Story Archive
2012-06-29
The democracy icon’s opposition party defends its decision to avoid using the name introduced during the country’s military regime.
2012-06-29
Cambodia will bring home four men who were sold as slaves to a South African fishing company.
2012-06-29
Activists in Cambodia, downstream from a planned dam, demand an end to its construction.
2012-06-27
A Cambodian appeals court reduces the sentences for the ‘Boeung Kak 13.’
2012-06-26
Cambodia’s prime minister says his recent decrees do not flout his earlier ban on land grants.
2012-06-26
Members of Burma’s democratic movement blame recent ethnic violence in Rakhine state on immigration policies regarding the Rohingya.
2012-06-26
A new report condemns China’s inadequate response to ethnic refugees fleeing fighting in Burma.
2012-06-26
A group of NGOS call on Cambodia to stop torture in detention.
2012-06-25
A Cambodian woman who fell ill and died upon returning home may have been mistreated by her Malaysian employer.
2012-06-23
Rohingya Muslim refugees hiding in Bangladesh say they were targeted by a Burmese helicopter.
2012-06-21
Authorities investigate Tuesday's sectarian clashes in western Burma's Rakhine state.
2012-06-21
Pardoned by the king, the Russian businessman was later found living with an underage girl.
2012-06-20
Rohingya Muslim refugees from Burma who managed to sneak into neighboring Bangladesh speak of their ordeal at sea.
2012-06-20
Cambodian NGOs have hit out at Prime Minister Hun Sen for effectively allowing land concessions despite a temporary ban.
2012-06-20
New clashes erupt between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine state.
2012-06-19
A Cambodian man wins a U.S. award for raising awareness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
2012-06-19
New laws aid the countries' anti-trafficking efforts, according to a new U.S. report.
2012-06-18
The party says it won’t abide by any decision which forfeits Cambodian territory to Vietnam.
2012-06-16
The Burmese democracy hero accepts the Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late.
2012-06-15
Rakhine refugees live in camps and are afraid to return home while Rohingya fleeing by boat are turned back by Bangladesh.
2012-06-15
A court in Cambodia allows the two land activists to return home pending trial.
2012-06-14
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of the underlying problems over communal violence in Rakhine.
2012-06-14
A Cambodian court is asked to re-examine the jailing of Boeung Kak land activists.
2012-06-13
Washington asks Prime Minister Hun Sen's government to free jailed women land activists and permit free elections.
2012-06-13
UN chief Ban Ki-moon's special adviser travels to the site of ethnic violence in Burma.
2012-06-13
The Burmese opposition leader heads to Geneva amid simmering tensions in Rakhine.
2012-06-12
Cambodian officials defend the country’s human rights situation.
2012-06-12
A Cambodian NGO launches an initiative to reforest parts of the Tonle Sap Lake.
2012-06-11
People arm themselves in the troubled Burmese state's capital despite heightened security.
2012-06-11
Rights groups plan protests ahead of the Cambodian foreign minister’s visit to Washington.
