[bugbuddy]

Citations needed for almost everything you just wrote.

On the other hand, South Korea has the right to do whatever it wants within its rights. I strongly support South Korea in its geo-strategic calculus to isolate Cambodia government. They must have very good reason to believe this is the right course of actions.

Cambodian government should learn from this experience and improve its law enforcement and its own geo-strategic planning.

> There is no reason why Cambodia can't pull off a similar developmental story like Vietnam or Bangladesh

Again with the Bangladesh comparison. Can you google Bangladesh and read news about it in the last year before commenting?

[alephnerd]

> Citations needed

HDI comparison of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh [0]. Notice how Cambodia and Bangladesh used to be developmental peers until 2010.

Life expectancy comparison of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh [1].

Mean years of schooling in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh [2]

Gross GNI per Capita PPP (log normalized) in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh [3] - the only metric Cambodia is roughly comparable to either country.

There is no way around it - the average Bangladeshi let alone the average Vietnamese is healthier, better educated, and richer than the average Cambodian. And this divergence only began in the 2010s when Hun Sen and Cambodia's political leadership began backsliding into kleptocratic authoritarianism.

[0] - https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/BGD+KHM+VNM/?level...

[1] - https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/lifexp/BGD+KHM+VNM/?lev...

[2] - https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/msch/BGD+KHM+VNM/?level...

[3] - https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/lgnic/BGD+KHM+VNM/?leve...

[bugbuddy]

How and where in the Merriam-Webster are these supposed to be measures of “desperation”? Where is the citation for Cambodians going to work in Vietnam and not the other way around?

Also, cherry picking PPP GDP instead of commonly used nominal GDP to avoid conceding a point is quite desperate. Cambodia has a higher GDP per capita than Bangladesh but you won’t admit that. Can you buy a barrel of crude oil with PPP dollar? Also, you haven’t admitted that you are clueless about the current Bangladesh political and economic mess. https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/stock/foreign-investors-f...

If you want to play the comparison game, the average Vietnamese can also be said to be much poorer and much more desperate than the average Malaysian based on your flawed reasoning.

Here are some really desperate Vietnamese trying to run away from Vietnam into the UK: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8y3l7e2vjo.amp