Sam Rainsy

Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.

Cambodia's opposition leader on Saturday called for an end to a year-long political crisis, after a slew of arrests of rivals of strongman premier Hun Sen triggered international alarm.

Australia Tuesday dismissed concerns that money given to Cambodia to resettle refugees could end up in the pockets of corrupt officials as Phnom Penh moves closer to joining Papua New Guinea and Nauru in accepting asylum-seekers.

Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers today, leaving at least three people dead, as the kingdom's strongman premier faced public anger in the capital.

Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.

Cambodia's opposition leader on Saturday called for an end to a year-long political crisis, after a slew of arrests of rivals of strongman premier Hun Sen triggered international alarm.

Australia Tuesday dismissed concerns that money given to Cambodia to resettle refugees could end up in the pockets of corrupt officials as Phnom Penh moves closer to joining Papua New Guinea and Nauru in accepting asylum-seekers.

Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers today, leaving at least three people dead, as the kingdom's strongman premier faced public anger in the capital.