Cambodia News

The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident spotlighting the often lethal safety conditions faced by those toiling in the global garment industry.

Organizers of Season of Cambodia announce the final week of events for its two-month long arts festival, which began in early April 2013, and now culminates with a visual arts 'Open Studio' exhibition of works by five artists-in-residence at Governors Island off the southern tip of Manhattan.

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.

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

New York City-based salon owner Michael Angelo has long been privy to the beauty industry's inescapable image-driven, superficial depths.

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.

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.

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

Acclaimed Cambodian-French director Rithy Panh returns to the subject of the Khmer Rouge for this autobiographical documentary, premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at the fest.

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.

A Cambodian worker in a traditional headscarf hoes among the pepper towers at Starling Farms pepper plantation near Kampot, Cambodia.

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 .

Thailand and Cambodia yesterday agreed to strengthen cooperation and solve any border conflicts with mutual trust.

Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. is a Pan-Asian gaming company that develops and operates casinos and also leases electronic gaming machines to the gaming industry.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday lauded good relations and cooperation between Cambodia and China in all fields particularly politics, economics and trade, Xinhua news agency reported.

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.

Source: online.wsj.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013At least two people died when a ceiling collapsed in a shoe Factory outside the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, the latest in a string of deadly garment-industry accidents.

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.

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

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