Proposed Chinese-funded canal in Cambodia raises regional concerns
The project’s proposed coastal terminus in Kep is about 100 kilometers from Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, which recently underwent Chinese-funded renovations.
Hasty funeral for 20 Cambodian troops killed in explosion
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The cause remains still unknown and no official explanation has been offered for bereaved families.
A funeral is held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base
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A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses.
US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia
New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m.
20 soldiers killed in army base blast
An ammunition explosion has claimed the lives of 20 soldiers and destroyed mutliple buildings at a Cambodian military base, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet.
Daughter of British man who died after Cambodia hotel fall says she needs answers
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Sonny Suberu's daughter Shannon says the Foreign Office has not done enough to answer questions about how her father may have died in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.
Chinese Warships Permanently Deployed at New Overseas Naval Base
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China's naval vessels are now permanently deployed at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base.
US report scathing of Cambodia’s human rights situation
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Violations include torture as well as cruel and inhuman treatment of political prisoners and journalists, it says.
Jailed Cambodian activist hospitalized amid hunger strike
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Cambodian officials could face US visa bans over Theary Seng’s imprisonment.
Cambodia’s legacy of war remains deadly as 5 are killed by unexploded ordnance over the weekend
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Two separate explosions from ordnance left over from Cambodia’s decades of warfare killed five people and injured two others, the head of the country’s demining agency said Monday.
Chinese warships in Cambodia fuel fresh concerns as Wang visits
China’s top diplomat has pledged to further boost security ties with Cambodia during a visit amid concerns over the extended presence of its warships at a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand.
Australian Daniel Rodney Badger revealed as suspected meth importer in Four Corners investigation
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A Four Corners investigation has identified a man suspected of being behind hundreds of kilos of methamphetamine hitting Australia's shores.
Activists say assault of Cambodian-Australian visiting homeland was politically motivated
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A brutal attack on a politically active Cambodian-Australian visiting his homeland has sent shock waves through Australia's Cambodian diaspora.
Remembering Cambodia’s genocide in a corner of Africa
Rwanda’s genocide memorial features a Cambodian ‘remembrance’ corner, a space for healing sorely lacking in Phnom Penh.
Cambodia’s program to relocate people living on Angkor site raises fears of possible rights abuses
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In the demolished village of Khvean on Cambodia's Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site, little remains except crumbled walls and discarded clothes.
Cambodia deports 130 Chinese after mass cybercrime arrests
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Reports say more suspects would be extradited to China in batches.
U.S. urges transparency over China-backed canal in Cambodia
The latest China-funded infrastructure project in Washington’s crosshairs is a proposed canal in Cambodia.
Cambodia extradites 130 Chinese nationals in fraud crackdown
One hundred and thirty Chinese nationals suspected of involvement in gambling and fraud-related crimes were extradited from Cambodia by public security authorities of both countries and brought back to China on Saturday morning, according to China's Ministry of Public Security.
$1.7 Billion Cambodian Canal Project Draws Increasing Scrutiny
The China-backed Techo Funan Canal, which will connect the Mekong River to the country’s coast, has given rise to environmental and security concerns.
Cambodia’s relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
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It’s been more than a year since Yem Srey Pin moved with her family from the village where she was born on Cambodia’s Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site to Run Ta Ek, a dusty new settlement about 25 kilometers away.
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Golden Boy goes home – but where is home, exactly?
When the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced its plan to deaccession 16 Angkorian sculptures, Cambodians and Cambodia watchers were overjoyed, although not altogether surprised.