Cambodia faces problems enforced new sex trafficking law

Chantha said there was nothing else she could do in Cambodia but become a prostitute. "If you don't even have a dollar in your pocket to buy rice, how can you bear looking at your starving relatives?" she said....

Cambodia will release captured Thai troops

Cambodian military have agreed that they will release 13 captured Thai troops from the fighting near the Preah Vinear temple.The release was agreed upon today at a meeting between the two sides near the...

Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Joint Patrol of Border

RELATIONS between Thailand and Cambodia remained tense today as Thailand denied that Cambodian troops had killed several of their soldiers in a border flare-up of ongoing hostilities.  The two...

UN Fears Over Thailand - Cambodia Border Exchange of Opened Fire

UNITED Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, has expressed concern over an outbreak of open fire at the Thai-Cambodia border.  Bangkok, the scene of recent on-going clashes and civil anti-government...

Gunfight on Thai-Cambodia border

Thailand and Cambodia have been fighting centres on 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which sits on a jungle-clad escarpment dividing the countries.The tension turned violent in October when one Cambodian and two Thai soldiers...

Husband Saws House in Half After Divorce

A couple who were married for more than 40 years have taken the literal route when it comes to splitting up their belongings: the husband cut the house in half.  In a village in the Prey Veng province of Cambodia, people were pretty shocked to hear the strange news -...

Divorce Cambodian style

And you think American divorces are weird!"(CNN) -- A Cambodian couple who separated after 40 years of marriage may have taken things too literally when it came to splitting their assets: ...

Thai troops 'occupy second temple'

Amid border confrontation on the Preah Vihear temple, Cambodia now claims Thai soldiers have taken a further step towards confrontatio. Since Thursday, they have occupied a sencond temple called Moan Thom...

Polls open in Cambodian election

Millions of Cambodians are voting in a general election today, which is expected to see Prime Minister Hun Sen return to office with an even firmer grip on power."His Cambodian People's Party holds 73 assembly...

Soldiers face off on Thai-Cambodian border

Thai troops have allegedly mounted an incursion into Cambodian territory over a border dispute involving a 900-year-old temple."The incident was sparked when three Thai protesters crossed barbed wire to enter the disputed site and were arrested by Cambodian border guards. A...

Dith Pran of the "The Killing Fields" Dies

I distinctly remember watching the movie of The Killing Fields many years ago and being horrified that it was actually the truth.I remember it so well, because even though it was almost 30 years ago, the...

Norodom Ranaridh visits ailing Soeharto

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Former Cambodian prime minister Norodom Ranaridh and Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venicia Jr Friday visited former president Soeharto who was being treated at Pertamina Hospital in...

Cambodia: Mia Farrow's Darfur Genocide Protest Ends

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCelebrities complete with their entourages on a Worldwide Mission Protesting injustices, sticking their  Celebrity Noses into Diplomatic affairs in which they have...

President arrives in Singapore to attend 13th ASEAN summit

"The president`s entourage also included Trade Minister Marie Pangestu, Coordinating Minister for Economy Boediono, Minister/State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, and National Investment Coordinating Agency (BKPM) Chief...

Cambodian artist convicted of kissing painting

"Rindy Sam, a 30-year-old artist of Cambodian origin who lives in France,who left a lipstick kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly was convicted Friday of “voluntarily damaging a work of art” and ordered to do 100 hours of community service by a...

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