambodia, the government is using sand to fill in lakes around its capital, Phnom Penh, to create prime real estate for villas ...
Cambodia has permanently banned sand exports, officially ending sales to Singapore which has used it for years as part of its land reclamation. Environmental groups said digging and dredging has ...