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Remembering New Khmer Style and Vann Molyvann’s Legacy
With the White Building nearly razed, there are few remaining structures in central Phnom Penh attesting to the city’s past as a showcase for the sinuous forms of New Khmer Architecture. → Read More
Dozens More Faintings Occur at Factory With No Clear Cause
For the second day in a row on Thursday, more than 60 workers fainted at a Phnom Penh garment factory that supplies Swedish fashion giant H&M. → Read More
Mass Fainting in H&M Garment Factory, No Problems Found
An H&M garment factory that has consistently received top marks from the U.N. was the site of a mass fainting on Wednesday in Phnom Penh, though no problems with the factory were found during an ensuing inspection. → Read More
Migration Charges Trial Ends for Man Linked to Thai Murder
The trial of a U.K. man suspected of being involved in a murder in Thailand and charged with immigration-related crimes in Cambodia wrapped up on Tuesday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. → Read More
Man Admits He Killed Girlfriend, Disputes Motives
A 26-year-old man on trial for premeditated murder at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday admitted to strangling his girlfriend with electric wire and dumping her body in a trash pile. → Read More
Husband Admits Killing Wife, Hid Body in Well
A husband has confessed to concealing his wife’s body in a well after allegedly killing her by accident during a quarrel about selling some of their land in Kompong Chhnang province, a police chief said. → Read More
Protesting Villagers Claim Guards Turned Violent
Villagers from Koh Kong province claim they were pushed and kicked during a run-in with security guards on Tuesday as they attempted to walk to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in protest about a land dispute. → Read More
CNRP Seminar Blocked by Kompong Chhnang Governor
The CNRP was forced to hold a downsized version of a seminar for incoming elected officials led by party president Kem Sokha at its headquarters in Kompong Chhnang province on Monday after provincial authorities refused to allow a larger gathering. → Read More
Girlfriend Denies Arranging Hit in Grenade Attack Case
A woman accused of orchestrating a Phnom Penh grenade attack that injured at least three people during a failed attempt to kill her boyfriend denied the charges on Thursday during the first day of her trial. → Read More
RCAF Officer Sentenced to 5 Years for Hawking Fake Unit Jobs
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a five-year prison sentence to a major in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces who made more than $10,000 by peddling access to a nonexistent military unit he claimed was headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son. → Read More
Petition Calls For TV Boss to Apologize Over Rape Remarks
A prominent morning television news host has promised an apology today following public outrage over his recent on-air remarks that a rapist and murderer should have kept his victim alive to “keep her for using again.” → Read More
Hun Sen Forger Wanted to Appear to Be Gov’t Employee
One of two men charged with posting forged documents attributed to Prime Minister Hun Sen on a fake Facebook account told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday that he wanted to impress his friends by → Read More
Vovinam Fighters Bring Home Gold for MMA
Cambodian athletes have done the country proud after winning four gold medals among a total haul of 22 at Saturday’s culmination of the fifth annual World Vovinam Championship in New Delhi. → Read More
Surrogacy Broker Given 18-Month Sentence
Slumping on a bench inside her holding cell on Thursday morning, Tammy Davis-Charles put her head in her hands and began sobbing as the reality of her prison sentence began to sink in. → Read More
Tammy Davis-Charles, 2 Others Handed 18 Months in Prison Over Surrogacy
An Australian woman and two Cambodian associates were this morning handed one year and six months in prison each for their roles in the recently banned surrogate baby trade. → Read More
Monk Launches Campaign Against LDP Leader Khem Veasna
The chief monk of a Phnom Penh pagoda has launched a petition campaign against the outspoken leader of a minor opposition party claiming that he has continuously insulted monks, the Buddhist religion and the Khmer people. → Read More
Hun Sen Sets Date for Next National Election—July 29, 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen set the date for next year’s national election as July 29, officially backtracking on a deal his ruling CPP made with the opposition in 2014 to hold the poll during the dry → Read More
Woman Who Kidnapped Baby Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
A woman who kidnapped her friend’s 6-month-old baby and later abandoned her at a dumpsite was found guilty of attempted murder in absentia on Wednesday. → Read More
Another Guilty, Corrupt Official Walks Free
An assistant at the Council for the Development of Cambodia walked free yesterday despite being found guilty of demanding bribes to process applications, less than a week after two City Hall officials were also freed despite being found guilty of pocketing public funds. → Read More
Aunt Arrested for Kidnapping, Holding Ransom
A 38-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping her 8-year-old niece and demanding a $3,500 ransom after threatening to cut out and sell the girl’s kidneys, a police official said. → Read More