The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational Tournament (MWI) began at the Esports World Cup on Wednesday, featuring the largest ever prize pool for a women's esports tournament – an incredible $500,000.
For Abie, a Cambodian member of Team (...)
Cambodia has jailed 10 environmental activists who had sounded the alarm on river pollution for plotting against the government — a case critics have decried as politically motivated.
Members of the group Mother Nature were charged in 2021 after (...)
The Indian government has so far rescued 250 citizens in Cambodia who were forced to run online scams.
They were promised jobs but "forced to undertake illegal cyber work", India's foreign ministry said.
Recent reports have said more than 5,000 (...)
Fifty years after Henry Kissinger drove American foreign policy in Southeast Asia, the region continues to live with the fallout from the bombing and military campaigns backed by the former secretary of state, who died last week.
In Cambodia, (...)
The eldest son of Cambodia's long-term ruler has been endorsed as the country's next premier in a formality confirming the transition of power.
On Monday, Cambodia's king issued a decree stating Hun Manet will succeed Hun Sen, who has ruled for 38 (...)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down, and that his son Hun Manet would take over in the coming weeks.
"Hun Manet ... will become the prime minister in the coming weeks," he said, adding the new premier (...)
Voting is under way in Cambodia, where the country's long-term leader is virtually certain to extend his party's rule in an election where there are no serious challengers.
People turning up to the polls in Phnom Penh told the BBC they expected the (...)
A few years ago, Cambodia's ruler launched the most ruthless crackdown of his career to annihilate his opponents.
Facing popular opposition, Hun Sen used the courts to dismantle the political party threatening his rule. Ranks of MPs were thrown out (...)
More than 100 people have died across Asia this month as the vast region experiences an intense monsoon season.
The past fortnight has seen extreme rain that has caused floods and landslides across several countries including India, China and (...)
Cambodia's main opposition party and the sole credible challenger to the country's long-time leader Hun Sen has been barred from contesting July's election.
Electoral authorities disqualified the Candlelight Party on Monday for not having the right (...)
An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from the country's first known human case of bird flu in nine years, health authorities have confirmed.
The girl from the rural Prey Veng province was diagnosed with the H5N1 virus on Wednesday. She had (...)
A vast trove of Cambodia's Angkorian crown jewelry, some dating back to the 7th Century, resurfaced in London last summer, it has been revealed.
The stolen items belonged to British antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford. Experts say they have never (...)
Cambodia's leader Hun Sen has shut down one of the country's last independent media outlets — just months before the country's election.
VOD, or the Voice of Democracy, had published a story last week that "hurt" his government's reputation, Hun Sen (...)
Vietnam's president has resigned after the ruling Communist Party blamed him for "violations and wrongdoing" by officials under his control in a major escalation of the country's anti-graft campaign, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Nguyen Xuan Phuc, (...)
The death toll has risen to at least 19 and dozens of others remain missing after a fire engulfed a casino complex in Cambodia on Wednesday, according to local authorities.
Another 70 people were injured in the blaze at the Grand Diamond City Hotel (...)
Russia has denied media reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was taken to hospital at the Group of 20 summit in Bali.
Lavrov reportedly suffered a health problem following his arrival for the summit, Indonesian authorities said on (...)
The special tribunal in Cambodia set up to examine atrocities under the fanatical rule of the Khmer Rouge has held its final hearing, upholding the 2018 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity of the regime's last surviving leader.
Khieu (...)
It was an offer he could not resist: an easy job overseas, a sizeable salary, and even a chance to live in a swanky hotel with his own personal trainer.
When Yang Weibin saw the ad for a telesales role in Cambodia, he immediately said yes. The (...)
An expert on the human rights situation in Cambodia has issued a 10-point agenda for the authorities which calls for opening up political space and paving the way for democratic reform.
UN Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn announced the plan on (...)
China's foreign minister has called US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan "manic, irresponsible and irrational".
At a meeting of Southeast Asian countries, Wang Yi defended China's military drills in the seas around Taiwan, held in (...)
King Norodom Sihmoni of Cambodia received Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and President of the Association of Muslim Scholars Dr. Mohammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.
Dr. Al-Issa referred to the Cambodian model in realizing harmony in (...)
King Norodom Sihmoni of Cambodia has received Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and President of the Association of Muslim Scholars Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.
Dr. Al-Issa referred to the Cambodian model in realizing (...)
Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa has visited Cambodia within the framework of MWL's mission to promote coexistence and tolerance among (...)
A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say.
It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005.
There is no (...)
Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand are due to host three important leaders' meetings in the Southeast Asia region this year, according to a joint statement released by the foreign ministries of the three countries on Wednesday.
Cambodia will host the (...)
