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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) — Cambodia on Wednesday (August 10) banned the game Pokemon Go from a former Khmer Rouge torture center and prison after players showed up at the site, now a genocide museum, searching for the virtual cartoon characters. It is the latest effort to rein in enthusiasts of the game, which has been blamed for a rash of accidents and has prompted safety warnings after players glued to their phones stumbled, were […]
PHNOM PENH / AFP- Cambodian Premier Hun Sen lashed out Monday at claims his government had bowed to Chinese pressure to help scupper a joint statement by Southeast Asian nations on the South China Sea. In an angry speech Hun Sen also accused an international court of political bias as it prepares to rule on a sea dispute between the Philippines and China. The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration is widely expected to rule […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen met his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha during an official visit to Thailand on Friday (December18). Hun Sen paid respect to a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and signed a guest book before sitting down for talks with Prayuth at the government house in Bangkok. The two leaders are expected to discuss border issues, economic and trade ties and regional connectivity. Hun Sen’s first visit to Thailand in a decade […]
Author: Veasna Var, UNSW, Canberra (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — The South China Sea has become a flashpoint for conflict between China and some of its ASEAN neighbours, particularly the Philippines and Vietnam. China’s recent land reclamation around the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands has also strained relations between China and the United States. While, as a non-claimant, the South China Sea is not of direct concern for Cambodia, it holds great relevance to […]
Former Khmer Rouge child soldier dedicates his time in removing landmines in Cambodia
Author: Chheang Vannarith, University of Leeds (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — The recent state visit by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to Cambodia represented part of the Thai military government’s uphill diplomatic battle to build and strengthen its legitimacy abroad. This visit occurred amid mounting diplomatic pressures from Europe and the US, calling for a rapid return to democracy. File photo of Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arriving at the Government House before the first […]
Various human rights group protests the immigration agreement between Australia and Cambodia.
Cambodian workers streamed across the border in Sa Kaew province on Tuesday (June 17), after rumours of a crackdown on illegal immigrants by the new military government. Around 170,000 Cambodian workers have already headed home over the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, although the exodus is now slowing. IOM Spokesman, Joe Lowry said many are likely to return to Thailand. “The next thing that will happen is people will go […]
