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The Latest Breaking News from Cambodia

Blue Venture Group (BVG), Thailand's leading insurance platform provider, is partnering with a Cambodian reinsurance firm to launch an insurtech joint venture expected to start operating in the second half of this year.

Bangkok Post

60 smartphones seized in Cambodia fraud case

Cambodian police seized about 60 smartphones from a resort hotel in Sihanoukville Province in a case involving a group suspected of defrauding victims in Japan, according to Japanese investigative sources.

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Cambodia deports 19 Japanese cybercrime scam suspects

Police in Cambodia say 19 Japanese men detained in January on suspicion of taking part in phone and online scams have been deported to their homeland

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Cambodia and the rise of a small power

For Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, timing is everything. Therefore, it was not surprising that the world's longest-serving leader signalled recently that he would step down from politics. Unbelievable, right? He used to say he would remain in power until he was 90.…

Bangkok Post

Brit tourist, 30, found dead face down in a sewer in Cambodia drowned after fall

Charlie Frederick Gray, 30, was found dead in Cambodia last week and authorities launched an investigation. They reportedly said he died after falling face down in the sewer and drowning

Daily Mirror

19 Japanese men detained in Cambodia / MPD to probe group over e-money fraud

Nineteen Japanese who are allegedly members of a fraud group have been detained by Cambodian authorities. The Metropolitan Police Department obtained arrest warrants for the men on suspicion of fraud targeting a woman in Tokyo, according to investigative sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Mystery as Brit tourist, 30, is found dead lying face down in a sewer in Cambodia

The British man was found face down in a sewer in a residential area not usually frequented by tourists in Kampot around 90 miles from the capital of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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19 Japanese detained in Cambodia after scam group's base raided

Nineteen Japanese have been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in phone scams in Japan, authorities in both countries said Friday.

Bangkok Post

How much is the world's most productive river worth? Here's how experts estimate the value of nature

Southeast Asia’s Mekong may be the most important river in the world. Known as the “mother of waters,” it is home to the world’s largest inland fishery, and the huge amounts of sediments it transports feed some of the planet’s most fertile farmlands. Tens of millions of people depend on…

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‘I couldn’t escape’: the people trafficked into call centres and forced to scam Australians

Thousands are trapped into slavery across Asia – but, with the conviction of three traffickers in Indonesia, the tide may be turning

The Guardian - AU

Hun Sen's son to stand in July election

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party has nominated his eldest son to be a candidate in the general election in July, a document showed on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Mekong River agency must step up

This week from April 2-5, the leaders and relevant ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam will gather in Vientiane, Laos, to reaffirm their commitment to the sustainable development and management of the Mekong's mighty river system.

Bangkok Post

Police link husband of actress to gambling site

Police say they have found evidence showing the husband of a Thai actress has operated a gambling website with its server in Cambodia and more than 3 billion baht in circulation over the past year.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian goldsmith turns bullet casings into jewellery to promote world peace

Having lost his father to war in Cambodia, goldsmith Thoeun Chantha turns brass casings of AK-47 and M-16 bullets into wearable pieces of art with an anti-war message.

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Cambodia should halt 'forced evictions' at Angkor Wat: Amnesty

Phnom Penh (AFP) - Rights group Amnesty International on Friday urged Cambodia to immediately stop the ongoing "mass forced evictions" of 10,000 families from the Angkor Wat temple complex.

AFP

Cambodian opposition leader appeals against treason conviction

Phnom Penh (AFP) - A top Cambodian opposition leader on Thursday appealed against his treason conviction for trying to topple long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen's government, his lawyer said, criticising the verdict as "unjust".

The Independent UK

Malaysia, Cambodia sign pacts on Cambodian workers

Malaysia and Cambodia have signed two agreements on the employment of Cambodian migrant workers as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim makes his first visit to Phnom Penh since becoming his country’s leader in November

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Cambodian man lands 'airplane' house in rice field

Siem Reap (Cambodia) (AFP) - A Cambodian airplane fanatic has built his house shaped like a private jet -- despite never having been up in the air himself.

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Two Cambodians held on rare royal insults charge after Facebook posts

Two Cambodian opposition figures have been charged under the country's rarely used lese majeste law with insulting King Norodom Sihamoni for posts made on Facebook about a photograph of the king and Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Bangkok Post

Cambodians face rare royal insult charge

PHNOM PENH: Two Cambodian opposition figures have been charged under the country’s rarely used lese-majeste law with insulting King Norodom Sihamoni for posts made on Facebook about a photograph of the king and Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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Cambodian refugee who escaped the Khmer Rouge regime with her family now runs prospering mango farm

Muy Keav Ma escaped Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge as a child with her family. Australia offered her refuge, and decades on, despite seemingly insurmountable setbacks, she is now a successful mango farmer.

Bangkok Post

New chapter for Mekong region

This year marks the 7th anniversary of the launch of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation understanding. As a new sub-regional cooperation mechanism jointly established by the riparian countries of China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation has developed rapidly and achieved remarkable results in the past seven years, making…

The Independent UK

Cambodian court charges activists with insulting king online

Two anti-government activists in Cambodia have been formally charged with insulting the king and incitement to commit a felony for comments they made on social media about the long-serving autocratic prime minister

Bangkok Post

Cambodia records 1st rare Mekong River dolphin death in 2023

PHNOM PENH: A rare Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin has been found dead after being entangled in fishermen's illegal gillnets in northeast Cambodia, the Fisheries Administration said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Guardian - US

Fate of 1,000 trafficked lab monkeys at center of US investigation in limbo

Long-tailed macaques at risk of being killed, or laundered or re-trafficked if returned to Cambodia, animal welfare groups say

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