Siamese crocodiles were almost hunted to extinction. Now, efforts to reintroduce the species may be Cambodia’s most successful conservation story.

While COVID-19 has ravaged much of the globe, Cambodia has just this week declared its first case of "community transmission". How has it managed to avoid any deaths so far? Could it be that the virus came from bats in this area and the locals have a natural immunity?

Researchers have identified the elusive ancient "lost city" of Cambodia. Scientists used aerial laser scans and ground-based surveying to map Mahendraparvata, or the Mountain of Indra, King of the Gods.

In the early Middle Ages, nearly one out of every thousand people in the world lived in Angkor, the sprawling capital of the Khmer Empire in present-day Cambodia. But by the 1500s, Angkor had been mostly abandoned—its temples, citadels, and complex irrigation network left to overgrowth and ruin. Recent studies have blamed a period of unstable climate in which heavy floods followed lengthy droughts, which broke down the infrastructure that moved water around the massive city.

At the edge of a forest on the northern plains of Cambodia, an indigenous community is building its own security system. By Matt Blomberg.

JAMES Ricketson’s family have said they are “absolutely devastated” after the Australian filmmaker was jailed for six years on espionage charges. A guilty verdict was delivered in a Cambodian court by a bench of three judges in Phnom Penh on Friday. The 69-year-old was whisked away in a prison van yelling: “Which country am I spying for?” Afterward, Mr Ricketson’s nephew Bim Ricketson said he was extremely concerned about his welfare, noting he was not in perfect health.

Never doubt the power of the monsoon.

In June last year, Khoeun Virath was elected as a commune councillor in the capital of Cambodia, but months later his political party was banned and most of its leadership fled into exile - so now he works as a tuk-tuk driver to make ends meet.

A Cambodian prince and former prime minister has been injured and his wife killed in a head-on car collision in the south-west of the country. A taxi hit the vehicle Prince Norodom Ranariddh, 74, and Ouk Phalla, 39, were travelling in, officials say. The couple were taken to a local hospital in the Preah Sihanouk province, but Ms Phalla died a few hours later. They were travelling to meet political supporters when the crash happened.

The sun is barely up when Thoeun Theap pulls into a clearing in the thick Cambodian bush with a giant African rat on the seat beside him. In a few minutes the two will be out there beyond the treeline, scouring the earth for the remnants of a war Mr Theap fled almost 40 years ago. He spends most mornings out here in no man's land with his team of pouched rat handlers from APOPO and de-miners from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). A step in the wrong direction could see them lose a leg.

When it went bankrupt in 2009, thousands and thousands of pounds of brand new clothes were abandoned. I’m always hunting for new projects to work on. When I met Laura Francois on the TedX stages in Penang, I offered to help with her mission to fight against fast fashion… on the condition that she find me the raw materials to work with. Somehow, with the help of an ethical clothing company called Dorsu, she stumbled across this gem.

Despite official pledges to halt the trade, smugglers in Cambodia and Laos are finding ways to illegally ship timber to neighboring Vietnam. The precious hardwood is often used in furniture factories that ship their products largely to China. This lucrative illegal trade in Cambodia has been exposed largely by environmental activists and patrollers who take great risks in attempting to document the smuggling. Powerful officials and Cambodian businessmen are reported to be supporting and profiting from the smuggling.

Ten Westerners including two Canadian women arrested in Cambodia for allegedly posting photos on social media showing themselves engaged in sexually suggestive dancing may have offended local standards of morality, but should be expelled from the country rather than jailed, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been arrested in the capital Phnom Penh on suspicion of treason, according to the government. The arrest marks a new escalation in a campaign against critics, independent media and any potential threats to Prime Minister Hun Sen's hold on power ahead of an election next year at which Kem Sokha has been expected to be his main challenger.

Women working in Cambodian factories supplying some of the world’s best-known sportswear brands are suffering from repeated mass faintings linked to conditions. Over the past year more than 500 workers in four factories supplying to Nike, Puma, Asics and VF Corporation were hospitalised. The most serious episode, recorded over three days in November, saw 360 workers collapse. The brands confirmed the incidents...

Half a century after United States B-52 bombers dropped more than 500,000 tons of explosives on Cambodia's countryside Washington wants the country to repay a US$500 million war debt.

With a minimum wage of less than US$5 per day, the workers of Cambodia are among the lowest paid in the world – and that’s if they’re lucky enough to find a job that actually pays the minimum wage. In the small town of Kaoh Nheaek, home to just under 10,000 people and not far from the border with Vietnam, the average annual salary is under US$1,000, well below the officially-sanctioned minimum and barely enough for one person to survive – let alone a family relying on a single income.

After facing a long drought, Cambodian farmers now fear the arrival of La Niña and possible floods. By Ana Salvá. (August 9, 2016)

Exclusive: Laser technology reveals cities concealed under the earth which would have made up the world’s largest empire in 12th century

In Cambodia when people see a doctor they usually expect to get an injection or an intravenous drip - but this has serious, sometimes tragic, consequences.