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Cabinet Approves $10.2B Budget for 2026, Up 7% From 2025
The government approved a draft budget of 40.9 trillion riel ($10.2 billion) for 2026, increasing over 7% from $9.3 billion in 2025, however, no breakdown…
About Two Million Cambodian Children Live in High/Very High Climate Risk Areas – UNICEF Report
Six million children in Cambodia face increasing climate and environmental risks, exacerbated by poverty, systemic discrimination and marginalization, and disability, a UNICEF report on Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) revealed.
Latest HRW Report Cites Backsliding and Rising Transnational Abuses, Govt Claims Civil Society “Haven”
Cambodia's human rights record took another hit over the past year, with abuses spilling beyond its borders, Human Rights Watch said in its 2025 World Report launched in Asia today.…
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Two Cambodian Deminers Killed by Anti-tank Mine
Two Cambodian deminers have been killed while trying to remove a decades-old anti-tank mine from a rice field, once a battlefield between government forces and Khmer Rouge soldiers, demining authorities…
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Villagers Petition for Prek Takong Village Chief’s Dismissal After He Failed to Resolve Drugs, Online Gambling Problems
Approximately 50 residents of Prek Takong 1 village in Phnom Penh have petitioned the Ministry of Interior to terminate Prek Takong village chief’s tenure due to his inability to address…
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Low Rice Prices Spark Protests in Battambang, Farmers Demand Government Help
About 20 farmers in Battambang’s Mong Russey district blocked part of National Road 5 on Jan. 13, urging the government to secure a market for their recently harvested white paddy…
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Ex-Tycoon Heng Sithy Who Accused Top Officials Arrested at Russian Border
Former tycoon Heng Sithy, who made a series of corruption allegations against senior government officials and families of the ruling party, has been arrested at the Russian border. He is…
Thai Police Hunt Cambodian Over Ex-politician’s Murder
Thai police said Wednesday they are hunting a Cambodian national believed to be the mastermind behind the killing of a Cambodian opposition politician in downtown Bangkok last week.
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Two Takeo Provincial Military Police Officers Charged with Four Counts of Corruption by Kandal Court
The Kandal Provincial Court detained two Takeo Provincial Military Police officers after charging them with four separate charges relating to corruption after the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) completed investigations.
