Cambodia

Twelve times the UN has failed the world

The United Nations has failed to prevent war and fulfill peacekeeping duties many times throughout its history. Millions of people around the world have been killed and displaced since the UN was founded in 1945.

Why teenage marriages are rampant in Cambodia

Mobile phone access across the country has brought young boys and girls closer to each other, and due to social pressures the underage dating quickly translates into teenage marriage and pregnancy.

Last Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide

The elderly Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are the last surviving senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge and are already serving life sentences for the regime's forced transfers and disappearances of masses of people during group's brutal rule of Cambodia.

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 ruling party claims election victory — spokesman

The EU and US have refused to send international observers after independent media outlets were closed down and the opposition outlawed.

Polls open in Cambodia election with main opposition silenced

Cambodia's controversial election, criticised by UN and Western countries, takes places without a credible opposition and is set to extend Prime Minister Hun Sen's 33-year grip on power.

Garment workers pressured ahead of Cambodia elections

Cambodia's garment industry is in the spotlight ahead of this Sunday's general election. Analysts fear Prime Minister Hun Sen's crackdown on opposition and push for more control could devastate the industry.

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.

ASEAN growing closer to China and India, Singapore PM says

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warns of threats to regional economic growth, citing recent trade tensions between the US and China.