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August 9, 2019 at 6:28 am

Khmer Rouge ideologue cremated, appeal may be stopped

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The death of the Khmer Rouge's top ideologue may end criminal proceedings against him even though his appeal against convictions...

August 8, 2019 at 7:13 pm

Verdict set for Cambodians who worked for US-funded radio VIEW

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Cambodian journalists charged with espionage who had worked for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia said they were hopeful...

August 7, 2019 at 7:38 am

Cambodian rescued after 4 days wedged in mountain rocks

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A man who became wedged between rocks while collecting bat droppings in the Cambodian jungle was rescued after being trapped for...

Nation & World

August 4, 2019 at 5:42 am

Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, dies at 93

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Nuon Chea, the chief ideologue of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodians, died Sunday, the...

July 26, 2019 at 1:49 am

Trial of Cambodian reporters who used to work for US begins

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The espionage trial of two Cambodian journalists who formerly worked for a U.S. government-funded radio station began Friday, almost two...

July 25, 2019 at 6:51 pm

Trial of Cambodian reporters who used to work for US begins

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The espionage trial of two Cambodian journalists who formerly worked for a U.S. government-funded radio station began Friday, almost two...

July 22, 2019 at 4:55 am

Cambodian leader denies allowing China naval base

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday strongly denied that he was allowing China to set up a military outpost...

July 19, 2019 at 3:36 am

Cambodian women face surrogacy charges after Vietnam births

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Three Cambodian women have been charged with violating surrogacy and human trafficking laws after they gave birth to babies they...

July 17, 2019 at 2:17 am

Cambodia says plastic waste shipments came from US, Canada

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Almost seven dozen shipping containers sitting in a Cambodian seaport that were found to be filled with plastic waste came...

Business

Part of 85 artifacts are displayed before the handover ceremony at the National Museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, July 5, 2019. Millennium-old Cambodian artifacts displayed in a Japanese collectorâ€™s home for two decades have been returned to their homeland. The 85 artifacts are mostly small bronze items and include statues of Buddha and the Hindu god Shiva, plus jars, ceramics and jewelry. Cambodia has made intense efforts to recover artifacts looted during its civil war in the 1970s. The collector says she is glad she returned the artifacts.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith) HS101 HS101

July 5, 2019 at 12:03 am

Japanese collector returns ancient artifacts to Cambodia VIEW

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Millennium-old Cambodian artifacts displayed in a Japanese collector's home for two decades have been returned to the Southeast Asian country's...