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Landmines shown in a photo posted on Cambodian Mine Action Centre Director General Heng Ratana’s Facebook page, July 20, 2025.

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Govt Rejects New Mine Allegations, Cited Deminers Stay Silent

28 Aug 2025 4:26 PM|
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Cambodia on Thursday rejected Thai reports that its troops recently planted a landmine that wounded a soldier near Ta Krabey Temple along the Oddar Meanchey border, an act that would violate Phnom Penh’s commitment to ban anti-personnel mines.

Heavy rain caused flooding at the new relocation site in Run Ta Ek, on June 28, 2023. (Supplied)

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Relocated Run Ta Ek Residents Face Flooding With Incomplete Drainage System

1 Jul 2023 7:24 AM|

Houses in Run Ta Ek were flooded after heavy rains on Wednesday, many of which are homes to residents who recently relocated from Angkor after reports of forced evictions.

Koh Kong provincial authorities stopped villagers when they attempted to come to Phnom Penh to submit a petition to the Ministry of Justice on June 29, 2023. (Supplied)

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At Least 10 Koh Kong Land Activists and a Child Detained Attempting to Deliver Petition

30 Jun 2023 10:17 PM|

Koh Kong authorities detained at least 12 land rights activists, along with an activist’s 6-year-old child, on Thursday while the group was attempting to deliver a petition calling for a…

Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech during a meeting with garment workers on June 3, 2023. (Hun Sen’s Facebook)

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Hun Sen Deletes Facebook Account After Oversight Board Recommends Suspension

30 Jun 2023 2:20 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he deleted his Facebook account on Thursday night, hours after Meta’s Oversight Board recommended the company suspend his accounts because he posted a video threatening…

Workers arrive at the banana plantation owned by Vietnamese company Thagrico in Cambodia's northeastern Ratanakiri province in October 2021 (Photo by Sun Narin)

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10 Dead At Ratanakiri Banana Farm, Officials Suspect Chemical Poisoning

29 Jun 2023 7:16 PM|

At least 10 banana farm workers have died over the last two weeks at a Ratanakiri plantation, according to the provincial governor, who said police are investigating whether the deaths…

Prime Minister Hun Sen looks at his phone during a meeting with garment workers in Phnom Penh, June 13, 2023. (Hun Sen’s Facebook)

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‘Facebook Prime Minister’ Taken Off Platform For Violent Speech, Hun Sen Moves to Telegram

29 Jun 2023 6:44 PM|

An oversight board linked to the social media company Meta has recommended a six-month suspension of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for an incendiary speech he posted…

Senators raise their hands in support of draft election law amendments on June 29, 2023. (Senate’s Facebook)

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Senate OKs Election Law Amendments, Legislation Moves Forward

29 Jun 2023 2:33 PM|

The Cambodian Senate unanimously voted in favor of electoral law amendments on Thursday, completing another step in the rapid progress of the proposed legislation.

A barbed wire fence surrounds the Phnom Tamao Botanical Garden, which remains largely devoid of trees on June 27, 2023. (Andrew Califf/CamboJA)

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Gov’t Wants to Exclude Phnom Tamao Deforested Area from Fencing Efforts

29 Jun 2023 11:50 AM|

Wildlife Alliance and the Forestry Administration are at odds over efforts to fence the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary in Takeo province, with government officials wanting to exclude the deforested section…

A woman carries a child in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on June 28, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Human Rights ·

NGOs Want Government, Italy to Halt Reopening of Intercountry Adoptions

28 Jun 2023 6:09 PM|

Reopening intercountry adoptions will put Cambodian children and their families at risk, a group of NGOs said in a statement Wednesday, urging the Cambodian government to stop the process.

Govt Rejects New Mine Allegations, Cited Deminers Stay Silent

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NGOs Want Government, Italy to Halt Reopening of Intercountry Adoptions

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