Cambodia Archives

The once-quiet fishing village of Sihanoukville has been transformed by a Chinese investment boom in recent years

World

One dead, 21 missing as boat capsizes off Cambodia

One person died and more than 20 are missing at sea after a boat carrying Chinese nationals sank off the coast of Cambodia.

AFPSeptember 23, 2022

Khieu Samphan, pictured in June 23, 2017, was given a life sentence in 2018 for genocide against ethnic-minority Vietnamese by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

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Cambodia Khmer Rouge court upholds conviction in final ruling

Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict Thursday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence imposed on the regime’s last...

AFPSeptember 22, 2022

Cambodia's UN-backed court set up to try Khmer Rouge leaders helped national reconciliation but brought limited solace to survivors of the genocidal regime

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Khmer Rouge war crimes court winds up with survivors still hurting

Cambodia’s UN-backed court set up to try Khmer Rouge leaders finishes its work this week, ending a 16-year process that has helped national reconciliation...

AFPSeptember 20, 2022

Rainsy, 73, has been targeted with two separate complaints by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the leader's son-in-law and deputy national police chief

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Cambodian opposition figure faces French defamation trial

Longstanding Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy will face a French court on Thursday in defamation cases.

AFPAugust 31, 2022

Antony Blinken said he directly expressed concerns about Cambodia's ailing democracy during talks with Hun Sen

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Blinken meets Cambodian opposition leader

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met a Cambodian opposition leader facing treason charges during a visit to Phnom Penh Friday.

AFPAugust 5, 2022

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Baby boom: the endangered wildlife revival at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat

The melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex.

AFPAugust 2, 2022

The stingray was more than twice the weight of an average lowland gorilla

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‘World’s biggest’ freshwater fish netted in Cambodia

A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said — a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant...

AFPJune 21, 2022