Following years of public outcry and campaigning by American pop star Cher, the “world’s loneliest elephant” was poised Sunday to embark on a mammoth journey from Pakistan to a sanctuary in Cambodia.
Cambodia confirms six COVID-19 cases in community, forcing closure of shopping mall
(Xinhua) — Cambodia has reported six cases of COVID-19 in the community for the first time, forcing the temporary closure of Aeon Mall 1 in the capital’s Chamkarmon district, Ministry of Health’s …
Cambodia: 1 dead, 33 hospitalised after drinking tainted wine; woman arriving from US Covid-19 positive
One villager died and 33 others had been hospitalized in central Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province on Saturday (Nov 27) after drinking locally-made rice wine, which was suspicious of containing high …
Cambodia confirms 6 COVID-19 cases in community
(Xinhua) — Cambodia has reported six cases of COVID-19 in the community for the first time, Ministry of Health’s spokeswoman Or Vandine said in a statement on Sunday. A 56-year-old Cambodian woman …
Why Cambodia’s royals need close China ties that are separate from Hun Sen’s government
In the tree-lined Dong Jiao Min Alley in Beijing’s former Legation Quarter, across the street from the St Michael’s Church, stands a gated compound watched over by a pair of Chinese imperial guardian …
Vietnam seizes 30kg of drugs transported from Cambodia; confirms 8 imported Covid-19 cases
Police of southern Vietnam’s An Giang province have confiscated over 30 kg of ketamine transported from Cambodia to the country, Vietnam News Agency has reported.
Cambodia: treason trials the latest in the country’s slide to autocracy
If you are simply going on the number of political trials in Cambodia at the moment, the country would seem to be politically unstable – a hotbed of unrest. Hundreds of people are on trial for …
Cher in Pakistan to send off elephant she worked to free
American singer Cher arrived in Pakistan to send off Kaavan, the elephant she has spent years trying to free, before he is moved to a sanctuary in Cambodia on Sunday. The 36-year-old Asian elephant …
Could an Unlikely Alliance Unseat Cambodia’s PM?
Rumors have long swirled of an alliance between opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Interior Minister Sar Kheng. Sam Rainsy has taken exception to journalists who write that he “fled” Cambodia in late …
Chinese firm in Laos exports steel to Cambodia
A Chinese company in Laos, Khoukham Steel Industry Sole Co., Ltd, has recently shipped rebar to Cambodia, realising the first exportation of steel produced in Laos.