Cambodia launches early warning project to prepare communities for climate disasters
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Wednesday (June 3) launched the "Advancing Early Warning for All" project to strengthen early warning systems and help communities better prepare for climate- and weather-related disasters, according to a joint press release.
Thai Navy repatriates 41 Cambodians as border controls remain tight
BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Navy has reaffirmed that border controls along its areas of responsibility in Chanthaburi and Trat remain fully in force, after Thai authorities repatriated 41 Cambodian nationals who had completed legal proceedings in Thailand.
Cambodian para throwball teams retain back-to-back Asian championship titles
PHNOM PENH: The Cambodian men's and women's para throwball teams have extended their regional dominance, both claiming gold at the 2nd Asia Para Throwball Championship in Malaysia.
Thailand to join UN maritime arbitration with Cambodia, halts other two-way talks
BANGKOK: Thailand said on Friday (June 5) it will join a UN arbitration process chosen by Cambodia to resolve a festering maritime boundary dispute, but put on hold for now other two-way efforts to settle their contested borders
Cambodia expands school nutrition drive to tackle anaemia, unhealthy diets
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is intensifying efforts to improve child nutrition and food safety in schools as part of a broader strategy to strengthen human capital development, with education officials reporting that more than 300,000 students now benefit from school feeding programmes and nationwide measures to curb the consumption of unhealthy food and drinks on campus.
Truck transporting workers in Cambodia overturns, injuring 27
PHNOM PENH: A truck transporting garment workers to their factory overturned in Cambodia's south-eastern Svay Rieng province on Thursday morning (June 4), leaving 27 people wounded, a government official said.
Cambodia's Bavet scammers discovered in holiday home, 2,000 phones seized
PHNOM PENH: Bavet town authorities, in cooperation with the Svay Rieng Provincial Royal Gendarmerie, conducted a raid on an unlikely online scam location — a vacation home in Thlok village, Chrak Mtes commune, Bavet. They discovered a sophisticated operation, with more than 100 phones seized per resident
Cambodian longan to enter Chinese markets; export protocols introduced
PHNOM PENH: Dried Cambodian longan is set to appear on Chinese menus in the near future, thanks to a new export agreement between the two nations.
‘Dr Tong’ ban sparks fears that public health discourse could be left to unqualified influencers
PHNOM PENH: A decision by the Medical Council of Cambodia (MCC) to order prominent health content creator 'Dr Tong" to remove his videos from social media has ignited a wider debate over the role of medical professionals in public education and the risks of creating a vacuum that could be filled by unqualified voices.
Thailand ready for UN mediation on maritime dispute with Cambodia
BANGKOK: Thailand is "fully prepared" to engage in UN-backed mediation initiated by Cambodia over disputed maritime claims, the foreign minister said Wednesday (June 3), while pledging to safeguard national interests
