Chut Wutty's name may not ring a bell among most people in this country. But to many Cambodians, he was their pre-eminent environmental activist, a sort of local hero who had the guts to stand up to the powerful and rich to protect his country's fast-shrinking forests.

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PHNOM PENH, May 16 -- Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan arrived here Wednesday afternoon for a two-day visit to promote bilateral trade and investment ties between the United Kingdom and Cambodia, according to a press release from the UK embassy in Phnom Penh.

Canadia Bank ) is one of the largest local banks in Cambodia. The bank was established in 1991 and became privatized in 1998.

North Korea ,officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula.

Firefighters have been working to prevent a wildfire near the historic mining town of Crown King from spreading to an area where it could quickly grow.

"Integrating youth in all levels of society", a slogan written in English and Khmer and hung on a white cloth over the main roads of Phnom Penh, was aimed to attract the attention of the Kingdom's citizens.

Cambodia's old adage that those with messy handwriting will become doctors while those with neat handwriting will become clerks bears little weight nowadays, given municipal offices are becoming increasingly computerized, said 30-year-old Young Sokhara, a clerk at Tuol Tompoung administrative hall.

Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development.

PHNOM PENH, May 16 -- Cambodia reported 1,500 cases of a new strain of dengue fever in the last twelve months, a senior health official said today.

Cambodia reported 1,500 cases of a new strain of dengue fever in the last twelve months, a Cambodian senior health official said on Wednesday, but no death case has been reported related to such virus.

Chanthy Kak, who sings with the Cambodian Space Project, shows off her finds for a '60s Cambodian rock 'n' roll mixtape she is compiling.

The otherworldly feel of ancient ruins and deep jungles at Siem Reap. The burgeoning arts and culture scene in Phnom Penh.

Officials in the northeastern province of Stung Treng hope future travellers will trade their bus seats for plane tickets.

We may never know what really happened when Cambodia's eminent environmental activist Chut Wutty , father of two, head of the Natural Resource Protection Group, a Cambodian non-governmental organization fighting Cambodia's deforestation, was shot and killed on April 26 at Veal Bei point in Mondul Seima district, in Koh Kong province.

Talking apart the mythical beings from ancient tales and depicting them in a modern-day context, a new exhibition at Sa Sa Bassac Gallery brings a fresh perspective to the diminishing art of Reamker painting, the Cambodian reinterpretation of the Hindu Ramayana epic poem.

For the second time, court officials want to question three female workers who say they were shot and wounded by former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith at a labour protest earlier this year.

Macaques awaiting export for medical trials are kept in cruel and 'stressful' conditions at a breeding facility in Kampong Chhnang province.