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A Coffin For Pol Pot's Memory, 50 Years After Phnom Penh's Fall

A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a testament to the estimated two million Cambodian lives lost under his genocidal rule.

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A major new airport to serve Cambodia's capital and boost tourism is due to open in July

A major new airport to serve Cambodia's capital and boost tourism is due to open in July

Cambodia expects its new airport to serve the capital Phnom Penh will open in July

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Cambodia crowd crush kills four after tycoon offers Lunar New Year cash-stacked envelopes

Cambodia crowd crush kills four after tycoon offers Lunar New Year cash-stacked envelopes

Crowds surge happened as after one of Cambodia’s richest men offered charity giveaway outside home in Phnom Penh

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US, Chinese Ships At Cambodia Bases As Washington Navigates Diplomatic Currents

When a US warship docked in Cambodia this week, it moored just a few kilometres from a base where China has built an extended new pier and two of Beijing's own vessels have been berthed for about a year.

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Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions.

Cambodia has broken ground to build a $1.7 billion, China-funded canal to eventually link its capital Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand

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Cambodia's leader defends arrests of protesters, claiming they were trying to overthrow government

Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries

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Cambodia starts work on canal linking Mekong River to sea

Phnom Penh says $1.7bn project economic as Vietnam worries it could be used by Chinese warships.

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Cambodia breaks ground on China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'

Cambodia breaks ground on China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'

Cambodia on Monday broke ground to build a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam

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Cambodia Breaks Ground On Controversial China-Funded Canal Project

Cambodia Breaks Ground On Controversial China-Funded Canal Project

Learn about Cambodia's Cambodia Breaks Ground On Controversial China-Funded Canal Project.7 billion canal project linking Phnom Penh to the sea, funded by China, and the concerns it raises about environmental impact and...

Pattaya murder suspect deported to South Korea

Pattaya murder suspect deported to South Korea

A Korean murder suspect having been arrested in Phnom Penh has been sent back to South Korea to face charges for allegedly killing his compatriot near Pattaya two months ago.

Cambodia accused of conducting political trial as it jails green activists

Cambodia accused of conducting political trial as it jails green activists

Government accused of jailing environmentalists in a bid to ‘muzzle criticism’.

Killing of young Cambodian couple by businessman with honorary title revives concerns about impunity

Killing of young Cambodian couple by businessman with honorary title revives concerns about impunity

A court in Cambodia has formally charged a real estate entrepreneur who held a royally bestowed title with the premeditated murder of a young couple in the capital Phnom Penh

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As Cambodia launches $36.6bn building drive, China, Japan fight for spoils

As Cambodia launches $36.6bn building drive, China, Japan fight for spoils

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has unveiled a 174-project master plan that has attracted bids by rival powers.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader's birthday party

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader's birthday party

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh

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Cambodia PM Hun Sen’s party claims ‘landslide’ in flawed election

Critics described the election as the least free and fair in decades due to exclusion of main opposition party.

Cambodian pair arrested in ballot protest

PHNOM PENH: Two Cambodian opposition party members have been arrested for allegedly inciting voters to spoil ballots, officials said on Saturday, ahead of a national vote in which Prime Minister Hun Sen is effectively running unopposed.

Fear and voting in Cambodia’s one-horse election race

Seventeen parties registered for election alongside PM Hun Sen’s party, but it is almost impossible for him to lose.

Hun Sen kicks off campaign for one-sided election

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday opened his ruling party’s campaign for an election later this month — a poll that has been criticised as a sham after the main opposition party was prevented from running.

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Cambodia's Hun Sen threatens to block Facebook access

PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday he could block access to Facebook in Cambodia, after the company said it would remove a video in which he threatened to beat up political opponents.

Cambodian PM ditches Facebook for Telegram

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stopped using Facebook to communicate with the public in favour of Telegram, switching to what he called a “better” application, as he faces a suspension from the world’s biggest social media platform.

Cambodia approves law barring non-voters from running for office

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's parliament on Friday approved a new law banning anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming national poll from running for office in future elections, in a move that will affect exiled rivals.

Hun Sen to bar vote boycotters from running in future polls

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered an election law be amended to penalise anyone who boycotts next month's poll, which critics have said will be a sham because of the premier's moves to stamp out all opposition.

Work begins on 2nd Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia

KANDAL, Cambodia: Cambodia on Wednesday broke ground on the second Chinese-invested expressway connecting the capital Phnom Penh with Bavet City of Svay Rieng province on the border with Vietnam.

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Groundbreaking held for Cambodia's second expressway, linking capital to Vietnam

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the country’s second expressway, which will link the capital, Phnom Penh, to the eastern border with Vietnam

Cambodia judicial body rejects election ban appeal

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's top judicial body has dismissed an appeal by the main opposition party against an election committee's decision to disqualify it from taking part in a general election in July, in a move that virtually secures the victory of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party.

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