Cambodia

Cambodia nabs three Thai protestors at controversial border temple

Bangkok - Cambodian soldiers on Tuesday detained three Thai protestors, including one Buddhist monk, who had crossed the border to demonstrate against the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a UN Wo

Cambodian opposition journalist shot dead

Cambodian opposition journalist shot deadPhnom Penh  - A senior Cambodian journalist working for an opposition newspaper was gunned down and killed in a central street in the capital Friday evening, police said.

Khim Sam Ol was a journalist for the pro-Sam Rainsy Party newspaper Moneaksekar Khmer, police and a journalism representative said.

Police said Sam Ol's son, who was not named, was also seriously injured in the attack as the pair walked back from exercising at the capital's Olympic Stadium after work.

Ages of the men were not immediately available.

Cambodian man marries two women simultaneously

Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man who could not decide between his current and ex-girlfriend "regretfully" married them both at once, local media reported Monday.

Cambodian government says no to rally at Thai embassy

Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government would not tolerate "anti-government elements" making Preah Vihear temple a political issue and would not permit a proposed march on the Thai embassy, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Thursday.

He was responding to an announcement by the little-known Society, Morality and National Culture Institute that it was lobbying for permission to stage a 3,000-strong rally around the Thai embassy.

The group's leader, Po Samnang, said the rally was aimed at showing Cambodian support for listing the 11th century Hindu border temple as a World Heritage site.

"These are anti-government groups, so we will treat it as a domestic Cambodian matter. Thailand trys to help Cambodia so we should not confuse this issue," Kaharith said.

Thailand withdraws heritage site support for Hindu temple

UNESCOBangkok  - Thailand on Tuesday withdrew its support for a Cambodian proposal to list Preah Vihear te

Two jailed for fleecing Vietnamese Montagnards in Cambodia

Phnom Penh - Two people were jailed for four months each by a Cambodian court for harbouring Vietnamese Montagnards for a fee after they entered the country illegally and then cheating them, local

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