Tag: Cambodia

Cambodian PM says 250,000 workers returned home

Cambodian PM says 250,000 workers returned home

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 3:30 pm

Cambodian migrant workers get off a Thai truck upon their arrival from Thailand at a Cambodia-Thailand's international border gate in Poipet, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. The number of Cambodians who have returned home from Thailand this month after a threatened crackdown on foreigners working illegally has topped 160,000, a Cambodian official said Monday. Thai officials insist the cross-border movement is voluntary and is not forced repatriation. They say Thai military and government resources were used to transport workers who decided to return home after being laid off because they were working illegally. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian workers’ return from Thailand not smooth

Sopheng Cheang · June 17, 2014 2:11 pm

Cambodian exodus from Thailand grows to 160,000

Cambodian exodus from Thailand grows to 160,000

Sopheng Cheang · June 16, 2014 3:25 pm

Rolls-Royce Asia-Pacific regional manager Paul Harris, left, speaks to HGB Group Co. Ltd. managing director Ray Long during the inauguration of Rolls-Royce's official dealership in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 9, 2014. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced Monday that it has joined with the Cambodian business partner HGB to open a showroom in the Cambodian capital next month. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Rolls-Royce to sell luxury automobiles in Cambodia

Washington Examiner · June 9, 2014 12:49 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Somaly Mam arrives to the Somaly Mam Foundation's second annual benefit in New York. The Cambodian woman who has been honored internationally for her work against sexual slavery has resigned from the New York-based foundation she helped found after reports alleged that she had distorted aspects of her personal history. A statement issued Wednesday, May 28, 2014, by the foundation's executive-director, Gina Reiss-Wilchins, said Mam's resignation was accepted after the group was presented with the findings of a two-month investigation. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

Cambodian sex slavery activist quits US foundation

Sopheng Cheang · May 29, 2014 4:42 pm

Cambodia PM: Agreement with opposition may be near

Cambodia PM: Agreement with opposition may be near

Sopheng Cheang · April 7, 2014 10:33 am

Lawyer urges court: Investigate Cambodian leaders

Lawyer urges court: Investigate Cambodian leaders

Mike Corder · March 20, 2014 8:36 am

FOR JOCELYN GECKER STORY ON CAMBODIA-FILM DIRECTOR RITHY PANH - This undated photo released by Bophana Center shows a extract scene of The Missing Picture directed by Cambodian film director Rithy Panh. (AP Photo/Bohana Center)

Cambodia vies for 1st Oscar with ‘Missing Picture’

Jocelyn Gecker · February 27, 2014 12:50 pm

This Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo, shows a golden urn after being recovered in Takeo province, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Police in Cambodia said Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 they have recovered the precious golden urn stolen last year that contains what are considered to be remnants of Buddha's body. The urn was taken from a mountain shrine 40 kilometers (25 miles) outside the capital in mid-December. National Police spokesman Kirt Chantharith said it was recovered Thursday from a house in the southern province of Takeo, and one man was arrested in connection with the theft. (AP Photo)

Cambodia recovers stolen Buddhist relics

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 8:53 am

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The ceiling of the factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment industry. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7

Sopheng Cheang · May 16, 2013 5:26 am

Young America’s Foundation Premier Short Film ‘The Conservatives’

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Young America’s Foundation Premier Short Film ‘The Conservatives’

Casey Cheap · August 2, 2012 2:51 pm