Posts Tagged ‘Cambodia’

Facebook* vs. Cambodia: A Lesson in Securing Information Space

A recent row between US-based social media giant Meta* (also known as Facebook*) and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, saw the Southeast Asian leader migrate from Facebook* to Telegram, a social media application popular in former Soviet republics and in a growing number of other nations around the globe. Global Voices, a Western foundation-funded media […]

Oversight Board Asks Meta to Suspend Cambodia PM’s Accounts Over Post Inciting Violence

Meta’s oversight board has recommended a six-month suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts after he threatened to use violence against his opponents in a video. The oversight board, a quasi-independent body in charge of reviewing content moderation decisions, overturned Meta’s ruling on June 30 to leave up Hun Sen’s video […]

Centuries-Old Stolen Khmer Jewel Collection Returned to Cambodia

A huge cache of stolen crown jewels dating back to Cambodia’s legendary Khmer (Angkorian) Empire resurfaced in London last summer, and have now been returned to Cambodia, the BBC has announced. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source Views: 1

Massive Fire At Cambodia Hotel Casino Kills At Least 19

A massive fire that lasted more than 12 hours in a Cambodian hotel casino has killed at least 19 people with the toll likely to rise. Source Views: 1

Cambodia Human Trafficking: Hong Kong and Taiwan Victims Lured with High-Paid Job Scams, Organ Harvesting Price List Exposed

On Aug. 27, 2022, NowTV reported that Cambodian authorities captured 60 suspected criminals, and rescued 865 survivors from human trafficking groups who are foreign nationals. In the past week, nine Chinese men and two Cambodian men have been arrested for running criminal activities, human trafficking, forced labor, and selling women to different buyers. Hong Kong […]

Does CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative Make Cambodia a Haven for Human Traffickers and Scammers?

For the past few years, many people have lost their jobs due to the pandemic. Criminals are taking the opportunity to find their next targets online. Hongkongers are no different. In recent weeks, Hongkongers became victims of human trafficking scams in Cambodia. While the Hong Kong Police Force depends on the regime for action, Taiwan […]

Russia and Cambodia Continue Talks within the ASEAN Framework

At the beginning of August Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister visited Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. During his official trip to that fairly small Asian state – it has a population of 17.3 million – he met with other foreign ministers as part of the dialog between the Russian Federation and the Association […]

Cambodia Demands British Museums Return Stolen Khmer Artifacts

Stolen Khmer artifacts from ancient Cambodian temples should be returned now. This is what Cambodian heritage authorities have told London’s Victoria & Albert and British Museum who currently profit from scores Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later  Views: 0

New US Embargo on Cambodia Over Friendship with China

The United States continues a process of targeting and isolating nations around the globe increasingly choosing to do business with Beijing rather than Washington. The most recent of these is the Southeast Asia nation of Cambodia. For years Cambodia has incrementally pivoted from once serving US foreign policy objectives in the region, to striking a […]

Cambodia: vaccination for adolescents begins

Cambodia began a roll out of Covid-19 vaccinations for teenagers in its capital Phnom Penh and three provinces Sunday, with Premier Hun Sen’s grandchildren among the first to get the jab. Several countries in Southeast Asia are currently experiencing a deadly Covid-19 resurgence largely driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has set back […]

We will not underestimate Cambodia: Dragan Skocic

TEHRAN – Iran national football team head coach Dragan Skocic says they cannot underestimate Cambodia on Friday match. The ‘Persian Leopards’ will meet Cambodia at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa in Group C of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 on Friday. “We will take nothing for granted […]

‘Falsifying history’: VICE media flogged for publishing Cambodia genocide victims’ photos with SMILES photoshopped on their faces

Altered images of people executed by the Khmer Rouge regime have been published by VICE media group, with smiles “photoshopped” to the victims’ faces. The now-deleted article has caused a public outcry and a warning from Cambodia. VICE’s interview with Matt Loughrey, originally published on Friday, contained images from Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng prison, also known […]

‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’ Kaavan Starts Trip To Cambodia Sanctuary

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was readied Sunday for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants. The mammoth task of getting him into an elephant-sized metal box for transport took several hours, and was perhaps […]

Lightning strikes have killed 65 people and 69 cattle across Cambodia so far this year

     A total of 70 people died amid heavy storms in Cambodia this year, including 65 who were struck by lightning, local media reported on Monday. National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy told newsmen that the first five months of the year have seen 68 people killed during storms. Vy said that the […]

Lightning bolt kills 5 in SW Cambodia

     Five villagers were killed by a lightning strike on Thursday during a torrential rain in southwestern Cambodia’s Koh Kong province, according to the National Police’s website. The incident took place at 3:00 p.m. local time in Prolay village of Thmor Baing district when the victims, including two women, were constructing a wooden house under […]

Rare Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Cambodia

     An Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead on Saturday in Stung Treng province, near the border of Laos’ Don Sahong region, where Lao authorities are constructing a hydropower dam. Environmental activist Chum Huot said yesterday that villagers in the Preah Rumkel community found the dead dolphin and he suspects that it died due to a […]

Lightning kills 80 people in Cambodia during 2017

     Eighty Cambodians, mostly rural residents, were killed by lightning strikes in 2017, down 26 percent from the 108 deaths in 2016, a disaster control spokesman said on Monday. Besides the fatalities, thunderbolts also injured 63 others this year, down 40 percent from the 105 injuries last year, said Keo Vy, the spokesman for the […]

CAMBODIA: 1.5 Million Died as a Result of Western Orchestrated Aggression and Media Deception

Deep in the Cambodian countryside, minefields still exist. (Photo: Andre Vltchek) Andre VltchekNew Eastern Outlook I have already written a lot about Cambodia, but each time I return to this ancient and scarred country, I get so outraged by the cynicism that confronts me there, at every corner, that I have to start writing again, […]

Cambodia Is Trying to Snip a Color Revolution Attempt in the Bud

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Cambodia Exposes, Expels US Network

By Joseph Thomas The government of Cambodia has exposed and expelled a US network attempting to interfere in the nation’s political processes. The US National Democratic Institute (NDI) was reportedly ordered to end its activities in the country and remove all of its foreign staff. Reuters in an article titled, “Cambodia orders U.S.-funded […]

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