Cambodia News

Cambodia marked a milestone in its history when the first of a series of UN-backed trials began in February to hold five Khmer Rouge leaders accountable for crimes during their rule .

First there were 96, then there were five. And on Tuesday, just one will remain: The winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the annual award recognizing excellence in Canadian fiction, will be announced at a 9 p.m. ET gala presentation in Toronto to be broadcast live on Bravp and BookTelevision .

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet sent flowers and congratulatory messages to Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on the 56th anniversary of Cambodia's Independence Day.

Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan arrived here on Tuesday to pay a visit and give a lecture in a Cambodian university.

Embattled fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday tried to head off another major political blow by claiming the Times Online website distorted his recent comments on the Thai monarchy.

His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, sent his respects to His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Cambodian royal family, and congratulated Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the government and people of Cambodia on the ...

A Big Island man accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in Cambodia pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal sex tourism charge.

The naming of an honorary economic advisor to a small Southeast Asian country doesn't usually make news.

Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Sunday sent a message of greetings to Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of its independence.

Cambodia on Sunday started the celebrations of the annual Water Festival, the biggest festival in the capital city, in front of the Royal Palace here, which regularly draws over 1 million people from all over the country.

WO men and a teenager were convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Morn Veasna and murdering her 12-year-old brother Morn Phea in Kampong Cham provincea s Tbong Khmum district, police said.

Thai businessmen with a presence in Cambodia are positive that the Thai-Cambodian conflict will not adversely affect their businesses.

Phou Phuy, head of Baitong Co, says Cambodia can benefit from the recent offering by the European Union of duty-free status for the countrya TMs rice exports.

THE head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday to show 'maximum restraint' amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should think carefully about the plan to revoke a memorandum of understanding on overlapping maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001, ex-premier Somchai Wongsawat said on Saturday.

The government is being urged to support Thai businesses that have a presence in Cambodia even though the latest tensions between the two countries have not yet affected them.

Workers install new electricity lines on a street in downtown Phnom Penh. Just 20 percent of the Kingdom's homes are connected to an electricity supply, the ADB said, most of which are in the capital.

Thailand will reconsider agreements with Cambodia after the government in Phnom Penh named fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser, threatening to fan tensions that recently led to gun battles along their border.

A jostle for influence in Southeast Asia's emerging Mekong River region moves up a notch this week when Japan hosts leaders from five countries where China and other players have ramped up aid and investment.

Cambodia held its annual Water Festival during the first three days of November in the nation's capital, Phnom Penh.