Cambodia News: Preah Vihear

Cambodian and Thai mine authorities have agreed to step up cooperation in demining activities along the two countries' frontier, the former's top official said on ...

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A large haul of timber believed to have been illegally logged from the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Thom province has been impounded after being ...

Preah Vihear provincial court is taking action against three suspects for illegal forest clearing in Prey Lang and Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuaries and death ...

Affordable guesthouses are readily available in Preah Sihanouk province, but tourists are unaware of them, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday.

Kampong Cham police start operation to locate UXOs left in land near headquarters.

The EU ambassador to Cambodia has called human rights “a work in progress” and said the 28-nation bloc has “carefully” noted last week's statement by the ...

Preah Vihear Provincial Court yesterday charged a karaoke shop manager with drug use, and trafficking nearly 250 grams of crystal meth at a karaoke shop in ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen kept the bar low in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of International Human Rights Day, asserting that under his ...

Five people are injured when a bus flipped on its side after hitting the side barrier of a road in Koh Kong province's Koh Kong.

Cambodia and Laos have pledged to boost trade and investment across their border, while trade volume between the two countries last year was just over $27 ...

Cambodia will increase energy imports from neighbouring Laos following the signing of a deal between the countries on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith have called on the French government to supply maps and other related documents to ...

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Cambodian health officials are reporting an increase in the number of dengue fever cases in 2018. According to the National Centre for Parasitology, ...

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Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday defended the government's stance on the eviction of people illegally living in heritage sites.

The National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control says that cases of dengue fever have increased this year, including the number of those ...

The Ministry of Tourism last month recognised the Tmat Boey Thoeun Krasang community forest in Choam Ksan district's Pring Thom commune, in Preah Vihear ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia celebrated here on Tuesday the 25th anniversary of the founding of the International Coordinating ...

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Preah Vihear Provincial Court yesterday charged two Laotians with trafficking more than one kilogram of crystal meth from Laos to sell to an undercover police ...

The Preah Vihear provincial court on Saturday charged two Laotian nationals alleged to be involved in a drug trafficking case, following their arrest two days ...

Members of the public this week rejoiced as the khon mask dance earned global recognition with Unesco adding it to its cultural heritage list after a long wait.

For the second time in less than two weeks, a local rice exporter has reached out to European Union institutions to express dissatisfaction regarding the possible ...

Cambodia and Thailand have jointly established two bordering drug-free villages to serve as an example for both countries. In Cambodia, officials established ...

Germany yesterday agreed to give a 30-million euros ($34 million) loan to Cambodia to upgrade the country's electrical grid and enhance access to power ...

The price per kilogram of cassava exports from Cambodia has this year increased mainly due to rising demand from neighbouring Thailand.

Lkhon Khol, a Cambodian masked dance-theater, was inscribed on the UNESCO's prestigious list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding ...

A total of 1691 children were hospitalised at Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital between October 21 and November 21 after an outbreak of haemorrhagic ...

Around 50 officers and wildlife conservationists from China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia gathered in Phnom Penh for a workshop ...

The Halo Trust demining NGO has over the past 28 years cleared nearly 300 square kilometres of land.

The Union of Youth Federations in Cambodia wants to see the Kingdom become famous by breaking world records. UYFC president Hun Many said during the ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Lkhon Khol, a Cambodian masked dance-theater, was inscribed on the UNESCO's prestigious list of intangible cultural ...

The 2019 Southeast Asian Games will host 529 events in 56 sporting disciplines in what is expected to be the largest event in its history. Next year's 30th edition ...

Prey Lang forest activists were delighted to hear that Ida Theilade received an award during a ceremony presided over by the Queen of Denmark at the ...

From the Pouy Ta Mok lookout high in the Dangrek Mountains, visitors can see for miles — a sweeping panorama of farms, forests, and bushfires. What the ...

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This month Cambodia commemorated its 65th Independence Day, the anniversary of the declaration by the late King Norodom Sihanouk on November 9, 1953.

Oxfam, a global charity organization, decided to launch a blockchain pilot project that aims at improving the conditions of Cambodian rice farmers.

According to the official announcement, Oxfam, a global charity firm has successfully launched a blockchain project to empower the custodian rice supply chain.

The French government and the EU have granted Cambodia some $96.7 million as aid and loans for water management, agriculture, fisheries clean water and ...

Oxfam has officially launched their blockchain-based program, called BlocRice, that is aimed at giving farmers significantly more negotiation power and to ...

Oxfam yesterday held the official launch for its blockchain-based project BlocRice, which aims to increase farmers bargaining power in negotiations with buyers ...

Global charity organization Oxfam has launched a blockchain technology platform aimed at enhancing the transparency and traceability of the rice supply chain ...

We've seen tremendous advancements in the country in the past decades. The massive buildings and facilities constructed here and there signify our economic ...

Access to clean water has been a real challenge for Cambodians living in some districts of provinces such as Preah Vihear.

Oxfam in Cambodia launched the BlocRice project on Thursday – a platform using blockchain technology to connect a network of people in the rice supply chain ...

Crackdowns on human trafficking crimes have declined by about 15.5% in the first 10 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, a report ...

An investigative judge at the Preah Vihear provincial court warned that he would issue arrest warrants for two NGO staff and about 10 Kuoy indigenous villagers ...

By Michael Heiman | Country Program Manager, APOPO Mine Action Cambodia. APOPO is now clearing minefields near Preah Vihear temple. APOPO is ...

Residents of a small, remote Cambodian village were woken up to quite an unusual – and somewhat dangerous – surprise last week when pieces of metal were ...

Seventeen aluminium and rubber fragments discovered scattered throughout Srayong commune, in Kulen district, Preah Vihear province on Thursday have ...

VILLAGERS have been left baffled after bits of a UFO plummeted from the sky over rural Cambodia, prompting local fears the shrapnel might be alien. Locals in ...

Three farmers suffer minor injuries after driving over a landmine in Chom Ksan.

The Cambodian government is preparing a proposal to register the ancient Koh Ker temple in Preah Vihear province as a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) personnel unearthed 128 mortars on Thursday, Sept. 13, that were buried in the grounds of Preah Vihear Temple.

India today signed an MoU with Cambodia to help the South East Asian nation on restoration and preservation of an ancient Lord Shiva temple, a world heritage ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today discussed bilateral, multilateral and key international issues with her Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn, and ...

BANGKOK -- Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin, has made its way to Cambodia, where rice farmers are using it in the hopes of getting better pri.

Two organisations aiming to restore indigenous land around the world on Wednesday expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province after a major ...

The Cambodian Mine Center starts removing ordnances around Preah Vihear Temple.

Ten agricultural communities in three provinces will now produce organic cassava that will be sold at a higher value than the market price, giving hundreds of ...

The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and BM Nature Safari Co. Ltd. on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding to create a zoo for the ...

Thousands of people and government officials gathered at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday. They were celebrating Preah Vihear Temple's and Sambor Prei ...

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Last week, the head of Thailand's military paid his first visit to Cambodia since assuming his role last September. The trip once again put the spotlight on the ...

Cambodia will send military and police officers to attend VIP protection training and a joint drill on humanitarian relief and disaster rescue in Thailand for the first ...

Nearly 100 monkeys are under medical supervision at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) after they were saved from a farm located in Preah ...

Cambodian Mine Action Centre officials on Tuesday detonated a pile of about 20 bombs found by a farmer working his land in Preah Vihear province. Chan Dy ...

Two men have been killed and another seriously injured in two separate incidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Banteay Meanchey and Preah ...

Geopacific Resources announces it had made a second gold discovery in the Prospect 181 area of the Kou Sa project.

Conservation organisations are urging the Cambodian government to take immediate action to halt the “rapid rate of destruction” of the recently created Phnom ...

Six ethnic Kuoy villagers, citing fear of arrest, refused to appear for questioning in Preah Vihear on Wednesday over the confiscation of four pieces of equipment ...

Portions of the Preah Vihear Temple will likely be restored using aid from China, India, Russia, and Belgium, according to the director-general of the National ...

A new museum near Preah Vihear temple will be inaugurated on Tuesday, 10 years after the project began. The Samdech Techo Hun Sen Eco-Global Museum ...

A museum at the Preah Vihear World Heritage Site to be opened on March 20.

In the introduction to 'Temple in the Clouds', John Burgess writes: “A thousand years ago, the people of Cambodia's Angkor civilisation built a huge sandstone ...

Despite it being a bilateral conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, ASEAN provided a regional landscape for the countries to find common ground, ...

Six nests of the critically endangered white-shouldered ibis have been found in the northern plains of Preah Vihear province. According to a statement from the ...

Officials from the Preah Vihear provincial Land Management Department and Rovieng district yesterday inspected a piece of land at the centre of a dispute ...

A private logging company has been told to cease operations within a social land concession in Preah Vihear province's Choam Ksan district. According to a ...

Representatives of 40 families locked in a decade-old land dispute with a Chinese sugar company in Preah Vihear province blocked tractors from clearing land ...

Built along the cliffs at about 700 metres above sea level, Preah Vihear Temple seemingly lives amongst the clouds. The marvelous temple is an example of ...

A territorial dispute involving a 1100-year-old Khmer temple on the Thai-Cambodian border turns violent.

A 5-month-old baby who was sold by her mother to a market vendor in Preah Vihear for $125 was returned to her grandmother yesterday after the family ...

Preah Vihear, an ancient, cliff-top temple that Cambodia and Thailand have sporadically fought over for more than a century, is proving to be a hit with Ja.

Preah Vihear provincial authorities collected fish and water samples for examination on Monday after nearly a week of mass fish deaths in the Stung Sen river.

While crowds throng Angkor Wat, the Banteay Chhmar ruins in north-west Cambodia are even older – and usually shared only with the birds.

The construction by the Thai military of a miniature replica of the Preah Vihear temple complex has been met with consternation by the government. The 1/10th ...

A Defense Ministry spokesman yesterday denied Thai media reports that Cambodian Minister of Defence Tea Banh had discussed the potential reopening of ...

Archaeologists and representatives from several governments met in Siem Reap for a meeting on the future upkeep of the contentious Preah Vihear temple ...

Cambodia is quietly reducing troop numbers on the contentious shared border with Thailand in Preah Vihear province. Citing the current good relations with the ...

According to Burgess, Cambodian ancestors shaped the naturally occurring sandstone of the mountains to build the temple—now a Unesco World Heritage Site.

A ninth century Angkorian temple on the boarder between Thailand and Cambodia is now considered safe to visit after being the subject of conflict between the ...

The UN's top court has ruled that most of the disputed land around a flashpoint ancient temple on the Thai border belongs to Cambodia and that Thai security ...

The International Court of Justice begins hearings on the ownership of land beside an ancient temple on the Thai-Cambodian border.

The magnificent ruins of this ancient Hindu temple, a World Heritage site since 2008, have become a bitter cause of serious border skirmishes between Thai and ...

Violence continued between the two sides, over an 11th-century Hindu temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.

Preah Vihear Temple, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is an adventurous and uncrowded alternative to far-better-known Angkor Wat.