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On her 2016's breakout single, Muang Chut Dam, singer-songwriter Rasmee Wayrana sings vividly of her experience travelling to and performing for the first ...

Phat Pov had a dream. Growing up in an impoverished village northeast of Phnom Penh in the 1980s, her education did not last long. When making a family with ...

WAM Executive Director Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi grants an interview to VNA reporters on the sidelines of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Sum Meyle, a mother of five children, was on cloud nine when she heard that ...

Rock 'n' roll and human survival go hand-in-hand in a new production at Victory Gardens Theater. We meet some of the creative team behind the show.

Chinese-Australians have felt the full force of discrimination. The last thing I want is for another group to experience this.

As the host of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) from April 18-20, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) ...

Cities, towns and even countries change their names – and the reasons why can be fascinating.

Huoy Lor recounted the terrifying day 44-years ago when Khmer Rouge guerilla soldiers entered Phnom Penh and forced her family into the countryside.

The famous jungle ruins may be Cambodia's crown jewel, but there's more to take in now at this tourist town, as artists, chefs, and eco-conscious hoteliers ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared Wednesday Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day in memory of the 1.7 million or more people ...

When the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia, photographer Roland Neveu captured the start of what became a genocide.

It is the time for Khmer New Year which is the Cambodian New Year. Starting April 14 to the next three days, the Khmer New Year 2019 is being celebrated.

Access to capital hampers smart city creation in the region. Access to capital is the most critical barrier for developing smart cities in Asean nations, including ...

Windy City Times News Archive - THEATER REVIEW Cambodian Rock Band Playwright: Lauren Yee At: Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: ...

Phally Budock, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide, will enter the Catholic Church during the Easter Vigil at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Silver Spring, ...

On April 15, 2014, after sending a distress signal, a South Korean ferry capsized off the country's southern coast, an incident that killed about 300 people.

BANGKOK: Residents in Phetchabun province who oppose oil exploration near an ancient historical site can breathe a sigh of relief after the Cabinet approved ...

Supporters of a no-go area for motorbikes say restrictions are needed to cut pollution and congestion.

While Cambodian people over the country and also who are living abroad are preparing to welcome upcoming New Year, the year of the pig, the ambassadors ...

Looking to enjoy a growing offer of tourism products around the country, more Cambodians are expected to travel this year during Khmer New Year.

Last year, the Trump administration deported a record number of Cambodians from the United States. On the surface, these deportations appear to be another ...

Raffi Khatchadourian on the arrest of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, outside of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, following his indictment by Trump's ...

As never before in previous centuries, the communication of information is so easy, fast and multiform. This gives rise to a phenomenon of unequaled ...

Rory McIlroy's desire to complete his collection of golf's four majors with a win at this week's Masters has led the Northern Irishman to try a *fresh* approach, one ...

Peuo Tuy, an award-winning Khmer-American modern poet, told her story, “Past, Present, Future Refugee Experience in America,” to a group of students in the.

Ex-Khmer Rouge leader Im Chaem embraces Christianity. Like some other elderly cadres -year-old grandma seeks solace in God's forgiveness but refuses to ...

Phnom Penh (Viet Nam News) - THE First Khmer Music and Dance Festival 2019, which opened on April 2 in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta province of ...

Im Chaem, 76, is a former cadre of the notorious Khmer Rouge who was in charge of labour operations in northwest Cambodia. (Photo by Sineat ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has extended best wishes to Khmer Theravada Buddhist dignitaries and followers in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang ...

AEON Mall in Phnom Penh hosted the annual Auto Show recently. Among exhibitors were MG, Porsche, Nissan, Meguiar's car care products, and Audi.

The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia says it would not hold the Angkor Sankranta celebration this year in Siem Reap.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged Facebook personality Pheng Vannak with defamation and incitement over posts on his Facebook page.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore submitted wide-ranging fake news legislation in parliament on Monday, stoking fears from internet firms and human rights ...

Philippine Airlines (PAL) launched its inaugural direct flight to Phnom Penh on Monday evening, becoming the latest airline to *service* the Philippines-Cambodia ...

Traffic Police Department calls on motorists to refrain from fleeing accident scenes.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged a man who allegedly aired fake news about disputes between government leaders on his YouTube account ...

After recouping the Semenyih state legislative assembly seat, it comes as little surprise that the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday charged a motorist over the hit-and-run death of a female university student after she turned herself in to police and was ...

Water fights, processions, traditional dishes, games and dancing – how you can join in the solar New Year partying in Southeast Asia. From April 14 to 16, ...

Miss Universe Cambodia 2019 finally found its outright winner.

Amid the race over whose technology will set the standards for 5G networks, country's users just want faster internet on their phones.

From 1993 to 2018, the government repaid $1.3 billion of its debt to development partners, roughly 8 percent of the country's external debt, according to an ...

Interior Minister has tells recently-pardoned Real Camerin that the name of his proposed new party has to be changed.

Defence Minister General Tea Banh and senior military officers are in New York to attend tomorrow's UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference along with UN ...

Cambodia's young people are connecting digitally to the history of the murderous Khmer Rouge. Tags: Cambodia, Cambodia transitional justice, Khmer Rouge.

In response to calls from the European Union and the United States for Cambodia to respect democracy and human rights, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ...

New Zealand's PM to travel to China at the end of the week for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Representatives of Electricite Du Cambodge are planning a trip to Turkey to discuss bringing a floating power plant that will help the nation cope with the current ...

Siem Reap provincial police on Sunday arrested two Japanese nationals who allegedly robbed and killed a Cambodian taxi driver in Puok district. The murder ...

Although more than 95 percent of Cambodia's population are Buddhists, superstition, particularly belief in spirits and the paranormal, are deep-seated in its ...

Miss Universe Cambodia is a ladder that the beautiful and courageous Cambodian women who dream of becoming beauty titlists have to climb before they can ...

Police found some 50 kilograms of drugs at the venue and detained 29 suspected dealers during the nighttime raid on February 23.

After years of lobbying by the private sector for reduced public holidays, Cambodia has finally relented to slice off seven days in the name of productivity and ...

We all look up to beauty titlists – these women's undeniable elegance and oozing appeal just make us all want to be like them. But unknown to most, beauty ...

This is one of dozens of photographs of Cambodian citizens, taken by journalist and UW alum Elizabeth Becker on her tour of the country in 1978.Elizabeth ...

Forty years after the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian church has multiplied but hopes a new generation can move beyond the pain of the past.

Those forced out of U.S. by criminal convictions launch a tour company to try to help others like them.

Over a billion people in the world speak English, another two billion are in the process of learning it. Or, trying to learn it! English grammar horrifies and ...

Recent news on the EU's stepped-up process to withdraw the Everything But Arms (EBA) tariff-free access to European markets for Cambodian exports has ...

A new U.S. Congress started its work in Washington Thursday with a historic class of new legislators--many without prior political experience. The racially ...

A record 126 Cambodian refugees were deported from the U.S. in 2018. Now they must adjust to living in a country many of them hadn't seen in decades.

Malaysian detainee Aron Naldy Muhammad Ting Abdullah, 22, who is among 47 detainees, alleges that they were promised $1500 monthly to work in ...

In an exclusive with Khmer Times, Hun Many explains what the three-Cs initiative is.

Beijing and Washington bicker over history in Cambodia, blaming each other for the rise of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

The department of Media and Communication (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh has launched a mobile app and website – Mapping Memories ...

Trade with Japan increased significantly in 2018, with exports soaring 27.3 percent and imports growing by 17.8 percent, according to the latest figures from the ...

Noise and smoke fill the air as Cambodians of Chinese descent offer fruits, wine, tea, spring rolls, noodles and fish to their ancestors just three days ahead of the ...

Prek Achi Commune families send kids to South Korea, where about 54000 Cambodians have found jobs that pay well.

China's pledge followed a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday on the third day of the prime minister's ...

Construction of a model market in the border with Vietnam to be finished by April.

The noose around the Cambodian rice sector is tightening as the European Commission (EC) is almost certainly implementing the safeguard measures on rice ...

During the Maoist reign of terror, more than two million Cambodians died of hunger, forced labour, torture and mass executions. For Premier Hun Sen, 7 January ...

Large celebrations set to take place in Cambodian capital to mark 40th anniversary of 'Victory Over Genocide Day'.

Cambodia has its very own Khmer New Year in April. But the lights and music on the streets every December 31 proves that Cambodians are also very fond of ...

Twenty years since collapse of ultra-communist movement, policy hailed by Cambodia PM for ending war back in spotlight.

As we cherish our loved ones this holiday season, 36 Khmer Americans will be oceans apart from their families in a place most have never been before.

Cambodia's government will host the start of a three-day celebration marking the 20-year anniversary of the end of civil war. The event, beginning Dec.

Thirty-six of 46 Cambodians convicted of crimes and set for deportation from the United States arrived at Phnom Penh Airport.

Many were granted refugee status after fleeing U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War and the massacres of the Khmer Rouge, and know little about the country ...

An international tribunal dismissed a Dutch lawyer who had defended one of Khmer Rouge leaders. The lawyer's bar membership lapsed in 2016.

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.

I had seen trauma before, but never an entire traumatized nation. All the adults I met were survivors or former killers.

Dogged by political interference, the trials of the those responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians could be drawing to a close after officials stated ...

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, a new ...

Sar Kheng says UN-backed war crimes court has no need to prosecute anyone beyond the Khmer Rouge senior leadership.

BANGKOK (AP) — After spending nine years and more than $300 million to prosecute leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge responsible for the deaths of 1.7 ...

After spending nine years and more than $300 million to prosecute leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million of their ...

A UN-backed court ruled that the Khmer Rouge committed genocide, a landmark verdict that is hoped will bring closure to millions of Cambodians.

The only two surviving leaders of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime have been found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, in a ...

For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of state ...

The tribunal judging the criminal responsibility of former Khmer Rouge leaders for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians will issue verdicts Friday in ...

Cambodia yesterday set a fourth Guinness World Record by having the longest dragon boat which was certified at a ceremony in Prey Veng province.

he Khmer Rouge genocide erased Khmer culture in Cambodia in the 1970s. As a result, some Khmer youth in America are now disconnected from their heritage ...

Tribunal to decide Friday whether Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are guilty of genocide against Cham Muslims, Vietnamese.

Jayavarman 7th, arguably the most ambitious of Khmer kings, was a great builder: he ordered the construction of many large temples and other public ...

Duch, 76, was given a life sentence for crimes against humanity after first trial at UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

French-Cambodian film-maker Neary Adeline Hay on uncovering her dad's past.

Prime Minister Hun Sen wrapped up his trip to the UN General Assembly by highlighting recent government achievements and results of bilateral talks with ...

In 1978, three young men on a gap year strayed into Cambodian waters and were discovered by members of the Khmer Rouge. Holly Baxter retraced the steps ...