Cambodia

Villagers to appeal court’s rejection of suit against sugar giant

A Bangkok civil court ruled that the case brought by the villagers was not suitable… Read More

US deports 37 refugees after criminal convictions

Thousands of Cambodian refugees started new lives in the United States after fleeing the Khmer… Read More

Three dead, more feared buried in building collapse

At least three people died when an under-construction building collapsed at a Cambodian beach resort… Read More

No hooks, lines or sinkers: Cambodians go traditional in fishing ceremony

Wielding handmade bamboo baskets and nylon nets, hundreds of people waded thigh-deep into a muddy… Read More

Masked dance tradition rises from near extinction

PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK: Cambodia’s centuries-old tradition of masked dance was nearly wiped out by the Khmer… Read More

Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia’s farmers fight debt bondage

Bopha should be in school but instead toils seven days a week in a searing… Read More

Cambodia hails opening of country’s largest dam despite opposition

CAMBODIA: Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday opened the country's largest hydropower scheme, swatting aside… Read More

Cambodia seizes record 3-tonne haul of African ivory

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage… Read More

Australian filmmaker jailed for six years for Cambodia ‘espionage’

An Australian filmmaker was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of espionage… Read More

Cambodia earns Guinness Record for longest woven scarf

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia won a place in the Guinness book of World Records Sunday for… Read More

Cambodian cops eat 92 fighting cocks seized in raid

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodian police ruffled feathers on Thursday after they killed -- and ate --… Read More

Cambodian court charges two journalists with espionage

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court on Saturday charged two journalists with espionage for filing news… Read More

Angelina Jolie to unveil Khmer Rouge film in Cambodia

SIEM REAP: Angelina Jolie will unveil her new film on the horrors of the Khmer… Read More

‘Killing Fields’ reporter Sydney Schanberg dead at 82

WASHINGTON: Sydney Schanberg, the Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who chronicled the Khmer Rouge's brutal rise to power… Read More

Cambodian passenger train back on track after years-long hiatus

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's sole passenger train resumed a regular weekend service Saturday after being suspended… Read More

Cambodia to use rats to detect landmines

PNOM PINH: Cambodia is training an elite squad of rats, imported from Africa, to sniff… Read More

US museum returns monkey god statue to Cambodia

CAMBODIA: A U.S. museum returned a 10th century statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman… Read More

Cambodia deports US sisters in Angkor nude photo scandal

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Two American sisters have been deported from Cambodia after they were convicted of… Read More

US sisters arrested for nude photos at Cambodia's Angkor

Two American sisters have been arrested in Cambodia for taking naked photos of each other… Read More

French tourists in nude Cambodia photo scandal to be deported

PHNOM PENH: Three French tourists will be deported from Cambodia after they pleaded guilty to… Read More