About Me

Sebastian Strangio is a freelance foreign correspondent based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Since 2008, he has reported widely on politics, human rights, business and environmental issues from across the Asia-Pacific.
Monthly archive February, 2010

An unsafe house

Did Beijing’s economic assistance to Cambodia influence Phnom Penh’s deportation of 20 political refugees?
In the shadow of Vine Mountain

In the shadow of Vine Mountain

  With an Australian inquest set to revisit the killing of three Western tourists by Khmer Rouge in 1994, former cadres in Kampot reflect on the events that led to the men’s capture and killing

Blog relaunch

After nearly two inactive years, I’ve decided to relaunch my old blog. The previous name, ‘Like Pulling Teeth’ — an apt evocation of the bored summer that gave rise to it — has been exchanged for something simpler. I’m also hoping this site will strike a more professional pose. Expect it to focus more squarely...