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Al-Issa: Cambodian Model Inspires Countries of Religious Diversity

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni praised on Saturday the Muslim World League (MWL) for strengthening alliances between diverse people and religions around the world. Sihamoni’s comments came during his meeting in Phnom Penh with MWL Secretary-General Dr.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Asean MoU puts peace first

PHNOM PENH: Defence ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to endorse peaceful resolutions to any regional conflict that may emerge at their recent summit.

Bangkok Post

Prominent lawyer among dozens jailed for treason in Cambodia

Theary Seng receives six-year sentence in ongoing mass trial of government critics in Phnom Penh

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Cambodian court jails American lawyer, dozens of others for treason

A Cambodian court handed down jail sentences on Tuesday to about 60 opposition figures including prominent lawyer Theary Seng for conspiring to commit treason, in a mass trial condemned by the United States and rights groups as politically motivated.

Reuters

‘We’re back’: Cambodia’s embattled opposition hopes for revival

Cambodia holds local elections Sunday and new opposition party hopes to chip away at the dominance of the ruling party.

Al Jazeera

Jealous husband beheads wife with meat cleaver then rides away with head in a sack

Phuong Ratha, 27, moved into a rented room with pretty partner Ly Srey Nouch, 23, and their one-year-old son but became convinced she was seeing other men in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Daily Mirror

Samui hails Phnom Penh direct flights

SURAT THANI: Direct flights linking Koh Samui with Phnom Penh have raised hopes of more visits by beach lovers and culture enthusiasts to the resort island in this southern province.

Bangkok Post

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Family of Brit struck down with brain haemorrhage battling to bring him home from Cambodia

Richard Kiddle was rushed to a hospital in the capital Phnom Penh after suffering a stroke which left him paralysed in half of his body

Daily Mirror

Cambodia hosts meeting on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has convened a meeting in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in an effort to organize humanitarian assistance for strife-torn Myanmar

The Independent UK

The Friday wives: how a quiet picket grew to push for change in Cambodia

After years facing arrest and violence as they fought for their loved ones, a group of women became a rare voice of defiance

The Guardian - UK

Khmer Rouge Tribunal, helping Cambodians heal, nears end

Hybrid UN-Cambodia court has been criticised, but teaching people about the past will be its most valuable legacy.

Al Jazeera

Asean envoy urges restraint from Myanmar military

PHNOM PENH: A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Bangkok Post

Japan PM honors policeman, U.N. volunteer killed in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida laid flowers at memorial monuments in Phnom Penh on Sunday for Atsuhito Nakata, a Japanese volunteer who worked for a U.N. election-monitoring program in Cambodia, and Haruyuki Takata, a police officer who was participating in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Asean envoy seeking favourable conditions for Myanmar peace process

PHNOM PENH: A Southeast Asian special envoy will visit Myanmar next week, his office said on Friday, to lay the groundwork for a peace process that its ruling junta has been accused of delaying while it tries to consolidate power and crush its opposition.

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'Mission impossible': UN in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building

PHNOM PENH: Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border brought Sam Sophal word that the United Nations was coming to his war-ravaged homeland of Cambodia.

Bangkok Post

Cambodia says Asean-US summit postponed, seeking new date

PHNOM PENH: A summit between United States President Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) due to be held later this month has been postponed and organisers will seek a new date, Cambodia's foreign minister told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

Asean envoy set for 3-day Myanmar visit

PHNOM PENH: A special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is due to visit Myanmar from March 20 to 23, a Cambodian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday, in an effort to initiate a peace process in a country gripped by conflict triggered by a coup a…

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An eco-cruise along Vietnam’s Mekong River

With an alternative route, small carbon footprint and efforts to benefit small, off-the-beaten-track communities, this is no ordinary cruise, writes Claire Boobbyer

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Malaysian PM discusses Myanmar crisis during Cambodia visit

The leaders of Malaysia and Cambodia have discussed the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar and other regional issues during a meeting in Phnom Penh

Bangkok Post

Cambodia vaccinates children aged 3-5 against Covid

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia started vaccinating children as young as three against Covid-19 on Wednesday, becoming one of the first countries to cover the age group of those below five.

Bangkok Post

Asean talks in Cambodia focusing on Myanmar

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian nations were holding talks in Cambodia on Thursday, amid divisions in the bloc over how to restore stability in Myanmar after the military coup there a year ago.

Reuters

ASEAN envoy seeks Myanmar junta blessing to meet its opponents

A special Southeast Asian envoy to the crisis in Myanmar on Thursday said he was seeking to visit the country next month and appealed to its military junta to give its blessing for him to talk with a shadow government it has labelled "terrorists".

Al Jazeera

In Cambodia’s Siem Reap, $880m airport faces hurdles to success

The ambitious plan to attract 10 million travellers is complicated by broken contracts and uncertain pandemic recovery.

Bangkok Post

21 Thais held in Cambodia scam raids

Twenty-one Thais working for fraud gangs in Cambodia will be deported to Thailand via Sa Kaeo province on Saturday, following raids in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cambodian Lion Dancers Cling to Craft amid COVID Pandemic

Cambodian dragon and lion dancer Gnuon Virak huddles his troupe together in a circle, before they let out a team cheer and get to work rehearsing for their a Lunar New Year performance - their only one of the pandemic-stricken year. Gnuon, 28, has loved dancing since he was a…

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