Phnom Penh

Biden pledges to work with ASEAN nations, slips up name of summit host

US President Joe Biden, who is on a whirlwind trip with stops at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ASEAN in Phnom Penh and the G20 summit in Indonesia, referred to Cambodia as Colombia.

Footage shows another Thai dissident snatched in Southeast Asia

Wanchalearm Satsaksit was abducted from the street in front of his apartment in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh late Thursday afternoon, Human Rights Watch said, citing security video. Cambodia has denied the abduction took place.

Coronavirus brings curtain down on Cambodia shadow puppet theatre

In recent years, however, local interest in the art that was designated a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2005 has dwindled, with foreign tourists and funding becoming its main supporters.

Is Cambodia becoming a new flashpoint between China and the US?

Reports of Beijing’s involvement in a Cambodian naval base come after Phnom Penh declined Washington’s offer to repair the port facilities.

Australian arrested at Cambodian rally sentenced to six years for espionage

Filmmaker James Ricketson was arrested after flying a drone to photograph a Cambodian opposition party rally last year was convicted of spying and sentenced to six years in prison.

Cambodia's main city faces growing sewage problem

Many of the capital Phnom Penh's poorest people have been relegated to living in areas that puts their health at risk.

Child labour and debt bondage rife at Cambodia's brick factories

A Cambodian human rights group says child labour and debt bondage are being widely practiced in the country's brick factories due to a rapid urbanisation, trapping families in a cycle of poverty.

Cambodia wakes up to another era of Hun Sen rule

The US imposed visa curbs on some Cambodian government members while the EU has threatened Cambodia with economic sanctions.

Cambodia's ruler starts campaigning with opponents silenced

Hun Sen, who has led the country for more than three decades, launched his Cambodian People's Party's campaign at a rally in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's general election will by July 29th.

Kim Jong-nam murder suspect 'visited Cambodia for TV pranks'

The high-profile trial of two women accused of killing estranged, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong -un at Kuala Lumpur airport continues in Malaysia.

Cambodia faces international action after banning opposition

Strongman Hun Sen run will run almost unopposed in 2018 to renew his 30-year rule after the supreme court delivered a crushing blow to the Cambodia National Rescue Party.

Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolves main opposition party

The court ruling also bans 118 Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members from politics for five years over accusations of plotting to topple the government.