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Blood will be shed if powerful people and the military in particular do not heed warnings to stop illegal land grabbing, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told a conference Monday. 

Four decades after U.S. warplanes plastered it with bombs, a remote corner of the old Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia is making a comeback as a treasure trove of endangered wildlife.

A Cambodian court on Thursday reserved judgement in the case of two German men at the centre of one of the most harrowing paedophilia cases in the country's history.

Direct US aid to support Cambodian government projects will resume following the lifting of a decade-old ban by Washington, the US Ambassador to Cambodia said Tuesday. 

Cambodia's PM says Khmer Rouge victims' remains should remain on display rather than be cremated.

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Concern is mounting in Cambodia that the long-awaited trials of the leaders of the Khmer Rouge could be derailed due to a dispute over international legal standards. A panel of Cambodian and United Nations court officials recently failed to resolve their differences over the rules governing the operation of the trials. And a United Nations plan to audit the funds used for the tribunal could further complicate matters. Rory Byrne reports from Phnom Penh.

Cambodia charged two German men today with sexually abusing girls aged between 13 and 15, the latest prosecutions in a long push to rid the country of its reputation as a haven for foreign paedophiles.

A retired Marine captain accused of having sex with young girls while working as a teacher in Cambodia was being held on a sex charge in the U.S., federal authorities said Friday.

When a sprawling courthouse was inaugurated on the outskirts of this capital last year, it was largely welcomed by Cambodians, who expressed hope that one day the leaders of the Khmer Rouge would sit inside, squirm in the docks and face comeuppance for overseeing the brutal deaths of as many as 1.7 million people a quarter-century ago. Today, however, the hopes of many Khmer Rouge victims have turned to frustrations. 

From The Washington Post 

January 28, 2007 marked three years – or 1,096 days - that Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun have spent in prison since their arrests for the assassination of prominent trade unionist Chea Vichea. To mark the anniversary of their arrests, Cambodian NGOs and trade unions launched a public campaign that will continue until their release from prison.