Cambodia

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination

A former Khmer Rouge child soldier speaks to the Magazine about his time in the Cambodian communist organization, and how many Palestinian groups use similar methods of indoctrination.

A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.
Cambodia's Defence Minister Tea Seiha and Thailand's Defence Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit pose with documents during a special General Border Committee (GBC) meeting at a border checkpoint, in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, December 27, 2025.

Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce border conflict

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025.

In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza

A family rides on a tractor on the way to a refugee camp as they are evacuate amid deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Chong Kal, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, December 10, 2025.

Thai prime minister says no ceasefire reached with Cambodia


Thai-Cambodian fighting extends into third day despite ceasefire calls

More than 130,000 people have been displaced in the worst fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbors in 13 years.

People rest inside a temporary shelter in Srisaket province, after Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as border fighting intensified and spread, while Cambodia's leader said Thailand had agreed to a Malaysian ceasefire proposal but then backed down.

Flashpoints and Fault Lines: Strategic Lessons from the Thailand–Cambodia Border Clash

Border security is no longer defined by fences and troops on the ground

Two soldiers wounded as Thai and Cambodia militaries clash at disputed border

Thailand deploys F-16 jet against Cambodian forces as border clash escalates

The clash came after Thailand recalled its ambassador to Cambodia on Wednesday and said it would expel Cambodia's envoy in Bangkok.

The Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 24, 2025.

Ghosts of Year Zero: The Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

When the Khmer Rouge seized power, they declared it the start of “Year Zero”—a chilling decree that symbolized the erasure of everything that had come before.

An archive picture from Agence Khmere de Presse shows Cambodian people leaving Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge forces seized and emptied the Cambodian capital on April 17, 1975.

Archaeologists found a Budha torso. It matches a head discovered in 1927

The newly discovered torso stands 1.16 meters tall and is believed to date back to the 12th or 13th century.

 Budha head and torso were found nearly a century apart at Ta Prohm Temple.

Cambodia introduces self-service ticketing machines at the Angkor Archaeological Park

The reforms give more options to foreign tourists and travel agencies to purchase entrance tickets via a digital platform on self-service machines.

 Cambodia introduces self-service ticketing machines at the Angkor Archaeological Park.

CIA official arrested in Cambodia for classified doc. leak on Israel retaliation on Iran - report

CIA official Asif W. Rahman held top-secret security clearance and had access to sensitive information, the New York Times reported.

 The Qader cruise missile is seen during the annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2024.

Archaeologists uncover 12 ancient "door guardians" at Angkor

The statues were discovered last week near the north gate leading to the 11th-century Royal Palace at Angkor Thom.

 Angkor Wat.

Putin repeats Nixon's Cambodian mistake

MIDDLE ISRAEL: What Russia now faces are not the torn nations and ragtag militias that Franco and Assad faced. Russia faces a unified nation with a real army and real leaders.

 A US Air Force Boeing B-52 drops bombs during the Vietnam War.

Cambodian woman marries cow she claims is her reincarnated husband

Khim Hang, 74, married a cow after the passing of her husband. Hang claims that shortly after her husband died, he reincarnated into the then 5-month-old calf.

 Khim Hang, 74, sits in her bedroom with a cow which she believes is her reborn husband in Kratie province, Cambodia, July 18, 2017.