カテゴリー: Cambodia
Some of the artefacts, which range from the bronze age to the 12th century, were stolen from ancient Khmer capital Koh KerThe United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities …
Hurling, camogie and other sports have pushed into places like Thailand and Vietnam, where players find them inclusiveIn a floodlit field, 20 women run the length of a pitch kicking, bouncing and passing the ball in a game of Gaelic football. Sweating …
Giant stingray snagged by local fisher in Mekong River weighs nearly 300kgThe world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists.The stingray, captured on 13 June, measur…
Analysis: reports the Chinese military will get exclusive use of part of Ream base have been denied, but experts say nature of the arrangement remains unclearAt a ceremony this week, Cambodian and Chinese officials proclaimed their friendship as they a…
Cambodia says facilities at Ream naval base will not be for exclusive use of Chinese military, while Beijing denounces ‘malicious conjecture’Chinese and Cambodian officials attended a ceremony for a controversial naval port expansion on Wednesday, dism…
Reports of presence at Ream base on Gulf of Thailand would significantly expand its presence in Indo-PacificA Cambodian naval base being constructed with the assistance of China will include a portion for the exclusive use of the Chinese military, acco…
My twin brother, Robert Ashe, who has died aged 69 of pancreatic cancer just five weeks after diagnosis, spent most of his working life supporting refugees in south-east Asia, including on the Thailand-Cambodia border, where he helped people to flee Ca…
Changes coming in this week will see all online traffic pass through a gateway to preserve ‘social order’A China-style internet gateway scheduled to be imposed in Cambodia this week would grant the government far greater powers to conduct mass surveill…
Report by the World Wildlife Fund also identifies new reptiles, fish and plants in the region of southeast AsiaA monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the greater…
Charges widely viewed as politically motivated, with critics saying prime minister Hun Sen has used courts to stifle opponentsCambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has called for treason charges against him to be dropped as his trial resumed after two …
Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, was awarded a gold medal for heroism for clearing ordnance from 42 football pitches’ worth of landA landmine-hunting rat that was awarded a gold medal for heroism for clearing ordnance from the Cambodian countryside…
Critics fear Hun Sen’s meeting with military ruler Min Aung Hlaing gives legitimacy to the ruling juntaCambodian prime minister Hun Sen has met Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing, amid criticism of the first visit by a head of government since th…
The Bristol University and West Point graduate is the oldest of Hun Sen’s six children and has been groomed to succeed his fatherA doctor in economics, military leader, Bristol University graduate, Hun Manet, the oldest son of Cambodia’s prime minister…
Leader of royalist Funcinpec party was overthrown as prime minister by Hun Sen, who has ruled country as a despot ever sinceCambodia’s former prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the king’s half-brother who spent his later years in the political sh…
Health ministry says labourers at Covid quarantine camp in north-west province mixed substance with water and soft drinksSeven Cambodian labourers have died after drinking alcohol they were given as a disinfectant while in quarantine, having mixed it w…