Rescuing Kaavan from the zoo’s dire conditions attracted the attention of animal activists around the world, and celebrities including U.S. singer Cher, who lobbied for his relocation.
Schools in Cambodia reopen after COVID-19 situation eases
Schools in Cambodia reopened on Monday after a six-month closure due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said in an earlier statement that schools must strictly …
China-backed neonatal care project saves children, increases capacity: Cambodia hospital chief
Medical staff leave a ward after examining patients at the National Pediatric Hospital of Cambodia (NPH) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sept. 4, 2020. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua) “The project had not only …
Who were the Khmer Rouge? Cambodia’s bloody history
PhHNOM PENH, Sept 5 (AFP): The Khmer Rouge’s interrogator-in-chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known by his alias Duch, died last Wednesday in Cambodia’s capital at the age of 77.
Pakistan’s only Asian elephant examined ahead of planned move to Cambodia
SHOTLIST ISLAMABAD, ISLAMABAD CAPITAL TERRITORY, PAKISTANSEPTEMBER 4, 2020SOURCE: AFPTV 1. Extreme wide shot elephant expert Frank Goeritz, head veterinarian at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and …
Cutting it in Cambodia
Youdy Bun of Bun & Associates discusses career advice, surviving the crisis and the benefits of investing in Cambodia …
‘Comrade Duch,’ Infamous Commander Of Khmer Rouge Prison, Dies In Cambodia
Kaing Guek Eav oversaw Phnom Penh’s notorious S-21 prison, where thousands of people were executed and tortured during the Khmer Rouge’s terrifying rule in the 1970s.
Death of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge executioner means little to young generation
For survivors of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime, the death of the group’s executioner and security chief, known as Comrade Duch, has brought a further, small sense, of justice for their enduring …
Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch dies in Cambodia aged 77
Duch, the Khmer Rouge commander who oversaw the torture and death of thousands of men, women and children in the 1970s, has died ten years into a life sentence.Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Comrade …
Khmer Rouge chief jailer ‘Duch,’ guilty of war crimes in Cambodia, dies at 77
The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, who oversaw the torture and killings of thousands of Cambodians at the regime’s most notorious prison, has died.