Cambodia Travel Guide - Cambodia News Headlines

Here you can read all the latest news stories on Cambodia. Politics, economy, travel, tourism. This page is updated constantly, so come back regularly to keep yourself informed of developments in Cambodia.

Remember one thing: journalists tend to 'hype' news stories, especially when concerning violent, shocking or possibly life-threatening. Don't let any 'bad news' story immediately put you off from visiting this beautiful country.

Thai museum at Angkor raises ire in Cambodia (International Herald Tribune) With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company's new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.
Cambodia sends riot police to guard Thai embassy: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News) Cambodia has deployed riot police to protect the Thai embassy for fear that a border dispute over an ancient Hindu temple could spark violent protests, officials said on Thursday.
ICOMOS opposed to listing of Preah Vihear (The Nation - Thailand's English news) The International Councils on Monuments and Sites is opposed to Cambodia's application to register Preah....
ICOMOS opposed to listing of Preah Vihear (The Nation - Thailand's English news) The International Councils on Monuments and Sites is opposed to Cambodia's application to register Preah Vihear ruins as a world heritage site, the chief of Thailand's World Heritage Committee has said.
Rare Plants And Endangered Species Such As Tigers At Risk From Traditional Medicine (Science Daily) Two reports from TRAFFIC, the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network, on traditional medicine systems in Cambodia and Vietnam suggest that illegal wildlife trade, including entire tiger skeletons, and unsustainable harvesting is depleting the region's rich and varied biodiversity and putting the primary health care resource of millions at risk.
Noppadon faces uphill task over Preah Vihear (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news) Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama yesterday admitted he faced an uphill task in trying to delay Cambodia's bid to get the Preah Vihear temple listed as a new World Heritage site.
Cambodia safeguards Thai embassy amid temple spat (The Star) PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia ordered extra police protection for the Thai embassy on Thursday for fear a row over the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple on their joint border might escalate into violence.
Cambodia: Ex-Khmer Rouge Leader Continues Bid To Be Freed From Jail (Sin Chew Jit Poh) PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodia's genocide tribunal was wrapping up a hearing Thursday (3 July) into the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister's request to be released ahead of trial, with his lawyers arguing that his royal pardon exempts him from prosecution.
Jennifer Winstanley: Land Law And Forced Evictions in Cambodia (HuffingtonPost) In Cambodia today, more than 150,000 people are threatened with eviction. Forty-five percent of the country's entire landmass has been sold off - including the...
His denial was made after current Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama on Friday told the Constitution Court it (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency) BANGKOK, July 5 (TNA) - Former Thai foreign minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said Saturday that Thailand never supported Cambodia's unilateral application to register Preah Vihear temple as a UNESCO World Heritage site.