Cambodia

Date: November 27th, 2001 |

Bars, nightclubs, discos and karaoke parlors all over the country shut down indefinitely Nov. 23 following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decree that such establishments would be forced to close because they were spawning crime and eroding traditional values. Restaurants were unaffected by the law, which critics say will cause the loss of thousands of jobs. [read more]

Cambodia

Date: August 1st, 2001 |

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When the Khmer Rouge finally gave up their long battle with the government in 1998, the Cardamom Mountains, where they’d hidden away for years, opened up for the first time since the 1960s. Animals previously believed to be extinct in the wild were discovered there, and predictably, loggers began to jockey for position. Now it [read more]

Cambodia

Date: September 20th, 2001 |

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The government hopes to draw 30,000 visitors to Angkor Wat for three days of millennium celebrations over New Year’s, but Siem Reap has only 2,000 hotel rooms. Questions have been raised about the feasibility of the plan, and residents have been asked to open their homes to [read more]

Cambodia

Date: July 16th, 2001 |

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A wild shootout in Phnom Penh Nov. 24 killed eight and represented the worst violence in the capital since Hun Sen drove Prince Norodom Ranariddh out of a power sharing arrangement in 1997. A group of about 20 anti-government rebels attacked government buildings with heavy weapons before being driven off. The attack was blamed on [read more]