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Cambodian military officials brief defense representatives from more than a dozen countries near the Preah Vihear border during a July 30, 2025, observation of a ceasefire with Thailand. (Photo supplied by Sun Narin)

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Cambodia Agrees to Relocate Military Talks With Thailand to Malaysia Updated

1 Aug 2025 10:22 AM|
Khuon Narim|

UPDATES: 12:25 pm: Thailand’s Acting Minister of National Defense has accepted Cambodia’s proposal to allow representatives from Malaysia, the United States, and China to attend the Extraordinary meeting of the General Border Committee (GBC) as observers.”

People register for TB tests at the World Tuberculosis Day event on March 24 in Ou Reang Euv district, Tboung Khmum province. Picture taken on March 24, 2022. The TB program is affected by the USAID funding cut. (CamboJA/ Khy Sovuthy)

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World Tuberculosis Day celebrated as country works to end TB by 2030

31 Mar 2022 12:50 PM|

On March 24, World Tuberculosis Day, hundreds gathered in Tboung Khmum province as part of a global awareness campaign, “Invest to End TB. Save Lives.”

Floating homes of ethnic Vietnamese fish farmers who were evicted from Phnom Penh and relocated along the Tonle Sap between the border of Kandal province and Phnom Penh. Photo taken on March 14, 2022. CamboJA /Va Sopheanut

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Floating Vietnamese communities evicted from Phnom Penh struggle to make ends meet

31 Mar 2022 10:22 AM|

“It's very difficult to find fish, really hard,” she said. “Now I don’t know what to do. [After three years] when it is time to leave, we will think about…

Rath Rott Mony and his family arrive in the U.S. state of New Mexico about two years after he was freed from Cambodian prison, where he was held for charges stemming from his work as a fixer for an RT documentary crew. Supplied photo, taken February 2022.

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Cambodian documentary fixer finds asylum in the U.S.

30 Mar 2022 3:53 PM|

A Cambodian fixer for a foreign media team has won political asylum in the U.S. after being imprisoned in 2018 for his work on a documentary about alleged sexual trafficking…

Foreign passengers arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport, March 29, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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High Fuel Prices a Blow to Cambodia’s Covid-hit Tourism Sector

30 Mar 2022 9:19 AM|

The Cambodian government has lifted all COVID-19 travel restrictions in the hopes of boosting the hard-hit tourism industry, but now businesses say sanctions on Russia and the resulting high energy…

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his son Hun Manet attend a celebration for the the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Armed Forces on January 24, 2019. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Like father like son, Hun Manet appears to model Hun Sen’s political rhetoric

28 Mar 2022 9:50 PM|

Since being endorsed by the Cambodian People’s Party in December as the ruling party’s only prime minister candidate, Hun Manet is increasingly appearing in public, taking his father’s place at…

A fisherman repairs his fishing net on the Tonle Sap River. Picture taken August 14, 2016. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Hun Sen orders crackdown on illegal fishing to prevent Tonle Sap devastation

26 Mar 2022 11:33 AM|

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Ministry of Agriculture's 2021 annual review meeting on Wednesday, Hun Sen again issued a stern order to crack down on illegal fishing in…

Thim Votchann, a garment factory worker in Phnom Penh’s Mean Chey district, has held a NSSF card for seven years. Picture taken on 17 March 2022. CamboJA/Kheang Sokmean.

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National Social Security Fund card holders claim discrimination

25 Mar 2022 2:49 PM|

“In the past, medical staff discriminated against us when we used the NSSF card. We complained to NSSF and later, it got better than before,” she said.

A man drives a motorbike into the Ministry of Information in Phnom Penh, March 24, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Journalists ·

Three online media outlets have had their licenses revoked

25 Mar 2022 1:30 PM|

Cambodian journalists said Thursday that the Ministry of Information’s decision not to renew the licenses of three online media outlets shows the government is cracking down on independent media and…