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Cambodian ceremony honors victims of Khmer Rouge

By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013 4:59PM UTC 0 Comment

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — More than 1,000 Cambodians have turned out for the official annual ceremony honoring victims of the 1970s communist Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million Cambodians. Hundreds of Buddhist monks were among those marking the so-called “Day of Anger” on Monday at Choeung Ek, a former...

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2 Malaysians get 24 years for Cambodian maid death

By AP News Thu, May 16, 2013 7:29PM UTC 0 Comment

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A court has sentenced a Malaysian couple to 24 years in prison for fatally starving their Cambodian housemaid. Police found the body of Mey Sichan at the couple’s home in Malaysia’s northern Penang state in April last year. Medical reports said she weighed only 26 kilograms (57 pounds). The Penang...

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Cambodia shoe factory collapses, killing at least two

By Clothilde Le Coz Thu, May 16, 2013 12:44PM UTC 0 Comment

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday. Pic: AP.

As Western retailers such as H&M, Zara, Tesco and others decided to support new safety regulations in Bangladesh garment factories following the building collapse that kill over 1,100 people, it is now Cambodia’s turn to wake up under wreckage. Around 7.20am this morning the ceiling of the Wing Star shoe factory of the Western province of...

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Cambodian shoe factory accident kills 2, injures 7

By AP News Thu, May 16, 2013 11:26AM UTC 0 Comment

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building early Thursday, killing at least two people and possibly trapping more under the debris, police said. The ceiling is believed to have caved under the weight of heavy iron equipment being stored on...

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US museum to return 2 10th-century stone statues to Cambodia

By AP News Sat, May 04, 2013 11:01AM UTC 0 Comment

NEW YORK (AP) — Two ancient stone statues that have been on display in a New York City museum for nearly 20 years are being returned to Cambodia. The Metropolitan Museum of Art says Friday that two 10th-centruy Koh Ker stone statues called “Kneeling Attendants” are being returned after researchers discovered new evidence about how...

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