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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINESE-MADE JETLINERS-DISPLAY

(240307) -- PHNOM PENH, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA)'s permanent secretary of state Chea Aun (1st L) visits the static display of C919 aircraft at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on March 6, 2024. Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) on Wednesday carried out a static display of its C919 aircraft and a demonstration flight of its ARJ21 jetliner in Cambodia. (Photo by Liao Hongqing/Xinhua)

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Cambodia's central bank, UnionPay International launch cross-border QR code payment

STORY: Cambodia's central bank, UnionPay International launch cross-border QR code payment SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International STORYLINE: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International on Friday launched cross-border QR code payment. NBC's Governor Chea Serey said the introduction of cross-border QR code payments between the NBC's Bakong, a mobile payment and banking system, and UnionPay International will elevate the level of financial cooperation between both institutions, providing benefits to users in Cambodia and China, and globally. "From today onwards, visiting UnionPay cardholders will be able to use their UnionPay-enabled wallets, such as the UnionPay app and commercial bank apps that are enabled for UnionPay QR Code payment, to scan KHQR codes to co

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Chinese, Cambodian NGOs unveil livelihood improvement projects in Cambodia

STORY: Chinese, Cambodian NGOs unveil livelihood improvement projects in Cambodia SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:47 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch event of Chinese-aided projects for livelihood improvement in Cambodia 2. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): CHEA MONYRITH, planning and project director of CSAF STORYLINE: Several Chinese non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in collaboration with the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF) of Cambodia, on Tuesday unveiled several projects, aiming at improving the livelihoods of rural people in Cambodia. Those Chinese NGOs include the China Foundation for Peace and Development, China Foundation for Rural Development, Beijing Lingfeng Charity Foundation, Beijing-based Peaceland Foundation, Amity Foundation, and Commerce Chamber of Shandong Non-Government Foreign Exchange Cooperation, among others. They have been cooperating with the CSAF to carry out a number of projects in poverty alleviation, educat

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Cambodian central bank, UnionPay sign deal on cross-border payment

STORY: Cambodian central bank, UnionPay sign deal on cross-border payment DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. exterior building of the National Bank of Cambodia 2. various of the MoU signing ceremony on cross-border QR code payment cooperation 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEA SEREY, Deputy governor of National Bank of Cambodia 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LARRY WANG, Vice president of UnionPay International STORYLINE: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and UnionPay International (UPI), a subsidiary of China UnionPay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Monday on cross-border QR code payment cooperation. The deal was inked in Phnom Penh between the Cambodian central bank's Director General Kimty Kormoly and UnionPay International Vice President Larry Wang, under the presence of NBC Deputy Governor Chea Serey. Serey said under the MoU, some 10 million KHQR users in Cambodia will be able to directly scan UnionPay QR Code in China this year. KHQR i

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China's governance philosophy and experience mean a lot to Cambodia's development: expert

STORY: China's governance philosophy and experience mean a lot to Cambodia's development: expert DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:57 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, President, Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, President, Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association STORYLINE: A Cambodian expert says China's governance philosophy and experience have meant a lot to Cambodia's development. Chea Munyrith, president of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association, said in a recent interview that Cambodia has learned from China's experience and embarked on a road of rapid development. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, President, Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association "China's governance experience provides lessons for Cambodia. Cambodia has learned from China's experience for its own development. With China's help, Cambodia is expected to graduate from

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Cambodia starts to build bridge across Mekong River with funds from China

STORY: Cambodia starts to build bridge across Mekong River with funds from China DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: KRATIE, Cambodia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): ENG SREYMEN, Tailor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): CHEA BORETH, Motorcycle mechanic STORYLINE: Cambodia on Monday broke ground for the construction of a bridge across the Mekong River in Kratie in the country's northeastern part, with funds from China. The ceremony was presided over by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian. The 1,761-meter-by-13.5-meter bridge, along with a 31.69-km connecting road, will be constructed by the Shanghai Construction Group under China's preferential loan, and the construction is expected to be completed in 42 months. Hun Sen said the bridge is another fruitful result of close cooperation and solidarity between Cambodia and China under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). H

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Cambodia tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, former head of the Khmer Rouge parliament known as Brother No. 2, is seen on a screen in the premises of a U.N.-backed court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 21, 2013. The prosecutors of the court called the same day for life sentences for Nuon Chea and another former Khmer Rouge leader, Chea Leang, a co-prosecutor of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, who are blamed for the deaths of nearly 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.

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Cambodian general election

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (Front, from L) Cambodian National Assembly President Heng Samrin, honorary leader of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim, leader of the party, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attend a campaign rally in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2013, the first day of campaigning for the July 28 National Assembly election being contested by eight parties.

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Khmer Rouge tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, who was known as Brother No. 2 in the former Khmer Rouge government after the late Pol Pot, faces a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2011, in the image shown on a screen at a press room. The tribunal began a hearing that day of the case of four former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.

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U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prosecutor Robert Petit of Canada (L) speaks to reporters at the end of the first day of the trial of the notorious Khmer Rouge-era prison jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17. Prosecutor Chea Leang of Cambodia stands behind him.

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Cambodia thanks Vietnam for toppling Khmer Rouge

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A ceremony to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the entry of Vietnamese forces into Cambodia to fight the Khmer Rouge was held at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on Jan. 7. Chea Sim, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party and president of the Senate, said Cambodia expressed deep thanks to Vietnamese forces for saving Cambodia from its genocidal leadership.

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Court calls ex-Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2 for genocide questioning

PAILIN, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, better known as Brother No. 2, poses for a Kyodo News photo at his home in Pailin near the Thai border on Sept. 18, one day before he was taken to Phnom Penh for questioning about the Cambodian genocide.

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Court calls ex-Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2 for genocide questioning

PAILIN, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea (R), better known as Brother No. 2, poses for a Kyodo News photo with his wife (L) at his home in Pailin near the Thai border on Sept. 18, one day before he was taken to Phnom Penh for questioning about the Cambodian genocide.

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Ex-Khmer Rouge leader says will unveil new secrets at trial

PAILIN, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his home in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Pailin near the Thai border on April 29. He said that he will unveil ''yet untold secrets'' if he is summoned to appear at the planned Khmer Rouge tribunal. ''I have reserved some new secrets to be heard in a trial,'' Nuon Chea said.

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Japan, S. Korea in accord to expand tourism, cultural exchange

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Culture and Tourism Minister Chung Dong Chea (L) and Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa shake hands in Seoul on June 4 after signing a joint statement to spur bilateral personnel exchanges in the fields of tourism and culture.

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Pol Pot's right-hand man speaks in an interview

PAILIN, Cambodia - Photo shows a house located in the woods outside Cambodia's far west town of Pailin where Nuon Chea, 74, former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's right-hand man, gave an interview with Kyodo News.

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Victim develops toilet products with K. Rouge leaders' images

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Pok Leakreasey, who lost his father and eight other relatives during the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime, lets his daughter stands on a floor mat bearing images of former Khmer Rouge leaders at his Phnom Penh house Dec. 27. He has developed the mat and a urinal (on the right) painted with the faces of Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea as a means of venting his anger and sadness.

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Cambodians mark anniversary of 'Killing Fields' campaign

CHOEUNG EK, Cambodia - Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim (far R), Heng Samrin, vice president of the National Assembly, (C) and many ordinary people, including Buddhist monks, assemble May 20 at Choeung Ek, known as the ''Killing Fields,'' to mark the anniversary of the start of mass killings by the Khmer Rouge that claimed as many as 1.7 million Cambodian lives from 1975 to 1979.

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Obuchi meets Cambodia's Senate chairman

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R), shakes hands with Chea Sim, chairman of Cambodia's Senate, prior to their talks at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on June 17. Chea Sim, also leader of the Cambodian People's Party, is in Japan on a four-day visit that started June 14, leading a five-member delegation of the Senate.

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Cambodian Senate formally launched

Cambodian leaders pose for photographers outside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on March 25 following formal inauguration of the country's Senate. (From L to R) Chea Sim, president of the Senate, King Norodom Sihanouk, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the National Assembly (lower house), and Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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New Cambodian gov't to be formed Nov. 30

Cambodian People's Party (CPP) co-leader Hun Sen (L), CPP co-leader Chea Sim (C) and FUNCINPEC party leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh (R) toast to each other on Monday, Nov. 23 after signing an agreement to form a new coalition government on Nov. 30.

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Hun Sen, Prince Ranariddh strike

Cambodian leaders pose for photographers on Nov. 13 after a two-day talk at the royal palace in Phnom Penh. Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) and former co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh (2nd from R) agreed to form a coalition government. King Norodom Sihanouk (2nd from L), Chea Sim, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (L) also joined the talks.

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CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-LI KEQIANG-CULTURAL HERITAGE EXCHANGE-CULTURAL PROJECT

(221110) -- SIEM REAP, Nov. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and High Representative of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Chea Sophara inaugurate the China-assisted Takeo Temple Restoration Project during a handover ceremony in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 10, 2022. Li, accompanied by Sophara, also visited an exhibition that marks the 30 years of cultural heritage exchange and cooperation between China and Cambodia in Siem Reap on Thursday morning. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-LI KEQIANG-CULTURAL HERITAGE EXCHANGE-CULTURAL PROJECT

(221110) -- SIEM REAP, Nov. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the handover ceremony of the China-assisted Takeo Temple Restoration Project in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 10, 2022. Li on Thursday morning also visited an exhibition that marks the 30 years of cultural heritage exchange and cooperation between China and Cambodia in Siem Reap. He was accompanied by High Representative of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Chea Sophara. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-LI KEQIANG-CULTURAL HERITAGE EXCHANGE-CULTURAL PROJECT

(221110) -- SIEM REAP, Nov. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and High Representative of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Chea Sophara visit an exhibition that marks the 30 years of cultural heritage exchange and cooperation between China and Cambodia in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 10, 2022. Li, accompanied by Sophara, also attended the handover ceremony of the China-assisted Takeo Temple Restoration Project on Thursday morning. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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Huawei's training program helps develop ICT talents for Cambodia

STORY: Huawei's training program helps develop ICT talents for Cambodia DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the closing ceremony of "Huawei Cambodia Seeds for the Future 2022" 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SEANG VILYA, Cambodian trainee 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): TEP KEVEN, Cambodian trainee 4. various of Cambodia's Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth speaking 5. various of Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian speaking 6. various of Huawei Technologies Cambodia CEO Yao Yuya speaking 7. various of certificate handover ceremony 8. various of group photos STORYLINE: Cambodian youths have spoken highly of a training program launched by Chinese tech giant Huawei on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). A three-week online and offline training course has just concluded in Thailand and in Singapore, drawing more than 100 students from over a dozen countries in the Asia Pacific region. The Cambodian youths joined the

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China-aided pilot project sets good example for poverty alleviation in Cambodia's rural areas

STORY: China-aided pilot project sets good example for poverty alleviation in Cambodia's rural areas DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tanorn Village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): SRUN SONGTHUY, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): SUOS SIVUTHA, Villager 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): NOP TOUCH, Local official 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, Planning and project director, Cambodia's Civil Society Alliance Forum 6. Chinese officials visiting Tanorn village in Takeo province STORYLINE: Srun Songthuy is a 37-year-old farmer living in Tanorn Village, about 40 km south of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Running a chicken farm under the support of a China-funded pilot project, the father of four is earning more and living a better life. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): SRUN SONGTHUY, Farmer "Now, my living conditions are better. My monthly income is 700,000 riels (about 170 U.S.dollars) to 800,000 riels (about 195 U.S.dollars) by selling vegeta

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CAMBODIA-TAKEO-CHINA-AIDED PILOT PROJECT-VILLAGE

(220827) -- TAKEO, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 20, 2022 shows the Tanorn village in Doung commune of Bati district in Takeo province, Cambodia. TO GO WITH "Feature: China-aided pilot project sets good example for poverty alleviation in Cambodia's rural areas" (Photo by Chea Munyrith/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-TAKEO-CHINA-AIDED PILOT PROJECT-VILLAGE

(220827) -- TAKEO, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 20, 2022 shows the Tanorn village in Doung commune of Bati district in Takeo province, Cambodia. TO GO WITH "Feature: China-aided pilot project sets good example for poverty alleviation in Cambodia's rural areas" (Photo by Chea Munyrith/Xinhua)

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China-funded "Kit of Love" project launched in Cambodia to help primary school students

STORY: China-funded "Kit of Love" project launched in Cambodia to help primary school students DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of southern Cambodia's Takeo Provincevarious of China-funded "Kit of Love" projectSOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, Planning and project director of Cambodia's Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF)SOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): NGET SAM OEUN, Principal of the Angkomnob Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): SE SOKNA, Sixth-grade student at the Angkomnob Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): SAN SOKCHEN, Sixth-grade student at the Angkomnob Primary School STORYLINE: The China-funded "Kit of Love" project was launched in southern Cambodia's Takeo Province on Thursday. The project provides 10,000 packages of stationery, water bottles, and lunch boxes, among others, to primary school students in the Southeast Asian nation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, Planning and project director of Cambodia's Civil Societ

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Cambodia's economy expected to grow 5.3 pct this year: central bank governor

STORY: Cambodia's economy expected to grow 5.3 pct this year: central bank governor DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) 2. various of street view in Cambodia 3. various of a container terminal STORYLINE: Cambodia's economy is projected to grow by 5.3 percent this year, up from 3 percent in 2021, Chea Chanto, governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), said on Thursday. "The growth will be supported mainly by a rise in manufacturing exports, an increase in construction and real estate as well as agriculture, and a gradual recovery of tourism," he said in a closing speech of the central bank's biannual meeting. The Southeast Asian country's economy traditionally relies on garment, footwear and travel goods exports, construction and real estate, agriculture and tourism. Ministry of Commerce's undersecretary of state and spokesman Penn Sovicheat said the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnersh

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Overseas officials and experts hail China's poverty alleviation experience

STORY: Overseas officials and experts hail China's poverty alleviation experience DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE (English):LUIS ANTONIO PAULINO, Professor, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil 3. SOUNDBITE (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime minister 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEA MUNYRITH, President of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association STORYLINE: Officials and experts from various countries have hailed China's poverty alleviation experience for being an example for other countries to follow and learn from. SOUNDBITE (English):LUIS ANTONIO PAULINO, Professor, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil "We saw that in the last 30 years, China took off from poverty 800 million people. So China has the experience and know-how to do it. so I think that if the world could take advantage of this experience of China to eliminate the hunger and poverty in the world." SOUNDBITE (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakis

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Cambodia sees earth-shaking changes under BRI cooperation: expert

STORY: Cambodia sees earth-shaking changes under BRI cooperation: expert DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of BRI projects in Cambodia 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEA MUNYRITH, President of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association STORYLINE: A Cambodian expert says that as an active responder of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Cambodia has seen earth-shaking changes in recent years. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEA MUNYRITH, President of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association "Today's world is a community with a shared future for mankind. China has found the code of development, and shared this concept with the world. China put forward the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the development of the world. The initiative has brought projects to countries, bringing prosperity and common development for their people. What China brings to the world is cooperation in peace and development." Cambodia is one of the co

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Cambodian Senate formally launched

Cambodian leaders pose for photographers outside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on March 25 following formal inauguration of the country's Senate. (From L to R) Chea Sim, president of the Senate, King Norodom Sihanouk, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the National Assembly (lower house), and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ==Kyodo

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Tribunal opens 1st appeal hearings in ex-Khmer Rouge leaders' case

Nuon Chea, one of the former Cambodian leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, attends the first hearings related to appeals in the case of the regime's former leaders at a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh on July 2, 2015. The appeals to hear the testimony of three witnesses were brought by two convicted men, including the former head of state, Khieu Samphan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cambodia's ruling party chief Chea Sim dies

Photo taken in June 2013 shows Chea Sim, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party. He died in Phnom Penh on June 8, 2015, due to illness and old age, his chief bodyguard said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court calls ex-Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2 for genocide questionin

PAILIN, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, better known as Brother No. 2, poses for a Kyodo News photo at his home in Pailin near the Thai border on Sept. 18, one day before he was taken to Phnom Penh for questioning about the Cambodian genocide. (Kyodo)

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Court calls ex-Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2 for genocide questionin

PAILIN, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea (R), better known as Brother No. 2, poses for a Kyodo News photo with his wife (L) at his home in Pailin near the Thai border on Sept. 18, one day before he was taken to Phnom Penh for questioning about the Cambodian genocide. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea in accord to expand tourism, cultural exchange

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Culture and Tourism Minister Chung Dong Chea (L) and Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa shake hands in Seoul on June 4 after signing a joint statement to spur bilateral personnel exchanges in the fields of tourism and culture. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Khmer Rouge leader says will unveil new secrets at trial

PAILIN, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his home in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Pailin near the Thai border on April 29. He said that he will unveil ''yet untold secrets'' if he is summoned to appear at the planned Khmer Rouge tribunal. ''I have reserved some new secrets to be heard in a trial,'' Nuon Chea said. (Kyodo)

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Court adjourns hearing on Khmer Rouge's Brother No. 2

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, better known as Brother No. 2, attends his appeal hearing at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on Feb. 4. It was his first public appearance since 1998 when he surrendered to the Cambodian government. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prosecutor Robert Petit of Canada (L) speaks to reporters at the end of the first day of the trial of the notorious Khmer Rouge-era prison jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17. Prosecutor Chea Leang of Cambodia stands behind him. (Kyodo)

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Cambodia thanks Vietnam for toppling Khmer Rouge

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A ceremony to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the entry of Vietnamese forces into Cambodia to fight the Khmer Rouge was held at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on Jan. 7. Chea Sim, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party and president of the Senate, said Cambodia expressed deep thanks to Vietnamese forces for saving Cambodia from its genocidal leadership. (Kyodo)

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Khmer Rouge tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, who was known as Brother No. 2 in the former Khmer Rouge government after the late Pol Pot, faces a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2011, in the image shown on a screen at a press room. The tribunal began a hearing that day of the case of four former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s. (Kyodo)

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2 ex-Khmer Rouge leaders sentenced to life in prison

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A TV monitor at a pressroom in Phnom Penh shows two former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime, Nuon Chea (L) and Khieu Samphan, hearing the sentence of life in prison for crime against humanity at a U.N.-backed special tribunal in the Cambodian capital on Aug. 7, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Former Khmer Rouge leader on trial

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, former Khmer Rouge ideologist and second-in-command, sits as a defendant during a hearing of a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 21, 2011, in this still image from a screen in a press room for the tribunal. The tribunal opened a long-awaited hearing the same day for three former senior Khmer Rouge leaders including Nuon Chea charged with committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the late 1970s. (Kyodo)

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Cambodia launches digital currency

Chea Serey, director general of central banking at the National Bank of Cambodia, speaks in Phnom Penh on Oct. 28, 2020, at a ceremony marking the launch of Bakong, a digital currency backed by the central bank.

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Ex-Khmer Rouge top leaders' life sentences upheld

A press room monitor of the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows Khieu Samphan (R), former head of state, and Nuon Chea, known as "Brother No. 2" in the Khmer Rouge regime, on Nov. 23, 2016. The two top Khmer Rouge leaders convicted over the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s had their life sentences upheld. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA starts Narita-Phnom Penh direct service for 1st time

Cambodian Ambassador to Japan Chea Kimtha addresses a ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2016, to mark the launch of All Nippon Airways Co.'s direct service between the airport and the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, the first regular service between Japan and Cambodia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA starts Narita-Phnom Penh direct service for 1st time

Cambodian Ambassador to Japan Chea Kimtha (3rd from L) and other officials attend a tape-cutting ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2016, to mark the launch of All Nippon Airways Co.'s direct service between the airport and the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, the first regular service between Japan and Cambodia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo