India rescuing citizens forced into cyber fraud schemes in Cambodia
New Delhi, India Reuters The Indian Government said it was rescuing its citizens who were lured into employment in Cambodia and were being forced to participate in cyber fraud schemes. The Indian embassy in Cambodia is working with Cambodian authorities and has rescued and repatriated about 250 Indians, including 75 in the last three months, […]
Wow!: Cambodia ‘upcycler’ turns tonnes of plastic bottles into brooms
CHANTHA LACH, of Reuters, reports on an innovative reuse of plastic bottles…
Measles: Children most at risk as cases soar from Ethiopia to Yemen
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Cambodia’s King approves nomination of Hun Manet as next PM
Phnom Penh, CambodiaReuters Cambodia’s King has approved the nomination of the eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen to become the next premier, according to a decree published on Monday, confirming a long-awaited transition of power. Hun Manet, son of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen is seen at a polling station on the day of […]
US pauses some aid, imposes visa bans after “neither free nor fair” Cambodia election
Washington DC, USReuters The United States said it was pausing some foreign assistance programs in Cambodia and imposing visa bans on individuals it says undermined democracy after the ruling Cambodian People’s Party declared a landslide victory in elections on Sunday. Election officials count ballots at a polling station on the day of Cambodia’s general election, […]
Cambodia PM’s party claims landslide election win ahead of historic transition
Phnom PenhReuters The ruling Cambodian People’s Party declared a landslide victory in a one-sided election on Sunday, clearing the path for a historic leadership transition and the end of the reign of one of the world’s longest-serving premiers. The contest was effectively a one-horse race, with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP, a political behemoth with […]
WHO says toxic syrup risk “ongoing”, more countries hit
London, UKReuters There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization told Reuters, saying it was now working with six more countries than previously revealed to track the potentially deadly children’s medicines. The UN agency has already named nine countries where tainted syrups may have been on sale, after […]
Snapshot: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
See ROTH CHANVIRAK’s image…
Essay: Why the growing number of foreign agent laws around the world is bad for democracy
MAXIM KRUPSKIY, a visiting scholar at Tufts University’s Russia and Eurasia Program, writes – in an article first publiushed on The Conversation – about the danger of foreign agent laws…
StrangeSights: Cambodia’s “airplane house”; the world’s oldest dog; and, six more weeks of winter says Phil…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…