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Trump's cuts to US-funded media a blow to press freedom, EU warns

President Donald Trump's decision to freeze US-funded media outlets, including Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe, risks "benefitting adversaries", the EU has said. Meanwhile, countries like China and Cambodia praised the move, accusing the outlets of "biased" reporting and "fake news".

Radio France Internationale

China Calls Media Outlets Facing Trump Funding Axe 'Notorious'

Beijing on Tuesday said media outlets facing the axe by US President Donald Trump had a "notorious" history of reporting on China, as Cambodia's autocratic former leader hailed the move for "combating fake news".

International Business Times

Cambodia says expanded port funded by China opening next month - with first call from Japanese navy

A Cambodian naval port expansion funded by China that has raised concerns over Beijing’s growing military reach has been completed and a Japanese vessel will be the first foreign warship to make a port call

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'We Will Preserve Them': Saving Cambodia's Crocodiles

A motorbike rider inches slowly over bumpy terrain deep in Cambodia's Virachey national park, carefully adjusting the basket strapped behind him.

International Business Times

Study says endangered Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought

A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered species could slowly recover

The Independent UK

Surprise find at ancient temple could complete century-old puzzle

The discovery is a match for another made in 1927

The Independent UK

Archaeologists unearth centuries-old statue in Cambodia’s Angkor temple

The torso remarkably matches a head discovered at the same site nearly a century ago

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India, Cambodia agree to venture into cooperation in health, digital tech

The Indian delegation was led by Jaideep Mazumdar, Secretary (East) and the Cambodian delegation was led by UN Kheang, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, a statement said. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Big News: 540+ Indian Nationals to Be Repatriated Tomorrow from Cambodia's 'Scam Farms' via IAF; Police to Question Them

More than 540 Indian nationals, who were detained in Cambodia for being part of fraudulent "scam farms," will be repatriated to India on Monday. A must read on Dynamite News..

Dynamite News

The trailblazing female Cambodian tuk tuk group driving change in a male-dominated industry

Ms Kim started Tuk Tuk Lady to empower women and give them independence. Now, with a community of almost 50 women, they’re also able to benefit from the boom in the country’s tourism too, writes Emma Henderson

The Independent UK

Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen on 10 things that changed his life

THE Sunday National spoke with Edinburgh Makar and poet Michael Pedersen on the 10 things that changed his life...

The National (Scotland)

How sand mining is eroding rivers, livelihoods and cultures

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making the silicon chips that power our digital devices.

The Conversation

Thailand considers wall on Cambodia border

Thailand will study the feasibility of building a wall along part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

‘Your life becomes a nightmare’: how scam operations exploit those trapped inside – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 2

A few weeks after Ben Yeo travelled to Cambodia for what he thought was a job in a casino, he found himself locked up in a padded room. “It’s a combination between a prison and a madhouse,” he remembers. He was being punished for refusing to conduct online scams.

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The Independent UK

Top US general in Asia-Pacific visits Cambodia to boost relations

The top U.S. Army officer for the Asia-Pacific region was in Cambodia in the latest visit by U.S. officials aimed at improving estranged ties between the two nations and their militaries

Bangkok Post

215 foreigners rescued from Cambodian scam centre

Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city.

The Independent UK

Cambodian toddlers killed by grenade buried since civil war

One child died instantly while the other succumbed at the hospital

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Tragic Explosion Kills Two Toddlers In Cambodia

Tragic incident in rural Cambodia highlights the ongoing threat of unexploded ordnance from past conflicts, emphasizing the need for continued demining eff...

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A decades-old rocket-propelled grenade kills 2 toddlers who found it in the Cambodian countryside

Officials in Cambodia say a rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old has detonated and killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old

International Business Times

Cambodian Farmers Risk Lives For Rice As US Freezes Demining Aid

Eleven-year-old Yeat Saly lies in a hospital bed, a piece of shrapnel lodged in his forehead -- one of the many injuries inflicted by an old mortar he found near his village in Cambodia.

The Independent UK

Cambodia passes bill toughening penalties for denial of Khmer Rouge genocide

Cambodian lawmakers have approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of the Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people

International Business Times

Cambodia Nears Khmer Rouge Survivor's Dream Of Eradicating Malaria

Cambodian scientist Yeang Chheang has spent six decades fighting malaria -- even in the Khmer Rouge labour camp where his wife and baby died -- and stands tantalisingly close to fulfilling his life's work.

The Independent UK

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

The Independent UK

US aid freeze sets back fight against human trafficking in Cambodia

President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams

International Business Times

Gutting Aid, US Cedes Soft Power Game To China

When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country -- until China stepped in with the necessary funding.

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