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Senior delegates greet each other during the closing session of the International Conference on Combating Online Scams in Phnom Penh, Sept. 24, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Anti-Scam Conference Ends With Pledge as US Lawmakers Seek Sanctions Probe

24 Sep 2026 8:01 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI).Cambodia wrapped up its international anti-scam conference Thursday, with delegates from dozens of countries agreeing to step up cooperation to target fraud networks and protect victims trafficked into the industry. Deputy Prime Minister Neth Savoeun closed the conference, which was…

The Commissariat of Phnom Penh Municipal Police. Sept. 22, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Pagoda Theft Suspect Accuses Phnom Penh Police of Beating, Seizing Belongings

Prime Minister Hun Manet and his delegation arrive at the International Conference on Combating Online Scams in Phnom Penh, Sept. 23, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Crime -

Hun Manet Invokes ‘Hard Truths’ as Anti-Scam Conference Opens

Mar Sophal, program manager of NGO Forum on Cambodia (third from left), Laura Castillo Cabral, program officer of International Budget Partnership (fourth from left), and Ou Chenda, a senior specialist with the General Secretariat of the Public Financial Management Reform Program at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (right), participate in a roundtable discussion at the Open Budget Survey (OBS) Dialogue. (CamboJA/ Khuon Narim)

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Cambodia’s Budget Improves, But Public Participation Remains Low

Nation Power Party adviser Rong Chhun walks with supporters to the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh to request travel permission for Pchum Ben, Sept. 22, 2026. (CamboJA/Sovann Sreypich)

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Rong Chhun, Flanked by Supporters, Seeks Pchum Ben Travel Exception

More than 100 people who say they paid for units in a borey development linked to tycoon Leng Navatra that were never delivered demonstrated on Thursday in front of the Ministry of Land Management, calling on the ministry to intervene and help secure new housing and compensation. Jan. 15, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Human Rights -

Leng Navatra to Auction Off Nearly 20,000 Land Plots to Fund Stalled Projects

Border Conflict

Food vendors sell near a temporary settlement for residents displaced by the border conflict with Thailand, in Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province. May 20, 2026. (CamboJA/Kuch Sikol)

Cambodia Tells UN Council 20,000 Remain Displaced After Border Clashes

17 Sep 2026 6:45 PM|

Cambodia told the U.N. Human Rights Council that tens of thousands of its citizens remain displaced more than a year after a deadly border conflict with Thailand.

A UXO sign placed near a Cambodian villager’s house in Choam Ksant district in Preah Vihear province where the Thai military struck during the 21-day renewed clash in December 2025. Photo taken on January 9, 2026. (CamboJA/Va Sopheanut)

Thai Cluster Bomb Use Places New Humanitarian Burden on Cambodia, Says Senior Govt Official

14 Sep 2026 6:47 PM|

The Thai military allegedly dropped cluster bombs, covering an area of nearly 4,000 square kilometers in Cambodia in the border conflict last year, the first vice president of the Cambodian…

Editor’s Pick

Desks and computers sit inside a casino complex in Kampot province that authorities said was used for online scams operations before it was raided. Feb. 10, 2026. (CamboJA/Soveit Yarn)

Scam Recruitment Surges in Cambodia Despite Crackdown on Networks

Nhory Ping, a Tampuan woman who has sold goods at Yeak Laom Lake for a decade, prepares snacks at her stall. Dec. 6, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Northeast Investment Plans Revive Land Grab Fears for Indigenous Community

A billboard outside the National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control in Phnom Penh promotes screening and treatment for tuberculosis. Several screening and treatment projects were halted after U.S. aid cuts in 2025 under the Trump administration. Aug. 28, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Tuberculosis Fight Falters as Outreach Programs Collapse, Search for New Aid Continues

Social

Senior delegates greet each other during the closing session of the International Conference on Combating Online Scams in Phnom Penh, Sept. 24, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Anti-Scam Conference Ends With Pledge as US Lawmakers Seek Sanctions Probe

24 Sep 2026 8:01 PM|

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI).Cambodia wrapped up its international anti-scam conference Thursday, with delegates from dozens of countries agreeing to step up cooperation to…

The Commissariat of Phnom Penh Municipal Police. Sept. 22, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Pagoda Theft Suspect Accuses Phnom Penh Police of Beating, Seizing Belongings

24 Sep 2026 11:58 AM|

A 65-year-old Phnom Penh man who spent more than 20 days in pretrial detention on accusations that he stole a gong from a pagoda has filed a complaint accusing five…

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Nation Power Party adviser Rong Chhun walks with supporters to the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh to request travel permission for Pchum Ben, Sept. 22, 2026. (CamboJA/Sovann Sreypich)

Rong Chhun, Flanked by Supporters, Seeks Pchum Ben Travel Exception

Cambodian and Thai delegations pose for a group photo after the first meeting of the UNCLOS Conciliation Commission in Singapore to resolve a maritime dispute, Sept. 14, 2026. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Cambodia, Thailand Wrap UN Talks as Thai FM Says Cambodia ‘Playing Victim’

Journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara leave the Battambang Court of Appeal after a hearing on March 13, 2026. Rights groups and press organizations have condemned their treason convictions, which the Supreme Court later upheld. (CamboJA)

Press Group Records 12 Violations Against Journalists as Media Freedom Remains Under Pressure

An activist holds a portrait of defrocked monk Chea Vuthy outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court after he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Aug. 19, 2026. (CamboJA/Try Thaney)

Phnom Penh Court Sentences Defrocked Monk to 18 Months Over Border Posts

Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol attends the signing of a $1 billion loan agreement between China Exim Bank and Funan Techo Coastal-Inland Waterways Co. to finance the Funan Techo Canal, in Xiamen, China, Sept 9, 2026. (Sun Chanthol’s Facebook)

China Now Commits Full Funding for Funan Techo Canal in $1B Loan

The Srae Chrey park ranger station of the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary was burned down by villagers on September 6, 2026. (Ministry of Environment)

Ratanakiri Wildlife Sanctuary Ranger Station Torched After Woman’s Death, Authorities Reject Involvement

More than 100 people who say they paid for units in a borey development linked to tycoon Leng Navatra that were never delivered demonstrated on Thursday in front of the Ministry of Land Management, calling on the ministry to intervene and help secure new housing and compensation. Jan. 15, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Leng Navatra to Auction Off Nearly 20,000 Land Plots to Fund Stalled Projects

Garment workers being ferried in crowded trucks to a factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, September 1, 2026. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Employers Hold Firm at $210 in Third Round of 2027 Minimum Wage Talks

Mar Sophal, program manager of NGO Forum on Cambodia (third from left), Laura Castillo Cabral, program officer of International Budget Partnership (fourth from left), and Ou Chenda, a senior specialist with the General Secretariat of the Public Financial Management Reform Program at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (right), participate in a roundtable discussion at the Open Budget Survey (OBS) Dialogue. (CamboJA/ Khuon Narim)

Cambodia’s Budget Improves, But Public Participation Remains Low

Nuth Samphors, founder of LSV Industry, speaks with CamboJA News about struggles facing small businesses, during an interview in Phnom Penh, Aug. 13, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Cambodian Producers Ride Thai Boycott Wave, But Old Hurdles Remain