カテゴリー: Cambodia
Long-tailed macaques at risk of being killed, or laundered or re-trafficked if returned to Cambodia, animal welfare groups sayMore than a thousand Cambodian monkeys at the center of a US government investigation into wildlife trafficking are at risk of…
Kem Sokha, an opponent of Cambodian dictator Hun Sen, sentenced after treason trial widely seen as politically drivenProminent Cambodian opposition politician Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after being found guilty of treason, in a …
Child died and father tested positive for H5N1, prompting fears of possible person-to-person transmissionThe discovery of two cases of bird flu within the same family in Cambodia has highlighted the concern over potential human-to-human spread of the v…
Case is the country’s first known human infection with H5N1 strain since 2014, health minister saysAn 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died after being infected by a strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, the government says.It was the …
Family of British antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, who died in 2020 while awaiting trial for art trafficking, returns 77 Khmer artefactsDozens of pieces of Angkorian crown jewellery stolen from Cambodia, many never seen by the public, have been re…
Voice of Democracy, one of few remaining independent media outlets, offended prime minister with mention of his sonThe dictator Hun Sen has ordered the shutdown of one of the last independent local news organisations in Cambodia, saying it had attacked…
At least 10 people have died and dozens have been injured in a fire at a venue near the border between Cambodia and Thailand. Hundreds of rescue workers from both countries struggled to contain the blaze that reportedly started on the third floor of th…
At least 19 people now known to have died but figure could rise as rescue teams have not reached all areasA fire that lasted more than 12 hours in a Cambodian hotel casino killed at least 19 people and injured scores more, with an official warning that…
Prosecutor says official from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was arrested en route to a conference on protecting endangered speciesEight people in the US have been charged with smuggling endangered monkeys, including a Cambodian wildli…
Despite promises by government to eradicate trafficking rings, people are still being sold in Cambodia and forced to run online scamsAt 3.28am on 29 June 2021, Xu Mingjian crept out of a dorm room inside a gated compound in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and…
Thousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’When the advert popped up on Ly Thi Lan’s* Facebook feed, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. An employer in Cambodia was lo…
Judge upholds conviction of Khieu Samphan, 91, in what is likely to be UN-backed court’s last judgmentCambodia’s UN-backed tribunal for the Khmer Rouge has upheld a genocide conviction against the regime’s last surviving leader, more than 40 years afte…
War photographer who served as a fearless witness to the escalation of hostilities in Vietnam in the 1960sTim Page, who has died of cancer aged 78, earned a reputation during the Vietnam war as a fearless gonzo combat photographer who would venture whe…
Police forces in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam have launched major operations to rescue their citizens and shut down trafficking syndicatesHundreds of Taiwanese are among unknown numbers of victims being held captive and forced to work i…
The US will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities carved more than 1,000 years ago, US officials have said.The south-east Asian country’s archaeological sites – including Ko…