Cyber Slavery: Inside Cambodia's Online Scam Gangs

The first punch lands on the left side of the young man's face, the second on the right.

Several more follow. Knees strike his stomach. He cannot defend himself, his hands are cuffed. His attacker, face outside the frame, has his fist wrapped in cloth.

He drags his victim by the lapels into the middle of the frame, faces him to the camera and tells him to speak.

"Dad, I'm in Cambodia, I'm not inside of China," says the young man, through tears, his voice breaking and blood streaming from his nose. "I beg you, please send money."

The ransom video, which was sent to the victim's parents, was one of several shown to Nikkei Asia by Li*, a person who helps rescue human trafficking victims in Cambodia… Nikkei Asia

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1930s American Food at Thailand's Most Unique Historic Restaurants

On a mission to find Bangkok's best Hainan Chicken Rice, we end up following the path of the earliest Hainanese immigrants to the country, and the economy they'd eventually create: the very first western restaurants in Thailand.

This is not the stuff of our memories- it's more like what might happen if foreign dishes were recreated from photos out of 1930s magazines. It's fascinating, wildly entertaining, and almost extinct- in fact, only a few of these irreplaceable "Cook Shops" still exist. So we set out to tell the story, while we still can… OTR Food & History

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