# Cambodia Suspends Foreign Marriages

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-suspends-foreign-marriages/443891 "2008-04-04T03:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-suspends-foreign-marriages/443891/1 "2008-04-04T03:59:44Z")

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Story [here](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/lf_afp/cambodiamarriage_080403063123).

Excerpt: “Cambodia has suspended marriages between foreigners and Cambodians amid concerns over an explosion in the number of brokered unions involving poor, uneducated women.”