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Thai court sacks PM over Cambodia phone call row

Thailand's Constitutional Court has sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia, throwing the kingdom into political turmoil.

World • 29 Aug

A military truck is driving down a road surrounded by leafy trees

Thailand and Cambodia agree to extend ceasefire

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to extend a ceasefire deal that followed five days of deadly hostilities along their border last month.

World • 07 Aug

Military attaches and diplomats next to a destroyed building by the An Ses border checkpoint in Cambodia's Preah Vihear province

Cambodia accused of 'flagrant' Thailand truce violation

Thailand accused Cambodia of a "flagrant violation" of a truce deal to end cross-border fighting, claiming Cambodian troops launched an overnight attack on the frontier.

World • 30 Jul

A group of people carrying items as they return to Thailand

Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire holding but 'still fragile'

An uneasy ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding, as military commanders met despite Bangkok's allegations the truce had been breached with overnight skirmishes.

World • 29 Jul

Cambodian migrant workers carry their belongings as they returned from Thailand through the Doung International Gate in Battambang province

Thailand and Cambodia truce agreement comes into effect

The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to a ceasefire effective midnight, in a bid to bring an end to their deadliest conflict in more than a decade after five days of fierce fighting.

Asia • 28 Jul

A green military vehicle with two men standing on top of it drives on a road with grassland behind it

Thailand, Cambodia to hold peace talks after clashes

Thailand and Cambodia's leaders will meet in Malaysia for peace talks tomorrow, the Thai government said, as the countries clashed for a fourth day in a deadly border dispute.

World • 27 Jul

Damage from a fire caused by Cambodian artillery at a convenience store in the Thai border province of Sisaket province

Trump seeks to broker peace in Thai-Cambodian conflict

US President Donald Trump has said he has spoken to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand and that both countries want an immediate ceasefire, as he sought to broker peace while fighting along their border extended into a third day.

World • 26 Jul

People flee their homes near the Cambodia-Thailand border

Appeals for calm in Thailand, Cambodia border dispute

Thailand and Cambodia have fought their bloodiest military clashes in more than a decade - with at least 12 people killed - as the two sides battled over a disputed border zone.

Asia • 24 Jul

The men were paraded for the media along with items recovered from their room (Pic: Cambodian National Police)

Cambodia jails two Taiwanese men for faking kidnap

Two Taiwanese men have each been sentenced to two years in jail after they staged a fake kidnapping from a Cambodian seaside resort and put footage of it online.

World • 16 Feb 24

Cambodian opposition leader jailed for treason

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the United States as a "miscarriage of justice".

Asia • 03 Mar 23

Last top Khmer Rouge leader appeals genocide conviction

The last surviving senior Khmer Rouge leader has begun an appeal against his life imprisonment for his role in the genocide committed by the regime in Cambodia more than four decades ago.

World • 16 Aug 21

Norng Chan Phal, a S-21 survivor who lost parents at the prison, characterised the project as 'an insult to the victims of Khmer Rouge'

Cambodians condemn photo-editing of genocide victims

Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide have condemned a decision to publish colourised images that featured victims of the genocide, with some apparently edited to add smiles to their faces.

News Lens • 12 Apr 21

Cher poses alongside the crate used to transport Kaavan to his new home in Cambodia

Cher welcomes 'world's loneliest elephant' to Cambodia

An elephant dubbed the "world's loneliest" has landed in Cambodia from Pakistan, receiving a warm welcome from Cher who will accompany him to a sanctuary housing potential mates.

World • 30 Nov 20

Kaavan's case and the woeful conditions at the zoo resulted in a judge this year ordering all the animals to be moved

'World's loneliest elephant' moving to sanctuary

Following years of public outcry and campaigning by American pop star Cher, the "world's loneliest elephant" has embarked on a mammoth move from Pakistan to retirement in a Cambodian sanctuary.

News Lens • 29 Nov 20

Photographs of prisoners on display at the genocide museum at Tuol Sleng, the former prison S-21 used by the Khmer Rouge to imprison and torture thousands of Cambodians during the 1970s, in Phnom Penh

Who were the Khmer Rouge?

The Khmer Rouge's interrogator-in-chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known by his alias 'Comrade Duch', has died in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh at the age of 77.

World • 02 Sep 20

Comrade Duch died at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh

Khmer Rouge commander 'Comrade Duch' dies aged 77

The Khmer Rouge commander known as 'Comrade Duch', Pol Pot's premier executioner and security chief who oversaw the mass murder of at least 14,000 Cambodians at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, has died.

World • 02 Sep 20

Amelia Bambridge disappeared from a beach party on 24 October (Pic: Lucie Blackman Trust)

Body of British tourist found in sea off Cambodia

The body of a 21-year-old British tourist has been found in the sea more than a week after she went missing from a Cambodian island, police have said.

Asia • 31 Oct 19

Nuon Chea was sentenced to life in prison last year

Khmer Rouge 'brother number two' Nuon Chea dies

Khmer Rouge 'brother number two' Nuon Chea has died aged 93, said a spokesman for the Cambodia tribunal where he was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.

World • 04 Aug 19

Men pray for their missing relatives at the site of a collapsed building in Preah Sihanouk province

Death toll from Cambodia building collapse rises to 18

The death toll at a building collapse in Cambodia has risen to 18 and increasingly desperate rescuers are picking through the compacted rubble for any further signs of life.

World • 23 Jun 19

The seven-storey building in the beach town of Sihanoukville collapsed with workers inside

At least seven dead in Cambodia building collapse

At least seven people have died when an under-construction building collapsed at a Cambodian beach resort today, officials said, as rescuers scoured the rubble for survivors.

World • 22 Jun 19

Pictures of the massive haul showed long rows of confiscated tusks spread out on the ground at the port

Cambodia seizes record three tonnes of African ivory

Cambodia has seized over 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique, customs officials have said, marking the country's largest ever ivory bust.

World • 16 Dec 18

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea have denied the charges

Court finds Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide

A UN-backed court found two leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guilty of genocide today, almost four decades after the ultra-Maoist regime that oversaw the "Killing Fields" was overthrown.

World • 16 Nov 18

Cambodia recovers 119 stolen tortoises, pythons

Cambodian authorities have rescued 119 live tortoises and pythons stolen by smugglers, according to a forestry official, the latest haul in a country with a thriving illegal wildlife trade.

World • 29 Mar 16

A group of street food sellers interact with Cambodian customers on the riverside in front of the Cambodian and the Australian flags in Phnom Penh

Cambodia, Australia set to sign refugee deal

Cambodia is to sign an agreement to resettle Australia-bound refugees on its soil, despite opposition from rights groups to the re-routing of asylum-seekers to one of Southeast Asia's poorest nations.

News • 24 Sep 14

Two survivors cry after hearing the guilty verdict

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge

Cambodia's UN-backed court has found the top two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime guilty of crimes against humanity, sentencing them to life in jail.

Special Reports • 07 Aug 14