COVID variant pushes Cambodia to brink of ‘national tragedy’
The Southeast Asian nation is battling a surge in COVID variant cases traced back to a quarantine breach.
Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review
Since 2009, Cambodia has had a legal process by which Indigenous communities can obtain legal title to their traditional land. Of around 455 Indigenous communities in Cambodia, 33 have been granted land titles.
Cambodia orders strict 2-week lockdown of Phnom Penh
Cambodia’s leader ordered a strict stay-at-home two-week lockdown in the capital Phnom Penh starting Thursday to slow a surge in coronavirus cases, warning “we will die unless we act responsibly.”
Cambodia launches lockdown in capital as COVID-19 outbreak spreads
Cambodia brought in a coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and a satellite district of the capital on Thursday in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in a country that up until recently had largely managed to contain infections.
Cambodia locks down Phnom Penh as coronavirus continues to spread
Cambodia decided Wednesday to lock down the country's capital Phnom Penh for the first time since the novel coronavirus outbreak began early last year.
Cambodia and Its ‘Dictator’ Struggle With the Pandemic
The WHO issues “dire warning” ahead of Khmer New Year.
The Khmer Rouge controversy: Why colourising old photos is always a falsification of history
Matt Loughrey has falsely doctored photos from 1970s Cambodia – but all colourisation does that.
2 fugitive criminals caught in Cambodia
Italian and Cambodian police on Wednesday arrested two Italian fugitive criminals convicted of sexual violence against a minor and financial offences respectively.
Cambodian capital Phnom Penh goes into two-week lockdown
The Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh has been placed into a two-week lockdown as the country looks to halt a rapidly growing wave of COVID-19.
Cambodia extends night curfew in capital for 2 more weeks amid rising COVID-19 cases
Cambodia decided to extend a night curfew in capital Phnom Penh for another two weeks from April 15 to 28 after the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to rise.
Review ‘disproportionate and unwarranted’ measures, rights experts urge Cambodia
United Nations independent human rights experts on Monday called for the review of new legal and administrative measures adopted by the Government of Cambodia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which they said appear to be “disproportionate and unwarranted”.
Cambodians Demand Apology for Khmer Rouge Images With Smiling Faces
An Irish artist colorized portraits of Cambodian prisoners who were tortured, starved, beaten and killed. In some cases, he doctored the images to put smiles on their faces.
VICE Asia Tampers with Khmer Rouge Tribunal Evidence
An insulting end to a messy week for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Colorization Artist Slammed for Adding Smiles to Genocide Victims
Vice and a photo colorization artist are in hot water this week after it was discovered that he had ‘Photoshopped’ smiles to the faces of Cambodian genocide victims in his colorized photos.
Altered photos of Cambodian torture victims stir controversy
Cambodians are condemning an Irish photo restorer for altering photographs of victims of their country’s 1970s genocide to show them smiling, saying his decision and that of an international media group to publish them showed horrible judgement.
Vice removes altered photos of Khmer Rouge victims as Cambodia protests
US media group Vice has removed altered photographs of Khmer Rouge genocide victims from its website after a furious backlash in Cambodia and on social media.
Cambodia criticises edited photos of Khmer Rouge victims
Authorities in Cambodia have criticised an artist after he altered photos of victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Cambodia condemns Vice for altered Khmer Rouge images
The photos of Khmer Rouge ‘killing fields’ victims with added smiles were an insult to the dead, Cambodia says.
Cambodian PM threatens Covid-19 quarantine-breakers with jail
Cambodia's strongman premier Hun Sen threatened quarantine-breakers with jail time Saturday (April 10) and warned civil servants they could lose their jobs if they go unvaccinated, as the country grapples with a growing coronavirus caseload.
Cambodia logs 477 new COVID-19 cases, areas in capital under lockdown
Cambodia registered 477 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of infections in the kingdom to 4,081, the country's Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement Saturday.
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Cambodia logs 291 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
Cambodia on Saturday registered 291 new COVID-19 cases and one more death in the last 24 hours, the country's Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.
