2015-12-06 Fisherman’s Death Is Example of Labor Abuses
A Vietnamese fisherman was killed last week while working in the contested waters of the South China Sea. His boat and the 13 surviving crew members returned to the port…
2015-04-09 Too Many Cambodian Women Dying During Childbirth
Cambodia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia. The number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth has dropped in recent years. But it is still…
2015-01-23 Little Progress in Investigation of Cambodian Workers’ Death
Last January, representatives from more than 20 of the world’s largest clothing manufacturers wrote a strong letter to the Cambodian government. The companies asked the government to investigate the killings…
2013-09-14 India Sentences Accused Rapists to Death
Hello, and welcome to As It Is. I’m Kelly Jean Kelly. This week, a court in India found four men guilty in the rape and murder of a young woman…