DALLAS—A Texas woman who cut off her ankle monitor and fled the country while awaiting trial last year was found guilty of murder on Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Seattle woman. She was sentenced to life in prison. A jury in Dallas convicted Lisa Dykes of murder and tampering with evidence in […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday he will step down in August and hand the position to his oldest son, though Asia’s longest-serving leader is expected to continue to wield significant power. The widely anticipated move comes after the autocratic Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party secured a landslide victory Sunday in elections […]
The Biden administration has announced it is suspending some its its foreign assistance programs in Cambodia after the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, claimed a landslide victory in another lopsided election on July 23. The preliminary results from the National Election Commission showed the CPP won 125 seats, while the […]
PHNOM PENH—Cambodia’s election commission on Monday disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from contesting elections in July over its failure to submit proper registration documents. Other parties have signed up to contest the general election, but Candlelight’s disqualification means the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) looks set to run virtually unopposed. Some activists and diplomats […]
An animal welfare organization is calling for a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded biomedical research company not to return a shipment of over 1,000 monkeys back to Cambodia after federal agencies flagged the shipment last year. Liz Tyson Griffin, programs director and head of sanctuary at Born Free USA, said in a […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country’s first known human H5N1 infection since 2014, health officials said. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads in poultry and wasn’t deemed a threat to people until a 1997 outbreak among visitors to live poultry markets in Hong […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A spectacular collection of centuries-old Cambodian jewelry has been returned to the Southeast Asian country, the latest treasures to be retrieved from the estate of well-known antiquities collector and dealer Douglas Latchford, who was accused of buying and selling looted artifacts. Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts announced Monday that 77 pieces […]
SIEM REAP, Cambodia—A Cambodian man, inspired by a lifelong dream of flying, has built a home that is modeled on a plane, complete with a fuselage-like structure standing 6 meters (19.69 ft) above the ground housing his two bedrooms and bathrooms. The concrete construction, which has mock engines, wings, and a tailplane, was built by […]
POIPET, Cambodia—Cambodian rescue teams recovered several bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino hotel where a fire killed at least 27 people a day earlier, with more than 20 people still missing. About 400 employees and patrons were in the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in Poipet, a town on the […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel-casino that lasted more than 12 hours killed at least 19 people and injured more than 60, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for Thursday. Neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help cope with the crisis in the bustling border town of Poipet. […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Three endangered freshwater dolphins have died within 10 days of each other, alarming conservationists in Cambodia. The death of a third healthy dolphin in such a brief period indicates “an increasingly alarming situation and the need for an intensive law enforcement be urgently conducted in the dolphin habitats,” the World Wildlife Fund said […]
President Joe Biden on Saturday urged his Cambodian counterpart to ensure “full transparency” regarding Chinese military activities at Ream Naval base on Cambodia’s southern coast, the White House said. Biden met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on the sidelines of the regional […]
President Joe Biden is meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. We take a look at what the leaders talked about—and why some lawmakers are sounding alarms. Could U.S.-China economic relations be improving? Treasury Secretary Yellen says she hopes so, alongside the G-20 Summit. A spy has been caught. An American civilian defense contractor is receiving […]
President Joe Biden arrived in Cambodia on Saturday to meet with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders with an intent to elevate the United States’ engagement in the region. Biden will first meet with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the host for the regional summit, before attending the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh. […]
KOH CHAMROEUN, Cambodia—At least 10 students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river died after the boat they were on capsized, officials said. Four people—two students and two of the boat’s crew—were rescued following the accident Thursday night on the Mekong River southeast of Phnom Penh, and one student was still missing Friday, police […]
PHNOM PENH—Cambodian rescue teams searched on Friday for 23 Chinese nationals missing after their boat sank near islands off a coastal town popular with tourists and gamblers. Authorities rescued 18 people after the boat went down early on Thursday off the town of Sihanoukville, the provincial government said in a statement. It was not clear […]
Four human trafficking rings have been found operating across localities in Vietnam after 42 Vietnamese escaped from a casino in Cambodia where they had been duped into working and exploited. Colonel Dinh Van Noi, director of An Giang province’s police department, said Tuesday that the trafficking rings operated “in many localities” and worked with accomplices […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Washington wanted a “strong, positive relationship” between their two countries, adding that he’s looking forward to talks on many issues, and future cooperation.
BANGKOK—The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States. The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost 4 meters (13 feet) from snout to tail and weighed slightly under 300 kilograms (660 pounds), according […]
