Cambodia MPs pass law allowing stripping of citizenship
- 25-Aug-2025
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodian parliamentarians passed on Monday legislation allowing people who collude with foreign countries to be stripped of citizenship, a law rights groups fear will be used to banish dissent. All 120 lawmakers in attendance at the National Assembly session, including Prime Minister Hun Manet, voted unanimously to approve the bill. Rights monitors […]
Pakistan hails Malaysia talks resulting in Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire
- 29-Jul-2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the successful conclusion of the special meeting hosted by Malaysia on the Cambodia-Thailand situation as both countries agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire in an effort to resolve deadly border clashes. “Pakistan welcomes the successful conclusion of the special meeting hosted by Malaysia on the Cambodia-Thailand situation. We appreciate […]
Thai-Cambodian fighting extends into third day despite ceasefire calls
- 26-Jul-2025
Fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border extended into a third day and new flashpoints emerged on Saturday as both sides sought diplomatic support, saying they had acted in self-defence and calling on the other to cease fighting and start negotiations. At least 30 people have been killed and more than 130,000 people displaced in the worst fighting between […]
Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting along their border?
- 25-Jul-2025
Thailand and Cambodia are engaged in their worst fighting in over a decade, exchanging heavy artillery fire across their disputed border, with at least 16 people killed and tens of thousands displaced. Tensions began rising between the Southeast Asian neighbours in May, following the killing of a Cambodian soldier during a brief exchange of gunfire, and have steadily escalated […]
Cambodia launches project linking Mekong River to sea via canal
- 05-Aug-2024
PREK TAKEO, Cambodia: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday launched a controversial $1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea. At a launch event in Prek Takeo, southeast of the capital Phnom Penh, Manet called the 180-kilometre (110-mile) project “historic”, as fireworks shot into […]
Cambodia says heatwave a factor in ammo blast that killed 20 soldiers
- 02-May-2024
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodia’s defence ministry said Thursday a blistering heatwave roiling Southeast Asia played a role in an ammunition explosion that killed 20 soldiers at an army base over the weekend. The blast — which destroyed an entire truck of munitions and levelled buildings — also wounded several soldiers and at least one child […]
Inspired by dream of flying, man builds ‘airplane house’
- 06-Feb-2023
A Cambodian man, inspired by a lifelong dream of flying, has built a home that is modelled on an airplane, complete with a fuselage-like structure standing 6 metres (19.69 ft) above the ground housing his two bedrooms and bathrooms. The concrete construction, which has mock engines, wings and a tailplane, was built by Chrach Pov, […]
Cambodia border casino fire kills 7, injures 53 – Thai authorities
- 29-Dec-2022
A fire at a casino complex at Cambodia’s border with Thailand has killed at least seven people, with 53 wounded and eight people missing, provincial authorities in neighbouring Thailand said on Thursday. The statement from Sa Kaeo province, where Thai casualties have been treated, made no mention of the nationalities. The fire broke out at […]
Cambodia says ASEAN envoy to attend ‘informal’ Myanmar meeting
- 22-Dec-2022
BANGKOK: A regional envoy tasked with solving the Myanmar crisis will attend an informal meeting in Thailand on Thursday, Cambodia said, with a Thai government source indicating the junta’s foreign minister would attend. The Thailand meeting comes shortly after the United Nations Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar, demanding “an immediate end to […]
US, China defence chiefs meet in Cambodia
- 22-Nov-2022
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Cambodia on Tuesday as the two sides move to keep tensions in check. The meeting on the sidelines of a conference of defence ministers in Siem Reap is the first between Austin and Wei since June, before a visit by US House Speaker […]