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University students and teachers play a traditional game, ‘veay ka’am’ (break a pot) to celebrate Khmer New Year at a university in Phnom Penh, April 5, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Schools, Tourist Sites, Provinces Hold Sankranta to Ring in Khmer New Year

9 Apr 2024 7:52 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

With Khmer New Year around the corner, schools and public venues nationwide have been organizing a pre-Khmer New Year event, known as Sankranta, since the start of this month.

A map of scam centers included in a UN report entitled Online Scam Operations and Trafficking into Forced Criminality in Southeast Asia: Recommendations for a Human Rights Response. (UN OHCHR)

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UN Estimates 100,000 Trafficked Into Cambodian Scam Operations, Officials Ask “Where Are They?”

2 Sep 2023 5:37 PM|

At least 100,000 people have been forced to carry out online scams in Cambodia, according to a UN Human Rights report released Tuesday, but Cambodian government officials say they want to see more evidence for the estimate.

A screenshot from a video of the incident showing a soldier with an AK-47 strapped over his shoulder while other soldiers survey an area of long-disputed land in Siem Reap province, taken on August 28, 2023. (Supplied)

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Siem Reap Officials Pull Up Hundreds of Mango Trees Planted on Disputed Land

1 Sep 2023 6:01 PM|

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers and environmental officials uprooted and confiscated mango trees planted by Chop Saom community members on long-disputed land in Siem Reap province.

Police display a group of arrested suspects who allegedly helped the Taiwanese drug trafficker Chen Hsin Han escape from prison, during a press conference on August 23, 2023. (BTV)

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Phnom Penh Court Orders Detention of 13 Suspects Involved in Siem Reap Prison Escape

31 Aug 2023 6:09 PM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged 13 people on Tuesday for their involvement in the escape of a Chinese drug trafficker from prison during a supervised visit to a dentist’s office in Siem Reap.

Former Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page, on August 31, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Meta Rejects Recommendation to Suspend Hun Sen for Inciting Violence

31 Aug 2023 4:30 PM|

Meta rejected the recommendation of its Oversight Board to suspend former Prime Minister Hun Sen from the company’s platforms for inciting violence. Cambodian government officials celebrated the announcement and said Meta’s representatives are permitted to resume their work in the country.

Women's Media Center of Cambodia (WMC) staff and former staff speak at a press conference in Phnom Penh on August 28, 2023. (CamboJA/ Phon Sothyroth)

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WMC Upset Over Release of Fraudster Who Stole More Than $200,000

29 Aug 2023 7:18 PM|

The Women's Media Center of Cambodia (WMC) held a press conference on Monday afternoon to voice their outrage over the release of Sambun Yany, a former chief finance officer briefly imprisoned for stealing more than $200,000 of the organization’s funds.

Prime Minister Hun Manet takes a photo with garment workers as he met nearly 20,000 workers in Phnom Penh's Pur Senchey district on August 29, 2023. (PM Hun Manet Facebook)

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PM Hun Manet Promises to Raise Garment, Textile and Footwear Industry’s Minimum Wage Next Year

29 Aug 2023 6:43 PM|

New Prime Minister Hun Manet promised to increase the minimum wage of $200 for the garment, textile and footwear industries next year, during a meeting with nearly 20,000 of the sector’s workers in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Tuesday.

Photos released by the Singaporean police show stacks of cash belonging to the money laundering suspects. More than $16 million in hard cash alone was seized during the city-wide raid.

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Nine of Ten Charged in Singaporean Money Laundering Raids Appear to Be Cambodian Citizens

25 Aug 2023 8:22 PM|

All but one of the ten arrested this month in Singaporean money laundering raids appear to be Cambodian citizens, according to Cambodian naturalization documents obtained by CamboJA.

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Escaped Drug Trafficker Re-Captured, But “His Influence Was Everything” Inside Prison

23 Aug 2023 7:18 PM|

On Tuesday evening police captured a Taiwanese drug trafficker who had escaped from prison with the help of a group of masked gunmen last week during a supervised visit to a dentist’s office.

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Schools, Tourist Sites, Provinces Hold Sankranta to Ring in Khmer New Year

UN Estimates 100,000 Trafficked Into Cambodian Scam Operations, Officials Ask “Where Are They?”

Siem Reap Officials Pull Up Hundreds of Mango Trees Planted on Disputed Land

Phnom Penh Court Orders Detention of 13 Suspects Involved in Siem Reap Prison Escape

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WMC Upset Over Release of Fraudster Who Stole More Than $200,000

PM Hun Manet Promises to Raise Garment, Textile and Footwear Industry’s Minimum Wage Next Year

Nine of Ten Charged in Singaporean Money Laundering Raids Appear to Be Cambodian Citizens

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