
Bangkok: The death toll from flooding in Thailand since mid-July has risen to 158, while 61 people have died in neighbouring Cambodia in the past two weeks, authorities in the two countries said on Monday. More than 2 million acres of farmland in Thailand are now under water, an area 11 times the size of Singapore. "Twenty-three provinces in the lower north and central Thailand are under water and nearly...

01:37 PM, Sep 26, 2011

Singapore: India finds itself bracketed with countries like Philippines and Cambodia, rated as the fourth most corrupt nation among 16 countries of the Asia Pacific region surveyed by leading Hong Kong-based business consultancy firm PERC. The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd (PERC) rated India at 8.67 on a scale of zero to 10 with the high end being the worst case of corruption scenario and ahead of the Philippines...

04:57 PM, Mar 29, 2011

Bangkok: Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged fire in a two-hour border clash on Friday that killed two Cambodian soldiers and a Thai villager, the latest in an ancient feud over land surrounding a 900-year-old Hindu temple. The fatalities were the first in the militarized border area since a Thai soldier was shot dead a year ago and could rekindle diplomatic tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbors over the 11th-century Preah...

11:23 AM, Feb 05, 2011

Los Angeles: A temple has been named in Cambodia after Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie. "It's a 12th century site called Ta Prohm; it is otherwise known as Old Brahma and was initially named Rajavihara or the royal monastery. Now it's popularly called the Angelina Jolie Temple," Imdb.com quoted Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, as saying. "It was said to be the setting for various scenes...

11:53 AM, Nov 25, 2010

Phnom Penh: Rescuers on Tuesday trawled a muddy river for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning in wake of a stampede by thousands of festival goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured. The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge. A panic-stricken crowd celebrating the end of the rainy season on an...

08:19 AM, Nov 23, 2010

Dr Sakhuja's show is a different perspective on the temples. ...

11:14 PM, Aug 29, 2009

A different location will add to the adventure and romance. ...

05:21 PM, May 28, 2009

With inflation at 37 percent, price for a kilogram of rat meat is around 5,000 riel. ...

03:53 PM, Sep 01, 2008

It's the party's answer to those behind controversial Ram Setu affidavit. ...

01:45 PM, Jun 08, 2008

The crowd at the Ambedkar Stadium got to witness some beautiful football. ...

11:27 AM, Aug 20, 2007

India dominated the match and took the lead in the 17th minute. ...

11:03 PM, Aug 17, 2007

Two Germans were among five people sentenced on Friday to prison for sexually abusing four Vietnamese girls. ...

10:57 AM, Mar 10, 2007

Researchers have discovered slender-billed vultures and scores of other endangered birds in Cambodia. ...

11:58 AM, Feb 08, 2007

A woman has been returned to her home 18 years after she went missing as an eight-year old girl tending cows. ...

07:20 PM, Jan 18, 2007