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A SYRIAN MAN HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN A MALAYSIAN AIRPORT FOR 37 DAYS, AND COUNTING
Kontar had been working in the United Arab Emirates since 2006... READ MORE›
SYRIA MAN 'STRANDED AT MALAYSIA AIRPORT FOR WEEKS'
Hassan al-Kontar's plight emerged when he began posting videos of himself at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2... READ MORE›
KAK CHANNTHY, CAMBODIA'S 'AMY WINEHOUSE', DIES IN CAR CRASH AT 38
Cambodian singer Kak Channthy, the lead singer and songwriter of the Cambodian Space Project, died last week in Phnom Penh... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN KILLED AT CAMBODIA GUN RANGE WAS NOT MILITARY AS 'COVER-UP' SUGGESTS
Australian killed at Cambodian gun range was tourist, not military as local 'cover-up' suggests... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIANS CAUGHT UP IN FATAL CAMBODIA BLAST NOT MILITARY TRAINERS
On Friday Cambodian Defence Ministry spokesman General Chhum Socheat clarified that the two Australians went to the base after being invited by Cambodian soldiers... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN KILLED IN LANDMINE BLAST IN CAMBODIA
Advertisement The two Australian and three Cambodian soldiers went to a shooting range, where many kinds of unexploded ordnance remain... READ MORE›
CAMBODIAN PM DENOUNCES 'DOGS' FOR BURNING HIS EFFIGY IN AUSTRALIA
Hun Sen's threat to beat up protesters was met with condemnation in Australia... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA'S RULING PARTY SET TO SWEEP SENATE ELECTION
Supporters of the Cambodian People's Party CPP, attend a senate election campaign at the Freedom Park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia February 23, 2018... READ MORE›
GERMANY SUSPENDS VISAS FOR CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OVER CRACKDOWN
A spokeswoman for Germany's Foreign Office said Germany has suspended preferential visas for Cambodian government members... READ MORE›
JAPAN DONATES BALLOT BOXES WORTH $7.5 MILLION FOR CAMBODIA ELECTION
Japan has to explain to at least half of the entire Cambodian population why it is supporting an artificial election, Kem Monovithya told Reuters... READ MORE›
TOURISTS ACCUSED OF 'SINGING AND DANCING PORNOGRAPHICALLY' BANISHED FROM CAMBODIA
The party was in Siem Reap, not far from the country's Angkor Wat complex... READ MORE›
FIGHT OVER CAMBODIAN LEADER'S FACEBOOK 'LIKES' REACHES A U.S. COURT
Duong Dara, who manages Mr. Hun Sen's Facebook presence, said Mr. Sam Rainsy's petition revealed a misunderstanding of the nature of advertising... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA RELEASES 2 CANADIANS ARRESTED FOR 'PORNOGRAPHIC DANCING'
A Cambodian prosecutor Samrith Sokhon previously said there is enough evidence to prove that they violated the law and, therefore, they must face charges... READ MORE›
FOREIGNERS HELD IN CAMBODIA OVER INDECENT DANCE PARTY TEST NEGATIVE FO
Siem Reap Provincial Court has charged the ten foreigners with producing pornography for their role in organizing the party... READ MORE›
WESTERNERS ACCUSED OF 'SINGING AND DANCING PORNOGRAPHICALLY' COULD FACE A YEAR IN CAMBODIAN PRISON
The party was in Siem Reap, not far from the country's Angkor Wat temple complex... READ MORE›
CHINA RISES TO 16 ASIAN COUNTRIES' BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS
Singapore, South Korea, and Japan invested in China more than other Asian countries... READ MORE›
CAMBODIAN EXILE SAYS POSTPONE ELECTION TO AVOID VIOLENCE
This is a threat to the whole of Cambodia against holding the election, he told Reuters... READ MORE›
SIGNS OF DIVISION IN CAMBODIA'S OPPOSITION OVER NEW GROUP
The CNRP was set up in 2012 to unify Sam Rainsy's and Kem Sokha's separate parties... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Phnom Penh
AMONG THE GHOSTS OF CAMBODIA'S KILLING FIELDS
A joint UN-Cambodian court was set up in 2006 to try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders, but Hun Sen's government limited its scope... READ MORE›
FIGHT FOR GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY IN CAMBODIA SIDELINES U.S.
Sin Rozeth's attempts to show the benefits of grassroots democracy to some of the poorest people in the Cambodian city of Battambang are in peril... READ MORE›
CHINA IS TRANSFORMING SOUTHEAST ASIA FASTER THAN EVER
China's investment is transforming its smaller Southeast Asian neighbors like never before while helping turn Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar into bigger destinations for its exports... READ MORE›
WHAT A FACEBOOK EXPERIMENT DID TO NEWS IN CAMBODIA
Until recently, video blogger Catherine Harry was a Facebook success story in Cambodia... READ MORE›
MAIN CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ARRESTED, PAPER SHUTS AS CRACKDOWN GROWS
Kem Sokha was taken from his home in handcuffs after a night-time police raid... READ MORE›
CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER KEM SOKHA ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED PLOT WITH U.S.
Hun Sen said of the alleged foreign third party It's the United States... READ MORE›
CAMBODIAS TOP COURT DISSOLVES MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY
Mr. Hun Sen has spent the past month publicly boasting about the opposition party's imminent elimination... READ MORE›
DEFIANT HUN SEN TELLS U.S. TO CUT ALL AID TO CAMBODIA
Defiant Hun Sen tells U.S. to cut all aid to Cambodia... READ MORE›
MUSEUMS AND LOOTED ART: THE ETHICAL DILEMMA OF PRESERVING WORLD CULTURES
No one wants to be promoting the illegal trade, said James Cuno, CEO of the Getty Trust and a major proponent of universal museums... READ MORE›
'WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPORT MORE REFUGEES FROM NAURU TO CAMBODIA'
We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE›
LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF ANGKOR WAT
Angkor Wat attracts huge numbers of visitors, but not all are benefiting from tourism dollars... READ MORE›
'STRANGLEHOLD': HUN SEN RULES CAMBODIA AND HIS FAMILY OWN IT, SAYS REPORT
In February the Cambodia Daily reported on an academic paper that alleged Hun Sen's rule was a personalist dictatorship ... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA ARRESTS OPPOSITION LEADER ACCUSING HIM OF TREASON
Mr. Kem Sokha's arrest was quickly condemned by opposition leaders and international human rights activists... READ MORE›
ELEANOR HAWKINS IS PART OF BACKPACKERS CRAZE TO POSE NUDE AT LANDMARKS
Three tourists were also caught riding a motorbike naked near Phnom Penh in January... READ MORE›
CAMBODIAN COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCES OF KHMER ROUGE CHIEFS
Cambodia's UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against humanity, a verdict welcomed by survivors of the brutal regime... READ MORE›
KEM SOKHA DETAINED DURING CAMBODIA POLICE RAID
Fresh News, a pro-government website, earlier said it had video of Kem Sokha discussing overthrowing Hun Sen with support from the United States... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA'S HUN SEN VOWS TO STAY IN POWER FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 YEARS
Cambodia's Hun Sen vows to stay in power for at least another 10 years... READ MORE›
STOP PROTECTING PEACEKEEPERS WHO RAPE, BAN KI-MOON TELLS UN MEMBER STATES
Stop protecting peacekeepers who rape, Ban Ki-moon tells UN member states... READ MORE›
HUN SEN THREATENS TO WAGE 'WAR' ON VIOLENT PROTESTERS
Hun Sen's governing Cambodian People's party CPR won the national election in 2013 but with a reduced majority... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA MARKS 39 YEARS SINCE FALL OF BRUTAL 'KILLING FIELDS' REGIME
Thousands of Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge on Sunday marked 39 years since the fall of the brutal regime that killed an estimated 1.7 million people... READ MORE›
DETAINED CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR FREE AND FAIR VOTE
Cambodia's detained opposition leader Kem Sokha called for free and fair elections in the Southeast Asian country in a New Year's message on Monday... READ MORE›
KIM JONG-NAM MURDER SUSPECTS TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Pair of women expected to plead not guilty at Malaysia's High Court over murder of North Korean leader's half-brother... READ MORE›
'WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPORT MORE REFUGEES FROM NAURU TO CAMBODIA'
We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE›
'HE HAD ME TOTALLY FOOLED': AUSTRALIAN WOMAN SITS IN CAMBODIAN JAIL DESPITE THE AFP HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF ROMANCE SCAM
At Smith's committal hearing in 2014, an AFP representative confirmed Australian authorities had passed information to their Cambodian liaison officer in the Phnom Penh embassy... READ MORE›
EU MPS THREATEN CAMBODIA AID AND TRADE OVER CRACKDOWN
A European Parliament delegation warned on Tuesday that Cambodia could face EU action over aid and vital trade preferences if the human rights situation worsened further... READ MORE›
10 OF THE WORLDS BEST TOUR GUIDES
Three-hour walking tours of downtown Budapest EUR25pp Mr Okada does nothing fast... READ MORE›
LOCKING UP BABIES: CAMBODIA DRUG WAR ENSNARES CHILDREN
Scores of pregnant women and mothers with small infants have been rounded up and thrown into an already overburdened prison system as part of the crackdown... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA POLITICIAN KEM SOKHA CHARGED WITH TREASON
Kem Sokha was charged with colluding with foreigners under Article 443 of Cambodia's penal code, the court said on Tuesday... READ MORE›
TRIAL BEGINS IN MURDER OF NORTH KOREAN LEADERS BROTHER
Malaysia had offered visa-free travel to North Koreans, but that was scrapped weeks after Mr. Kim's killing... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA'S FIRST ICE SKATING TEAM CHASES WINTER OLYMPIC DREAM
Yet for Ben Zina, who moved to Phnom Penh in March, it marks the beginning of her ambitious efforts to get Cambodian ice skaters Olympic-ready... READ MORE›