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Despite prolonged Thai delays, Cambodia renews calls for border survey teams
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The Cambodian side of the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) has issued a renewed request for Thailand to dispatch Joint Survey Teams, so that border demarcation work can begin as soon as possible. Thai authorities have repeatedly postponed the work.
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Thousands of Cambodian families which were displaced by last year's border conflict with Thailand are still unable to return to their homes, a situation highlighted on June 16, as members of the ASEAN Observer Team (AOT) visited affected communities in Banteay Meanchey province.
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Keo Sovann, permanent representative of Cambodia to the UN Office in Geneva, reaffirmed Cambodia’s commitment to the Ottawa Convention and its humanitarian objectives during the Intersessional Meetings of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, held from June 15-18.
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Kingdom reiterates support for mine ban treaty
Keo Sovann, permanent representative of Cambodia to the UN Office in Geneva, reaffirmed Cambodia’s commitment to the Ottawa Convention and its humanitarian objectives at the Intersessional Meetings of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, held from June 15-18.
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Cambodia is set to significantly expand its capacity to provide specialised surgical care for children following the launch of a $5.2 million paediatric surgery centre at the National Paediatric Hospital, a project health officials say will help improve access to safe and timely treatment for young patients across the country.
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Three Cambodian students who recently captured the championship title at the JCI Asia-Pacific Conference (ASPAC) Debate Championship in Japan are now preparing to take on an even bigger challenge: representing the Asia-Pacific region at the world-level competition in the Philippines.
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[Op-Ed] In light of recent coverage by Khaosod English highlighting the high volume of tourists visiting the Ta Krabei Temple, known as Ta Kwai in Thai, it is essential to reframe this discussion around international law and historical facts, rather than temporary tourism trends.
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[Op-Ed] In the high-stakes theatre of international diplomacy, power is traditionally measured in treaties, trade balances and military posturing. However, for Cambodia’s leadership, a new and critical metric of geopolitical survival has emerged: the billable hours of Washington, D.C.’s top defence firms.
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As part of ongoing efforts to suppress the smuggling of goods from Thailand, authorities are conducting inspections of multiple locations across the Kingdom. Between June 12 and 14 Phnom Penh authorities discovered more than 23 tonnes of goods across 112 different categories.
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The first five months of the year saw an increase in traffic fatalities on the Kingdom’s roads, prompting fresh concerns that years of education and enforcement campaigns have not broken through to the public.
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The Department of Media and Communications (DMC), in collaboration with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), has launched the Krahaam Podcast, a 12-episode documentary audio series that takes media students deep into the history of the Kingdom’s darkest chapter; the Khmer Rouge history.
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Nearly six months after the December 27 ceasefire brought an end to armed clashes along the Cambodia–Thailand border, almost 30,000 Cambodians are still unable to return home, underscoring the long-lasting human impact of a conflict that officially fell silent months ago.
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More than 50 of the 193 community-protected areas across Cambodia are now providing ecotourism services.
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Nearly six years after its official launch, more than 58,000 businesses have successfully registered through Cambodia’s Single Portal online business registration platform.
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Prime Minister Hun Manet has instructed the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to expand a “new education pathway in Cambodia” by formally introducing a vocational track alongside the existing science and social science streams.
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The development of the Kampong Thom Special Economic Zone (KTSEZ) is moving forward at an accelerated pace after Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ Plc. signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with the Kampong Thom provincial administration.
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Cambodia’s Ministry of Information has stepped up its nationwide anti-fake news campaign by introducing a simple set of digital safety guidelines known as the “3 Don’ts, 1 Protect” rule, as nearly 2,000 students at Toul Tom Poung High School pledged to become “information safety agents” in the fight against misinformation and online scams.
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Sixty-four years after Cambodia secured a landmark legal victory, with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirming its sovereignty over Preah Vihear Temple, officials say the ancient sanctuary is confronting the most severe challenge in its nearly 1,000-year history.
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Park Seung-Hee, president of corporate relations with South Korean giant Samsung Electronics, has shared that his company is assessing Cambodia’s positive investment factors before making a decision on expanding direct investment in the country.
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