Cambodia

The UN rights chief warned Wednesday that China and other Asian countries were using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to clamp down on free expression and tighten censorship.

The UN rights chief warned Wednesday that China and other Asian countries were using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to clamp down on free expression and tighten censorship.

Cambodia's strongman premier Hun Sen will be glorified as a "handsome hero" in a soon-to-be-published book chronicling the decisions he made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the publisher said Tuesday.

The European Union on Wednesday slashed trade benefits for Cambodia over the kingdom's human rights record, top officials said.

The search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Cambodia drew to a close Sunday with the final death toll at 36 -- the latest tragedy in a string of deadly construction accidents.

Malacanang has been forced to say sorry for the inconvenience suffered by athlete-guests from Timor-Leste, Myanmar and Cambodia at the hands of the incompetent Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC).

It's not so fun in the Philippines after all.

President Rodrigo Duterte called for the conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Sunday.

Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new…

The Duterte administration has acquiesced to practically everything that China wants but it appears to be digging its heels when it comes to banning Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs).

Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon is pushing for the closure of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) to end the influx of hundreds of thousands of illegal Chinese workers who security officials feared could be spying for…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will recommit the United States on a visit to Bangkok to supporting the development of Southeast Asian nations in the face of a rising China, an official said Thursday.

Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine Fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to American dinner tables.

The auction held by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to bait the drug syndicate which brought in P1 billion worth of shabu into the country was just a cover up for their failure to catch the shipment…

Cambodia broke ground Friday on a $2 billion Chinese-funded expressway -- the country's first -- as strongman premier Hun Sen denied his country was in danger of becoming a colony of Beijing.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sloughed off the trappings of high office Saturday and mingled with thousands of other tourists at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat.

China has promised four billion yuan ($588 million) in aid to Cambodia, the Southeast Asian country's Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday on a visit to Beijing.

Three hulking Chinese warships docked in Cambodia Wednesday for a four-day visit, as Beijing parades its naval prowess alongside its staunch Southeast Asian ally.

Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen lashed out at Western governments for pushing "democracy and human rights" on his country, capping off a tumultuous political year with a fiery speech on Saturday.

Detained Senator Leila de Lima supports Liberal International’s (LI) campaign calling for the freedom of imprisoned liberals and democrats, including herself.

Southeast Asian nations may soon have to "choose sides" between the US and China in their ongoing trade war, the political heir to Cambodia's strongman ruler Hun Sen warned Wednesday in rare public comments.

The US has welcomed Cambodia's landmark genocide verdict and said it served as a warning that perpetrators of mass atrocities, "even those at the highest levels", will eventually face justice for their crimes.