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THIS is the squalor James Ricketson thought he would spend the rest of his life in.

NDO/VNA – Vietnam's Border Guard High Command and the Royal Cambodian Army have affirmed their resolve to participate in and facilitate border ...

Outrage over elephant riding has erupted again, with a petition to end the practice gaining hundreds of thousands of signatures following the death of an elderly ...

Clive Cressy, 70, was found with a sickening suitcase full of Barbie dolls, tiny dresses and girls' shoes, mixed in his collection with condoms and lubricant, at his ...

Speculation that Cambodia had ceded military control of a port in Koh Kong province reached fever pitch in the weeks following Prime Minister Hun Sens ...

At least once a year people go for their health check-up to make sure their health condition is good. But many people don't do their financial health check,” ...

Phillip Capital which commenced its business in Cambodia almost a decade ago has grown by leaps and bounds, and offers a bouquet of financial services ...

PhillipCapital, headquartered in Singapore, operates in financial hubs of over 15 countries, including Australia, Cambodia, China, France, Hong Kong, India, ...

The master plan recommends strategic actions for driving Cambodia's growth strategy, enabling it to achieve upper middle-income country status by 2030.

Ayear ago, on the 11th of December 2017, just one day after the celebration of Human Rights Day, Christmas came early for the advocates of child rights when ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam reached record highs this year with trade volume amounting to $3.06 billion during the first 10 months of 2018, ...

What a year 2018 has been for Pi Pay. More users, more merchants, more financial partners, and many more exciting ways that we are changing the cashless ...

1. Why Did Miss USA Mock Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia?  WLS
2. Miss USA apologizes for bigoted comments about Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia’s English  National Post
3. Miss USA Under Fire for Mocking Miss Cambodia and Miss Vietnam During Miss Universe Competition  TIME
4. Miss USA Makes Amends With Miss Vietnam, Miss Cambodia After Mocking Them  TMZ
5. Miss USA is shocked Miss Vietnam and Cambodia don't speak fluent English  Quartz
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia- December 11, 2018- DaraPay, one of the newestmobile payment solution providers in Cambodia,held a private gathering to celebrate ...

US embassy spokesman Arend C Zwartjes confirmed on Thursday that 46 Cambodians will be deported from the US to Cambodia later this month, even as ...

Cambodia has signed an aviation agreement with Kenya, opening the way for flights operating from Africa into the Southeast Asian country. The agreement was ...

1. Trick or real? CNRP split over Cambodia move to ease politics ban  Al Jazeera English
2. Cambodia allows banned politicians to seek lifting of curbs  The Cambodia Daily
3. Cambodia's new law could relax politician ban  NHK WORLD
4. Cambodian lawmakers pass measure to ease political ban  Thehour.com
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A Cambodian news fixer who helped to produce a documentary on sex trafficking for Russian government-funded international news network Russia Today, ...

The Cambodian financial markets have welcomed with gusto the first issue of a corporate bond in the country, with a Phnom Penh-based microfinance institution ...

For nearly three months, Roeuth An sat behind the walls of his immigration detention cell, dreaming of the day he might return to his family in Washington state.

Commercial surrogacy was banned in 2016, but trade has continued as government discusses formal legislation.

NDO/VNA – A conference on social networks and information safety took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of the information and communications ...

After 2018's election, Cambodia's once united opposition veers toward a split.

The Northern Regional Director of Education, Mohammed Haroun popularly known as 'Cambodia' says he feels embarrassed as a Regional Director of ...

Thailand sent back to Cambodia on Wednesday a labor activist wanted by authorities at home over his role in making a documentary about sex-trafficking that ...

The UAE is keen to strengthen ties with Rwanda, Nepal and Cambodia, with a view to encourage more workers to the Gulf state, a senior official has said.

See one of the world's largest religious monuments and other Southeast Asian cities on a 16-day tour with World Spree Travel.

A new group of more than 40 deportees, many of them the children of refugees, will be the largest yet to be ejected by the Trump administration.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has denied and expressed regret over accusations made by the Cambodia Daily that it was ...

The EU ambassador to Cambodia has called human rights “a work in progress” and said the 28-nation bloc has “carefully” noted last week's statement by the ...

(New York) – The Thai government should not forcibly return the dissident Rath Rott Mony to Cambodia.

While the United Nations says child labor has fallen sharply in Cambodia's garment factories, many informal subcontractors using children are escaping scrutiny, ...

Rath Rott Mony, the president of the Cambodian Construction Workers Trade Union Federation (CCTUF), in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in an undated photo.

Next Monday, 46 Cambodian refugees are slated to be put on a plane and sent back to Cambodia. It will be the largest deportation flight of Cambodians in U.S. ...

Better Factories Cambodia found just 10 cases of child labour, down from 74 in 2014, in the country's garment factories.

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court found six union leaders guilty on Tuesday (Dec 11) of instigating violent protests against the government in 2013 ...

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Sophea was eight months pregnant when Cambodian police told her she would have to keep the baby that was ...

Last month, Asia Times, citing unnamed diplomatic sources, reported that China has lobbied Cambodia for a naval base in Koh Kong province on the Gulf of ...

ISESAKI, Gunma Prefecture--As a child, Miyuki Hoshino, now 92, thought about quitting school because her family was so poor. It was wartime Japan, after all.

Although Southeast Asia's go-to delivery services still have yet to begin operating in Cambodia, homegrown startups like Meal Temple aren't wasting any time in ...

Cambodia has ambitious plans to increase the number of tourism arrivals from six million in 2018 to 12 million by 2025 as it builds two new airports in Phnom ...

“My Mother Sold Me”, a 27-minute documentary on sex trafficking in Cambodian, has garnered 1.5 million views on YouTube in the seven weeks since its ...

As more of the rural poor seeking work move to cities, they leave their children at home where they are vulnerable to physical, sexual abuse.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen concluded his official visit to Vietnam from December 6 to 8 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart ...

Cambodian master director Rithy Panh's is not optimistic about the chances of his latest film “Graves Without A Name” doing well at the Oscars. It is Cambodia's ...

Philippine-made consumer goods are expected to increasingly flow into the Kingdom as a result of rising Cambodian purchasing power, an announcement from ...

(New York) – The Cambodian government's revocation of a repressive regulation on nongovernmental organizations should jump-start genuine efforts to repeal ...

The viral story of Thuch Salik, the talented multi-lingual boy selling souvenirs around Angkor Wat, has thrown the spotlight on the plight of ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government will not allow any foreign military bases in its territory and called media reports that China is seeking a ...

Việt Nam has always prioritised boosting economic co-operation with Cambodia for the benefit of their people and businesses, and to support the development ...

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian labour activist faces deportation from Thailand back to Cambodia over his role in making a documentary about sex trafficking that ...

Cambodia's Supreme Court began on Wednesday to hear an appeal against the 2017 conviction in a defamation case brought against CNRP leader Sam ...

HANOI -- Phnom Penh-based microfinance institution Hattha Kaksekar listed the first corporate bonds in Cambodia on Thursday, raising hopes t.

Thirty-two surrogate mothers charged with human trafficking in Cambodia for carrying babies for Chinese clients have been released after agreeing to keep the ...

Vietnam and Cambodia offer a colourful culture, poignant history and verdant landscapes. These countries are ideally suited to travelling by water as many of ...

Habitat for Humanity has repaired and built houses for more than 70000 households in the country.

The 14th annual Angkor Photo Festival, held in Siem Reap Cambodia, features the work of 100 artists from 40 countries – plus talks, portfolio reviews and ...

Thirty-two Cambodian women who were charged with human trafficking for serving as surrogate mothers have been provisionally released from detention after ...

A British primary school teacher working as a volunteer with his wife in Cambodia has been charged with sexually abusing young boys.Steve Loryman, 57, a ...

Cambodia's parliament will consider legislation to allow politicians banned from political activity to have the ban lifted, a measure Prime Minister Hun Sen's ...

WASHINGTON (WCAX) A Vermonter is up for the post of ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia. W. Patrick Murphy of Brattleboro sat before the Senate ...

Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham and Kate Hudson have flocked to the Southeast Asian country of Cambodia, which is seeing a spate of new luxury ...

UN Human Rights Committee Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Professor Rhona Smith, will deliver a speech at UCC this ...

PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) - Cambodia's Parliament is reviewing a five-year ban on more than 100 members of the main opposition party, which could allow ...

This demographic shift means that some villages are primarily populated by children, the elderly, and men who are unemployable because they use drugs or ...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia -- Even the golden lions look jaded on the Serendipity Beach roundabout in Sihanoukville, Cambodia's southern coast boomtown.

40 years after the invasion that toppled the Khmer Rouge, it's clear China emerged the ultimate winner.

Interior Minister says old laws are not effective as Cambodia struggles with rampant illegal logging.

Katya Cengel tracks the lives of four families following the fall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge.

On Nov. 16, a fraught war crimes tribunal in Cambodia found former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan guilty of genocide.

Discover Yeak Laom in Krong Ban Lung, Cambodia: Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen voiced regret on Thursday that he hadn't had leaders of protests against his ruling Cambodian People's Party in 2013 and ...

Jakub Žák is a photographer who spent more than five years in South-East Asia documenting the work of the Czech Development Agency and other NGOs ...

Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious monument and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a must-see for many travelers. This iconic temple complex in the ...

BANGKOK — Cambodian and foreign investigating judges issued conflicting rulings on Wednesday on whether a United Nations-backed tribunal, which this ...

On january 26, the Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) enacted for the first time a solar generation regulation. The regulation is a new driver for the country's ...

Online scams by Chinese gangs that operate from foreign countries and target mainland Chinese are common throughout Southeast Asia.

Keisuke Honda's appointment gave Cambodia a clear identity and playing style in the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup. The Angkor Warriors were set up with a view to ...

Japan should press Phnom Penh to continue its pursuit of justice, to protect the integrity of the tribunal and the human rights of the Cambodian people.

Health security woes, China squeezes Australian farmers, and the Andaman islands: the week that was on The Interpreter.

Last week the Khmer Rouge tribunal handed down a historic verdict against two elderly leaders of the regime that claimed at least 1.7 million lives, legally ...

Southeast Asian nations may soon have to "choose sides" between the US and China in their ongoing trade war, the political heir to Cambodia's ...

The Melbourne Victory marquee, who doubles as head coach of the Cambodian national team, was in the dugout overnight for a Suzuki Cup clash against Laos.

Journalists watch the verdict for former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan shown on a live video broadcast on 16 November (Photo: Tang Chhin Sothy via ...

Hospitality maverick and 700000 Heures' founder Thierry Teyssier envisions a new way to experience Siem Reap—Angkor Wat's gateway city—along with a ...

A 42-year-old Melbourne man who wrote on Facebook predicting he might be “leaving … in a body bag” has died of a drug overdose in Cambodia.

UN-backed tribunal that convicted the last two surviving leaders of genocide faces closure without government's help. Associated Press. Sun 18 Nov 2018 21.12 ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia: In the ancient temple complex of Angkor, it is not often a new attraction emerges. But from the country's most revered site, ...

Today, the country is effectively a one-party dictatorship with the opposition party scattered across the world.

Experts consider the costs and benefits of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal, which has tried and convicted a total of three defendants over nine years at a cost ...

France welcomes the historic decision by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on November 16, qualifying the actions perpetrated by the ...

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea are the two most senior living leaders of regime that presided over deaths of at least 1.7 million in Cambodia.

An activist said the retirement of Ed Royce, a prominent Republican critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen's government and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, ...

The international community has to pressure Cambodia to hold free and fair elections.

The Cambodian military and government officials have denied a report claiming that a Beijing-backed development project would pave the way for a Chinese ...

The World Bank has warned that Cambodia's economy will face increased risks if the EU presses ahead with Cambodia's expulsion from the scheme.

PHNOM PENH -- The Khmer Rouge tribunal will on Friday announce whether two surviving leaders of the Pol Pot regime are guilty of genocide -- a verdict.

Since 2017, China has lobbied Cambodia for a port in Koh Kong on the Gulf of Thailand that could also be used as a naval base, though it remains unclear how ...

Bokator is an ancient Cambodian martial art that flourished during the golden age of Angkor, and almost disappeared under the Khmer Rouge. Canadian ...

Villagers call for the release of anti-government protesters from behind a locked main gate outside of Cambodia's Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh, in a file photo.