Cambodia News Headline

Link to external news about Cambodia

• Cambodia supports Olympics: Minister
  April 23 (Xinhua) Phnom Penh: Cambodia fully supports China's hosting of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the national media quoted Thong Khon, Tourism Minister and chairman of the Olympic Committee of Cambodia (OCC), as saying.
• Community News Briefs
  The community is invited to participate in the "Welcome to Cambodia Town" mural project kickoff on Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Cambodia's tonle sap in distress
  The Great Lake of Tonle Sap has always been Cambodia's spring of life. Abundant fish stock and seasonal flooding to fertilise rice fields have blessed the region long before the builders of Angkor Wat arrived 900 years ago.
• Cambodia genocide court willnot go bust: officials
  Cambodian skulls from the Choeng Ek memorial killing fields. Officials at Cambodia's genocide tribunal said they were confident the cash-strapped court would be able to secure the funds needed to stay on schedule with Khmer Rouge leader trials
• French lawyer's outburst at Cambodia tribunal triggers delay
  Cambodia's genocide tribunal abruptly adjourned a pretrial hearing for a Khmer Rouge leader Wednesday after his French attorney erupted at judges because thousands of pages of documents had not been translated into French.
• Cambodia genocide court will not go bust: officials
  Officials at Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal said they were confident the cash-strapped court would be able to gather the funds needed to stay on schedule and try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders.
• Cambodia eyes lucrative European, Chinese tourist trade
  Cambodia will seek to increase direct flights between China and European Union (EU) nations to boost its booming tourism industry, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday.
• French lawyer in Cambodia to represent ex-Khmer Rouge leader
  A French lawyer who defended terrorists and a former Nazi officer arrived in Cambodia on Monday to represent a former Khmer Rouge leader.
• KRouge leader appears in Cambodia genocide court
  The former Khmer Rouge head of state appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal for his first hearing Wednesday, where famed French lawyer Jacques Verges will argue against his detention.
• Cambodia Starts Controlling RiceExports
  hai traders who until recently imported paddy (unmilled) rice from Cambodia are now suffering as the Phnom Penh government has started controlling rice exports in the face of steadily rising domestic prices.