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NEWS ABOUT: Cambodia

Cambodia stories: 26 news summaries

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 3 Busted in Cambodian 
 Kid Sex Face US Trial 

Justice-Immigration program extradites molesters to federal court

Sep 1, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three Americans arrested in Cambodia for sexually exploiting boys and girls as young as 10 are being returned to the US for trial, CNN reports. They were snagged by a joint program by the Justice Department and immigration authorities, known as Operation Twister Traveler, designed to combat sex tourism. The... More »

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Department of Justice • child molestation • Cambodia • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • sex crime • sex tourism

(AP) - The former head of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center asked the Cambodian people today to give him "the harshest punishment." Kaing Guek Eav, alias "Duch," who headed the notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, made the statement during his UN genocide trial, after a widow... More »

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genocide • international war crimes tribunal • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch

Cambodia Bans 'Miss Landmine' Beauty Pageant

Government sees
insult; organizers aimed to promote awareness

Aug 3, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(AP) - The Cambodian government said today it will not allow a "Miss Landmine" beauty pageant to take place later this week, calling it an insult to the disabled. "The land mine beauty contest would make a mockery of Cambodia's land mine victims," a government spokesman said. "The... More »

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Cambodia • disability • beauty pageant • land mines • Angola • Miss Landmine • Morten Traavik

 'Killing Fields' Prosecutor Quits, Slams Interference

Denies rift over untried suspects caused move

Jun 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The international prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal has abruptly resigned, the Independent reports. Robert Petit insisted that the resignation is due to family reasons, but he warned that the court is in danger from corruption and political meddling from Cambodian government official. Five former Khmer Rouge cadres... More »

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genocide • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • The Killing Fields • war crimes tribunal • Robert Petit

Khmer Rouge Chief Admits Smashing Babies

'Duch' accepts blame for killing babies, children, teens

Jun 9, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former chief jailer of the Khmer Rouge told a war crimes tribunal yesterday that it was standard policy to kill babies and children by smashing their heads against trees, the Independent reports. The commander, known as  Duch, accepted full responsibility for his actions. He told the tribunal that he... More »

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genocide • torture • trial • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch

Brit Princess Bodyguards Foil Cambodian Muggers

Royal protection officers swoop after robbers target princess and friend

May 5, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cambodian mugger got more than he bargained for when he targeted two British backpackers walking late at night in Phnom Penh, the Daily Telegraph reports. He grabbed the purse of one of  the young women, only to be swiftly tackled by bodyguards tailing her companion—Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Princess... More »

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Cambodia • Phnom Penh • British royals • Princess Eugenie • mugging

 Press Freedom 
 Declines Worldwide 

New report sees losses in all regions for first time ever

May 2, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Press freedom declined worldwide last year for the seventh year in a row, and for the first time suffered losses in all regions, according to a new report by Freedom House. Slipping from “free” to “partially free” were Israel, Italy and Hong Kong, while Cambodia fell to “... More »

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Israel • media • free speech • Hong Kong • Italy • journalism • Cambodia • freedom of press • Freedom House

 Thai, Cambodian 
 Troops Trade 
 Border Fire 

Fighting flares around disputed jungle temple; no injuries reported

Apr 3, 09 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thai and Cambodian troops have clashed near a disputed temple in a border area, CNN reports. The troops exchanged gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades after Cambodian forces "intruded" into Thai territory, according to a Thai general. A Cambodian government spokesman said the clashes began after Thai troops entered Cambodian territory.... More »

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Thailand • Cambodia • border dispute • temple

 Khmer Rouge's 
 Duch Apologizes  
 for 'Brutal' Deaths 

Owns up to 'torture and execution' in trial

Mar 31, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - On trial for his role in Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime, the man known as Duch made his first public apology today for overseeing the deaths of thousands at the prison he ran, the Financial Times reports. “I am responsible for the crimes committed at S-21, especially the... More »

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torture • murder • execution • trial • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch • apology

30 Years Later, Khmer Rouge Goes on Trial

Prison warden accused
of torture, murder of 20,000 in court

Feb 17, 09 5:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Thirty years after the end of its reign of terror, the Khmer Rouge went on trial in Cambodia for the first time today. In the dock in Phnom Penh is the commander of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, which became a symbol of the brutality of Pol Pot's murderous regime.... More »

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genocide • torture • war crimes • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch • Pol Pot • Phnom Penh • crimes against humanity

OPINION

Developing World Needs
More Sweatshops: Kristof

Yes, they're ugly by US standards, but many nations' poor toil in much uglier conditions

Jan 15, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Before Barack Obama follows through on tough talk about global “labor standards,” Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wants to take him to a certain garbage heap in Cambodia. Here, where families live in shacks, scavenging in the hot sun, a sweatshop job is “a cherished... More »

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Asia • labor • Cambodia • poverty • developing world • sweatshop • President Obama

UPDATED

 Thailand, Cambodia 
 in Firefight Over Temple 

Border dispute escalates as both sides accuse other of aggression

Oct 15, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thai and Cambodian troops fought an hourlong battle today, leaving two Cambodian soldiers dead and several wounded by rocket fire in the most serious incident since the start of a border dispute. At issue is just 1.8 square miles of land next to a Hindu temple that an international... More »

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Thailand • Cambodia • border dispute • Southeast Asia

 Cambodia's
 Food Crisis
 Fix? Eat Rats

And they think more of the world should too

Aug 27, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Food prices have rocketed so high in Cambodia that even the humblest of foods has seen its price quadruple this year. That humblest of foods is rat meat, and it’s going up precisely because so many Cambodians can’t afford any other meat, the Guardian reports. Rats have... More »

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food • rats • Cambodia • rodents • global food crisis

 Cambodia, Thailand
 on Brink of War 

Tensions escalate at  disputed temple in border region

Jul 23, 08 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cambodia has appealed to the UN to help defuse an "imminent state of war" with Thailand, the Daily Telegraph reports. Some 1,500 troops armed with heavy artillery are in a standoff at an ancient temple in a disputed frontier area. Cambodian officials are accusing Thailand of aggression and... More »

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United Nations • Thailand • Cambodia • border dispute • temple

Obituary

 'Killing Fields'
 Photog Dith 
 Dead at 65 

Times photojournalist and anti-Khmer Rouge crusader had pancreatic cancer

Mar 30, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Photojournalist Dith Pran, whose saga was re-created in the film The Killing Fields, has died of pancreatic cancer at 65, the New York Times reports. The Cambodian native became the Khmer Rouge's most vocal opponent after escaping in 1979, having worked in labor camps and survived on a spoonful... More »

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genocide • New York Times • Thailand • obituary • Pulitzer Prize • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Dith Pran • Sydney Schanberg • photojournalist • photojournalism • labor camp • The Killing Fields

South Koreans Turn to Cambodia to Buy Wives

Government decries 'human trafficking' on rise after Vietnam crackdown

Mar 25, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A clampdown on marriage brokers in Vietnam has made neighboring Cambodia the new destination for South Korean men seeking to buy wives, the AP reports. About 2,500 Cambodian women have married Koreans this way in the past four years in a process in which men choose from as many... More »

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Vietnam • South Korea • Asia • Cambodia • arranged marriage • human trafficking

Khmer Rouge Jailer Has First Day in Court

Pol Pot ally held for 8 years asks genocide tribunal to set bail

Nov 20, 07 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The Cambodian “Killing Fields” tribunal heard an application for bail today from Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the math teacher who became the chief jailer of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime. Of at least 14,000 who went into Duch’s prison, only 10 survived, Reuters... More »

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human rights • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch • Pol Pot • crimes against humanity

Khmer Rouge President Busted

Pol Pot's head of state charged with crimes against humanity

Nov 19, 07 12:22 PM CST
(Newser) - After almost a decade of delays, Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court is in full swing, today arresting ex-Khmer Rouge president Khieu Samphan. Samphan, 76, who was seized from a Phnom Penh hospital, is the fifth member of Pol Pot’s bloody cabal arrested so far. In a book released last... More »

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genocide • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Pol Pot • Khieu Samphan • Jacques Verges

Cambodia Arrests 2 Former Khmer Rouge Leaders

Foreign minister, wife, to face UN-backed genocide court

Nov 12, 07 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court today arrested Ieng Sary, the public face of Pol Pot’s murderous Khmer Rouge, and his wife, Ieng Thirith, AFP reports. As the regime’s foreign minister, Sary allegedly persuaded intellectuals to return to Cambodia, where they were killed in re-education camps. Sary earned a... More »

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genocide • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Pol Pot • Ieng Sary • Ieng Thirith

Interpol IDs Serial Pedophile in Scrambled Web Photos

Cops: Canadian teacher hiding out in Bangkok

Oct 16, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Interpol has identified a suspected serial pedophile who posted altered photos of himself with as many as 12 boys he apparently molested in Vietnam and Cambodia, reports Reuters. Agents identified Christopher Paul Neil, a Canadian English teacher who has taught at Asian schools, after Interpol released digitally unscrambled photos from... More »

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Vietnam • South Korea • Germany • Thailand • pedophile • child abuse • Cambodia • Interpol

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