Cambodia

Ghosts of Year Zero: The Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

When the Khmer Rouge seized power, they declared it the start of “Year Zero”—a chilling decree that symbolized the erasure of everything that had come before.

An archive picture from Agence Khmere de Presse shows Cambodian people leaving Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge forces seized and emptied the Cambodian capital on April 17, 1975.
 Budha head and torso were found nearly a century apart at Ta Prohm Temple.

Archaeologists found a Budha torso. It matches a head discovered in 1927

 Cambodia introduces self-service ticketing machines at the Angkor Archaeological Park.

Cambodia introduces self-service ticketing machines at the Angkor Archaeological Park

 The Qader cruise missile is seen during the annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2024.

CIA official arrested in Cambodia for classified doc. leak on Israel retaliation on Iran - report


Archaeologists uncover 12 ancient "door guardians" at Angkor

The statues were discovered last week near the north gate leading to the 11th-century Royal Palace at Angkor Thom.

 Angkor Wat.

Putin repeats Nixon's Cambodian mistake

MIDDLE ISRAEL: What Russia now faces are not the torn nations and ragtag militias that Franco and Assad faced. Russia faces a unified nation with a real army and real leaders.

 A US Air Force Boeing B-52 drops bombs during the Vietnam War.

Cambodian woman marries cow she claims is her reincarnated husband

Khim Hang, 74, married a cow after the passing of her husband. Hang claims that shortly after her husband died, he reincarnated into the then 5-month-old calf.

 Khim Hang, 74, sits in her bedroom with a cow which she believes is her reborn husband in Kratie province, Cambodia, July 18, 2017.

Magawa, a rat who clears landmines, awarded medal for heroism

The danger caused to workers by clearing landmines is what motivates organizations like APOPO, the NGO that trained Magawa, to train rats to find landmines so that handlers can clear them.

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Women wearing low cut tops barred from Facebook by Cambodian government

"Go to their places and order them to stop live-streaming until they change to proper clothes," the prime minister said.

Apsara dancers perform as people watching at the Freedom Park during a celebration of the International Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia December 10, 2019

Cambodian royal family celebrates first bat mitzvah

Elior Koroghli is the great-granddaughter of MH King Monivong, who ruled Cambodia until 1941.

The Silver Pagoda is seen at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 31, 2018

Jewish attorney knighted in Cambodia

Phil Weiner honored for training the local police force.

Phil Weiner holds the certificate in August certifying that he was admitted into the Royal Order of Cambodia