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New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karst
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PHNOM PROEK (CAMBODIA) - A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia's limestone karst a single night to find three.
Ukrainians learn demining in Cambodia
Published on 19/01/2023
» BATTAMBANG PROVINCE, Cambodia: The baking sun beating down on them, a group of Ukrainian deminers watched intently as their Cambodian trainers swept through a dusty field on Thursday, seeking to learn from decades of bitter experience.
Cambodia to impose Covid-19 lockdowns in areas bordering Thailand
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is set to launch a lockdown in eight provinces bordering Thailand from midnight on Thursday, in a bid to prevent the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country.
Cambodia tightens border after virus outbreak in Samut Sakhon
Khmer Times, Published on 21/12/2020
» Cambodia has issued a high alert and tightened its border following Thailand reporting a sudden spurt of 576 Covid-19 cases on Sunday which includes 516 migrant workers.
Closed borders give rise to trafficking in Cambodia
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 28/05/2020
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is facing a new wave of human trafficking as desperate workers use illegal means to cross closed borders in the hope of finding work in Thailand, officials have warned.
Cambodia, Japan renovate road to Thai border
Khmer Times, Published on 25/03/2020
» PHNOM PENH: The Cambodian and Japanese governments have inked a financial cooperation agreement for the renovation of National Road 5 spanning 366 kilometres from Kandal province’s Prek Kdam area to Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town.
One for the rodent: Rats a cheap street snack in Cambodia
AFP, Published on 15/08/2019
» BATTAMBANG (CAMBODIA) - As he tears off a leg of a charcoal-grilled rat at a roadside stall in western Cambodia, Yit Sarin hails the simple joy of rodent and rice washed down with beer.
Cambodian rivals use noodle ploy to get message across
Associated Press, Published on 09/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The bitter decades-long rivalry between Hun Sen, Cambodia's strongman leader, and Sam Rainsy, his self-exiled chief political rival and critic, has sometimes played out in deadly violence. But on Sunday, soup rather than blood was likely to be spilled.
Cambodian court summons members of defunct opposition party
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A court in northwestern Cambodia has summoned for questioning more than two dozen regional members of the defunct opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party, accusing them of engaging in politics even though their party was dissolved by the Supreme Court a year and a half ago.
Border battlefields to be developed
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/02/2019
» Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to boost security and economic cooperation along their border with plans to turn former frontier battlefields into joint development areas, according to Defence Ministry's spokesman Kongcheep Tantravanich.