A claim that went viral on social media last week said an American airline agreed to paint
their fleets with colors like the Khmer Krom flag. Khmer-speaking social media users have widely
shared the claim. However, after reviewing the company's history, we found the claim was false.
As Khmer living in Kampuchea Krom or south Vietnam nowadays are always debated among the Khmer-speaking social media community, a news piece going viral on social media said Vietnamese authority has allowed the flag representing them to hang in houses. Khmer-speaking social media users have shared and discussed the news report. However, we found the […]
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Maltreatment by the Vietnamese against the Khmer Krom people is a sensitive topic among Cambodians. Against this backdrop, viral posts claimed that a Khmer Krom Buddhist monk was killed by being beaten or poisoned by the Vietnamese. The claim had been widely shared by Khmer-speaking social media users. However, the family of the deceased monk […]
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The history of Cambodia-Vietnam relationship is often debated and shared on social media, leading to various allegations. One of them is that a photo showing torture committed against jailed persons was published on a Facebook page last month alongside a claim saying it was torture committed by Vietnamese against Khmer Krom who live in Kampuchea […]
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