Cambodia

Khmer Rouge torture chief says he never wanted to run prison

Khmer Rouge torture chief says he never wanted to run prison

Thai prime minister shrugs off Cambodian border battle

CambodiaBangkok - Two short, sharp border clashes with Cambodia that left at least two Thai soldiers dead last week will not sour essentially good relations between the two neighbours, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Sunday.

Thai and Cambodia troops engaged in at least two brisk shootouts Friday that killed two Thai soldiers and wounded a dozen more on disputed ground near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, located 350 kilometres north-east of Bangkok.

Cambodian, Thai soldiers exchange fire at border

Cambodian, Thai soldiers exchange fire at borderPhnom Penh  - Cambodian and Thai soldiers exchanged gunfire Friday morning at a disputed border area where a fatal skirmish between the South-East Asian neighbours erupted last year, a government spokesman in Phnom Penh said.

No casualties were reported in the clash at the ninth-century Preah Vihear temple, government spokesman Phay Siphan said.

He said about a dozen Thai troops crossed the border about 7.15 am (0015 GMT) and were immediately confronted by Cambodian soldiers.

Khmer Rouge torture chief asks for bail during genocide trial

Khmer Rouge torture chief asks for bail during genocide trialPhnom Penh - Lawyers for the former chief torturer of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge on Wednesday requested his release from prison, one day after he made a historic public apology and admitted guilt before a UN-backed tribunal.

Kaing Guek Eav, known by his revolutionary alias Duch, faces charges of crimes against humanity, torture, premeditated murder and breaches of the Geneva Conventions, but defence lawyers said his almost 10 years of pre-trial detention violated international law and the Cambodian constitution.

Cambodia's genocide court told of Khmer Rouge torture prison horrors

Cambodia's genocide court told of Khmer Rouge torture prison horrorsPhnom Penh  - Prosecutors at Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal on Tuesday told of prisoners at a notorious Khmer Rouge torture facility being bludgeoned to death, thrown from buildings and drained of their blood during the radical regime's 1975-79 reign.

In their opening arguments in the trial of former Tuol Sleng torture prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, known by his revolutionary name Duch, prosecutors described a meticulously organized apparatus of nearly four years of terror.

Kep hastens Cambodia's coastal tourism revival

Kep hastens Cambodia's coastal tourism revivalKep, Cambodia  - In Cambodia, where a decade-long tourism boom has been driven almost entirely by safe and easy access to the ancient Angkor Wat temples, the rebirth of a seaside resort town is helping to lure visitors to country's long-neglected coastline.

The sleepy town of Kep on the south-east coast has been earmarked as Cambodia's first boutique tourism destination, but for now it bares few of the characteristics of the countless backpacker Meccas and resorts scattered throughout South-East Asia.

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