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indieWIRE - Wed Dec 2, 4:12 pm ET
This year’s 12 films were selected from 782 international documentary submissions. A Film Unfinished/Germany, Israel (Director: Yael Hersonski)—Film reels uncovered in Nazi archives reveal the mechanisms used to stage Warsaw Ghetto life—images which have shaped our view of history. World Premiere Enemies of the People/Cambodia, United Kingdom (Directors: Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath)—A young ...
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Asbury Park Press - Wed Dec 2, 12:47 pm ET
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Cambodia will soon start construction on a building to house its first stock exchange which it hopes will help draw foreign investment to the impoverished country, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
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Fox News - Wed Dec 2, 11:01 am ET
The European Union will provide $3 million in additional funding for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge genocide trial, an EU official said Wednesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 7:49 am ET
The Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal said Wednesday that it has appointed a new international prosecutor whose most recent job was defending former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his war crimes trial.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 1, 10:46 pm ET
Phnom Penh - Cambodia's war crimes tribunal on Wednesday announced the much-delayed appointment of its new international co-prosecutor following the resignation of Canada's Robert Petit earlier this year. In a press statement, the tribunal said Briti...
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Foreign Policy Blogs - Tue Dec 1, 7:48 pm ET
Things have been difficult for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), pretty much from the start. The one thing the UN-backed court charged with holding the leadership of the Khmer Rouge responsible for their crimes had going for it was that its first defendant, Kaing Guek Eav, better known by his nom de [...]
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CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 1, 9:25 am ET
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design and build Electricité du Cambodge's National Control Centre and Energy Management System in Phnom Penh.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 1, 7:11 am ET
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Group of Cambodia Ltd. , owner of the country’s biggest mobile-phone company, hired Standard Bank Group Ltd. and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. to arrange a $421 million loan.
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The Scranton Times-Tribune - Tue Dec 1, 4:26 am ET
BANGKOK - Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight - at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia. DNA taken from 69 crocodiles housed in the moats o
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 2:53 am ET
Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court has rejected a request by lawyers for a former Khmer Rouge leader to examine two judges at the tribunal for bias, said documents released Tuesday.
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Time Magazine - Mon Nov 30, 11:39 pm ET
The trial of Duch, the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 Cambodians, has ended, but the most difficult challenges for Khmer Rouge tribunal may still be ahead
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New York Post - Mon Nov 30, 7:16 pm ET
Written by Henry Ong and directed by Marcy Arlin, this play about a Cambodian doctor who's gunned down outside his L.A. apartment premieres tonight. Tickets range from $16-$20. For more information, call the box office at 718-760-0064 or visit www...
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Human Rights Watch - Mon Nov 30, 7:14 pm ET
In the past year there's been a sharp regression in Cambodia's respect for basic rights, with major setbacks in press freedom and a harsh crackdown on government critics.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sun Nov 29, 8:31 pm ET
Wellington - A 17-year-old high school student pleaded guilty Monday to forging 150 drivers' licences with false birth dates that gave underage drinkers access to bars and pubs. Marcus Lim, who was born in Cambodia, was alleged to have sold forged li...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 12:31 am ET
A last-minute bid for release by Khmer Rouge jail chief Duch has underscored deep rifts between foreign and Cambodian staff that threaten the UN-backed court, officials and diplomats said.