A THAI researcher for Human Rights Watch tweeted today (Jan. 31) that Mr. Khukham Kaewmaniwong, the leader of the Free Lao pro-democracy group and who has UNHCR refugee status was arrested in Bangkok on Saturday Jan. 29 with the Thai authorities preparing to deport him back to Laos, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Sunai Phasuk, the
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Cambodia shelves first Asean meeting over attendance ‘difficulties’
By Reuters and published by The Straits Times Phnom Penh – Cambodia said today (Jan. 12) it had postponed a meeting of foreign ministers of Asean scheduled for next week, because some ministers had expressed “difficulties” in attending. The meeting was the first under Cambodia’s chairmanship of the 10-member bloc, which comes amid divisions
Read moreTop Khmer Rouge leader to appeal genocide conviction
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Phnom Penh – The last surviving senior Khmer Rouge leader will next week begin an appeal against his life imprisonment for his role in the genocide committed by the regime in Cambodia more than four decades ago. The Khmer Rouge, led by “Brother Number 1” Pol Pot, left
Read moreCambodia imposes virus curbs along Thailand border over Delta fears
By AFP and published by Yahoo!News CAMBODIA imposed fresh coronavirus restrictions today (July 29) for eight provinces bordering Thailand, clamping down on the movement of millions of residents to curb the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. In recent weeks, scores of Cambodian migrant workers have returned home from Thailand, which is battling a
Read moreFake ambulance held with illegal Covid-infected Cambodian workers
A VILLAGE headman in Chanthaburi province helped seize a van disguised as an ambulance that was smuggling 14 illegal Cambodians from the border with five of them later found to be infected with coronavirus, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (July 14). The bogus emergency vehicle had passed several checkpoints before being caught at
Read moreCoronavirus vaccines from China arrive in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH: The first 600,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by China to Cambodia arrived in Phnom Penh on Sunday by special plane, with the doses earmarked to vaccinate health workers and the military. The nation of about 16 million people is one of the least impacted
Read moreSiam Cement Group logs growth in Cambodia
Thai construction materials producer Siam Cement Group (SCG) reported a dip in revenue from sales in the fourth quarter of last year, marred by the spread of Covid-19 and seasonal flooding. According to the company’s unaudited operating results for 2020, SCG’s total consolidated assets amounted to $24.970 billion, of which $9.451 billion or 38 per
Read moreChina gives vaccine to Cambodia
(Phnom Penh) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said China would offer Cambodia an immediate donation of one million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Sinopharm company. In an audio message addressing the public on the night of January 15, he said Cambodia has accepted the offer and will use them on the
Read moreDoctor points to illegal border crossings at Thai-Cambodian border
WITH THE whole country worried about Covid-19 cases rising after some Thais sneaked back from Myanmar’s Tachileik border town to Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, the owner of the popular Doctor Panda Lab webpage today (Dec. 11) drew attention to illegal border crossings at eastern Chanthaburi province, Sanook.com reported. Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a
Read moreTropical storm Noul to lash Thailand from Friday
TORRENTIAL rain is expected across most parts of the country after category 3 tropical storm Noul makes a landfall in middle of Vietnam and then moves to Thailand’s northeast during September 18-20, Thai Meteorological Department warned this morning (September 16, 2020). At the same time the southwesterly monsoon across the Andaman Sea, Thailand and Gulf
Read moreDisappeared activist’s sister says she heard Cambodian men talking
THE sister of an outspoken Thai anti-government activist who was allegedly abducted in Phnom Phen on Thursday said she heard four to five men talking in Cambodian language via the his mobile phone before his disappearance, Voice TV Online reported today (June 6, 2020). Wanchalearm Satsaksit, 37, who had self-exiled in the Cambodian capital, last
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