Ethan Plaut
Chinese Man Stages Protest at Coronation
Authorities gave contradictory reports Sunday regarding the fate of a Chinese national who used King Norodom Sihamoni’s first public address on Saturday to stage...
Reviewing a Forgotten Art
Cambodian comic books, though uncommon today, had a "golden age" in the 1960s and 1970s and a revival during the Vietnamese occupation in the...
Stage Set for King Sihamoni To Be Crowned
As many as 50,000 people are expected to attend King Norodom Sihamoni’s first national address at the end of his three-day coronation Saturday, which...
Navy Ships in No Condition for Int’l Exercise
Due to lack of resources, Cambodia will not take part as planned in naval exercises simulating the seizure of weapons of mass destruction set...
Domestic Violence Spiking
Reports of domestic violence have increased dramatically in the first half of 2004, while a draft law on violence in the home that has...
Domestic Violence Spiking
Reports of domestic violence have increased dramatically in the first half of 2004, while a draft law on violence in the home that has...
Local Artists Learn From the Cubists
“Dawl Moung Hauey,” (It Is Time) proclaims the title of a new exhibition of modern paintings, drawings and sculptures by three emerging Cambodian artists....
City Trading Fluctuates for Pchum Ben
The days of Pchum Ben have brought mixed blessings for those who remained in Phnom Penh to work during the holiday.
At Phsar Thmei...
New UN Conventions Met With Skepticism
While at UN headquarters in New York last month to seek funding for a proposed Khmer Rouge tribunal and support for Cambodia’s seat on...
US Judge Rejects Plea Deal in Pedophile Case
A US federal judge rejected an eight-to-12-year prison plea deal for convicted pedophile Richard Schmidt, who admitted traveling to Cambodia and the Philippines to...
Norwegian Prince Visits on Goodwill Mission
Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway began a four-day tour of Cambodia as a UN Development Program Goodwill Ambassador Tuesday to discuss the agency’s...
System for Sex Crime Evidence Gets Upgrade
Cambodia’s police are modernizing their system of evidence collection and storage for sex crime cases, in a move to strengthen prosecutions and track offenders....
Forum on Drug Abuse Predicts Bleak Future
The problem of drug use in Cambodia is snowballing, according to government, law enforcement and NGO representatives, gathered Thursday at a forum to discuss...
Among Mondolkiri’s Ethnic Phnong, Ancient Traditions Clash With Modern Ways
O’beang district, Mondolkiri province - The lives of Mondolkiri’s ethnic Phnong are changing faster by the year as pressures big and small, from bulldozers...