Phnom Penh, Cambodia News

In June 1866, an adventurous French expedition consisting of two steam-driven gunboats, filled with liquor, flour, guns and other goods, left Saigon and headed up the Mekong River to find a new inland way to China.

A recent decision by an independent international arbitration authority is an indication that Cambodia is an increasingly attractive candidate for expanded foreign investment, regional advisory and business leaders said today.

People watch as a roof of a relaxing shelter is lifted from the water after it collapsed behind a factory in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2013.

Michael Angelo stands in the Wonderland Beauty Parlor , a swarm of mermaid Barbies hanging overhead.

A garment worker attends a march on the streets to mark International Labor Day in Phnom Penh, May 1, 2013.

A British man has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 21 months for child sex offences committed in Cambodia.

More than 1,000 Cambodians have turned out for the official annual ceremony honoring victims of the 1970s communist Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million Cambodians.

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where two workers were killed and seven injured .

A new round of art repatriation is happening in the United States. American museums and private collectors are giving back prized antiquities following foreign governments' claim that the treasures were looted from their archeological sites.

Rescue workers and soldiers search through a site of the accident in a shoe factory in the Kong Pisei district of Kampong Speu province, 50 km west of the capital, Phnom Penh, May 16, 2013.

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, May 16, 2013.

Six other people were injured by the fallen walkway in a warehouse adjoining the factory, which is south of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, said National Police Spokesman Kirt Chantharith.

Source: www.nytimes.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013The factory had been making shoes for the Japanese company Asics, according to a trade association official.

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The ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building early Thursday, killing at least two people and possibly trapping more under the debris, police said.

There are long-standing concerns that a small number of people develop a paralytic illness after getting a flu shot.

Changing weather patterns, rising seas are affecting many in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong Basin, such as these Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong river, Phnom Penh, March 17, 2010.

Migrant labourers sort fish as they work on a Thai fishing boat. Thousands of men from Myanmar and Cambodia set sail on Thai fishing boats every day, but many are slaves forced to work in brutal conditions under threat of death.

When the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets for its 37th session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in June it will review nominations for its well-regarded World Heritage List, which includes notable destinations such as Yellowstone National Park and the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.

On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country's arcane Cardamom Mountains.