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Travelling To Thailand, Cambodia Amid Clashes? Avoid These Areas
A long-standing border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia escalated on Thursday, following years of tensions over contested territory.
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Pet Lion Of Chinese Owner Confiscated In Cambodia
Cambodian authorities on Sunday confiscated a pet lion from a Chinese national after it was seen in TikTok videos being cuddled and bathed in a Phnom Penh villa.
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Cambodia Seizes Record 3-Tonne Haul Of African Ivory
The discovery Thursday of 1,026 tusks at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port followed a tip from the US embassy, the official said, and highlights Cambodia's emergence as a key regional transit point for the multibillion dollar trade in illicit wildlife.
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Head Of Hindu Deity's Statue Taken 130 Years Ago Returned By France
The head of a Hindu deity's statue from the seventh century was returned by France and reattached to its body today for display at a museum, more than 130 years after it was spirited away from Cambodia.
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Man Arrested Over Facebook Threat To Cambodian Premier
A Cambodian man has been charged with issuing death threats to strongman prime minister Hun Sen in a Facebook post, a rights activist and local media reported today.
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The Mysterious Case Of The Dead North Korean Doctors And Their Wives
Even by the standards of news about North Korea, this story is bizarre: Two North Korean doctors working in Cambodia died over the weekend, apparently after they got so drunk that their wives, also doctors, injected them with some mystery liquid to counteract the alcohol. Both men then had heart attacks, according to a report in the Phnom Penh Post...
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Cambodia Rakes Up Angkor Wat Replica Issue With India
Cambodia today asked India to "completely stop" a private trust's plans to build a 'replica' of the world's largest Hindu temple Angkor Wat in Bihar, saying it would affect the country's prestige.
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Cambodia Marks 40 Years Since Evacuation of Phnom Penh
Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
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Cambodia's Self-Taught Doctors, a Khmer Rouge Legacy
When the phone rings, former Khmer Rouge soldier Ken Mon grabs a bag stuffed full of medicine, jumps on his motorbike and heads for an impoverished Cambodian village with the haste of any diligent local doctor.
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Cambodia to Expel Arrested Spanish Environmental Activist
A Spanish environmental activist was arrested in Cambodia Monday and will shortly be deported, officials said, a move described by a rights group as the government's latest attempt to stifle dissent.
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Cambodian King Pardons Jailed Thai 'Spy'
Cambodia's king on Tuesday pardoned a prominent Thai nationalist activist jailed for spying in a disputed border area, a government official said, in a case that fuelled bilateral tensions.
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Australia Dismisses 'Corrupt' Cambodia Concerns
Australia Tuesday dismissed concerns that money given to Cambodia to resettle refugees could end up in the pockets of corrupt officials as Phnom Penh moves closer to joining Papua New Guinea and Nauru in accepting asylum-seekers.
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Move over, rickshaw: Cambodia launches public buses
Motorcycles, cars, tuk-tuks and the humble rickshaw dominate its traffic-clogged roads, but now the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is launching a new weapon in the fight against chronic congestion: its first public buses in over a decade.
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Thailand, Cambodia clash again at disputed border
Thailand accused Cambodia of refusing to negotiate to resolve a border dispute that led to the fourth straight day of fierce clashes Monday, as Phnom Penh said that only U.N. peacekeepers can stop the fighting near an 11th century temple.Cambodia says the crumbling stone temple -- classified as a World Heritage site -- has been heavily damaged duri...
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Bridge sway set off Cambodian stampede: Probe
A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital.Bayon TV, which serves as a mouthpiece for the government, reported Wednesday an official committee set up to probe Monday's tragedy found many people on the bridge were from the countryside and un...
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Travelling To Thailand, Cambodia Amid Clashes? Avoid These Areas
A long-standing border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia escalated on Thursday, following years of tensions over contested territory.
-
Pet Lion Of Chinese Owner Confiscated In Cambodia
Cambodian authorities on Sunday confiscated a pet lion from a Chinese national after it was seen in TikTok videos being cuddled and bathed in a Phnom Penh villa.
-
Cambodia Seizes Record 3-Tonne Haul Of African Ivory
The discovery Thursday of 1,026 tusks at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port followed a tip from the US embassy, the official said, and highlights Cambodia's emergence as a key regional transit point for the multibillion dollar trade in illicit wildlife.
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Head Of Hindu Deity's Statue Taken 130 Years Ago Returned By France
The head of a Hindu deity's statue from the seventh century was returned by France and reattached to its body today for display at a museum, more than 130 years after it was spirited away from Cambodia.
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Man Arrested Over Facebook Threat To Cambodian Premier
A Cambodian man has been charged with issuing death threats to strongman prime minister Hun Sen in a Facebook post, a rights activist and local media reported today.
-
The Mysterious Case Of The Dead North Korean Doctors And Their Wives
Even by the standards of news about North Korea, this story is bizarre: Two North Korean doctors working in Cambodia died over the weekend, apparently after they got so drunk that their wives, also doctors, injected them with some mystery liquid to counteract the alcohol. Both men then had heart attacks, according to a report in the Phnom Penh Post...
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Cambodia Rakes Up Angkor Wat Replica Issue With India
Cambodia today asked India to "completely stop" a private trust's plans to build a 'replica' of the world's largest Hindu temple Angkor Wat in Bihar, saying it would affect the country's prestige.
-
Cambodia Marks 40 Years Since Evacuation of Phnom Penh
Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
-
Cambodia's Self-Taught Doctors, a Khmer Rouge Legacy
When the phone rings, former Khmer Rouge soldier Ken Mon grabs a bag stuffed full of medicine, jumps on his motorbike and heads for an impoverished Cambodian village with the haste of any diligent local doctor.
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Cambodia to Expel Arrested Spanish Environmental Activist
A Spanish environmental activist was arrested in Cambodia Monday and will shortly be deported, officials said, a move described by a rights group as the government's latest attempt to stifle dissent.
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Cambodian King Pardons Jailed Thai 'Spy'
Cambodia's king on Tuesday pardoned a prominent Thai nationalist activist jailed for spying in a disputed border area, a government official said, in a case that fuelled bilateral tensions.
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Australia Dismisses 'Corrupt' Cambodia Concerns
Australia Tuesday dismissed concerns that money given to Cambodia to resettle refugees could end up in the pockets of corrupt officials as Phnom Penh moves closer to joining Papua New Guinea and Nauru in accepting asylum-seekers.
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Move over, rickshaw: Cambodia launches public buses
Motorcycles, cars, tuk-tuks and the humble rickshaw dominate its traffic-clogged roads, but now the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is launching a new weapon in the fight against chronic congestion: its first public buses in over a decade.
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Thailand, Cambodia clash again at disputed border
Thailand accused Cambodia of refusing to negotiate to resolve a border dispute that led to the fourth straight day of fierce clashes Monday, as Phnom Penh said that only U.N. peacekeepers can stop the fighting near an 11th century temple.Cambodia says the crumbling stone temple -- classified as a World Heritage site -- has been heavily damaged duri...
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Bridge sway set off Cambodian stampede: Probe
A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital.Bayon TV, which serves as a mouthpiece for the government, reported Wednesday an official committee set up to probe Monday's tragedy found many people on the bridge were from the countryside and un...
