Hundreds block Cambodian highway to protest irrigation water shortage
Hundreds of people in southern Cambodia used tractors and motorcycles to block a major national highway for three hours on Tuesday to demand that provincial...
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Widow says shooting of former Cambodian lawmaker was ‘definitely political’
The widow of a former Cambodian opposition party lawmaker who was killed in a brazen street attack in Bangkok said she believes the shooting was...
Thai police seek Hun Sen adviser as suspected mastermind in opposition murder
Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET on Jan. 15 Thai police said on Wednesday they are hunting for the suspected mastermind of the killing in Bangkok...
Heng Sithy, Cambodian tycoon turned dissident, arrested in Russia
WASHINGTON – Heng Sithy, a Cambodian businessman who drew headlines in recent weeks after accusing a number of senior police officials and members of the...
Man wanted in Lim Kimya murder is Cambodian official’s brother, records show
A Cambodian man who is wanted by Thai police in connection to the murder of a former opposition lawmaker is the brother of Pich Sros,...
Hun Sen’s nephew trades angry statements with businessman amid lawsuit threats
The nephew of former Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened to sue a prominent businessman who alleged that US$9 million was stolen from a Chinese...
Thai police: Former Cambodian opposition lawmaker fatally shot in Bangkok
A former opposition party lawmaker was fatally shot just after arriving in Bangkok from Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, apparently by an assassin who fired at...
Storming past guards, 60 foreigner workers escape from Cambodian casino
Wielding metal rods, nearly 60 foreigner workers –- many from Nepal and Pakistan –- stormed past security guards to escape from a northern Cambodian casino...
Portrait of Cambodia’s king catches fire during televised New Year’s event
A large portrait of King Norodom Sihamoni was destroyed in a fire during a televised New Year’s event at Cambodia’s Royal Palace that included fireworks,...
Cambodian company sanctioned by US scrubs its identity
Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat’s self-named conglomerate has removed its logo from its central Phnom Penh offices just months after the well-connected businessman was hit...
