Cambodia
Country in Southeast Asia
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Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
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Thai exile's kidnapping sparks protests over "missing" criticsProtests flared in Bangkok on Monday against the suspected kidnapping of a Thai activist in Cambodia which has reignited protests against Thailand’s military-royalist elite, with some online..Reuters - Published | |
Eight countries, including India, ask UN Human Rights Commissioner to be responsible amid COVID-19 crisisThe joint letter was written by the permanent missions of India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam in Geneva to the OHCHRDNA - Published | |
Exiled Thai activist abducted in Cambodia, rights group saysUnknown gunmen abducted a Thai political activist in Cambodia's capital, rights advocates said on Friday, the latest in a series of mysterious disappearances of Southeast Asian dissidents living in..Reuters - Published | |
No discussion on RCEP during India-Australia virtual summit: MEAThe RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Cambodia lifts entry ban from six countries as coronavirus easesCambodia has lifted a ban on entry of visitors from Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the United States that had been put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, the health ministry said on..Reuters - Published | |
Cambodia says all COVID-19 patients recovered, no new cases for a monthCambodia's last patient with the new coronavirus has recovered and left hospital, leaving the Southeast Asian country with zero cases, the health ministry said on Saturday, while urging continued..Reuters - Published | |
Coronavirus brings curtain down on Cambodia shadow puppet theatreCambodia's shadow puppet tradition goes back to the 7th century and has survived the collapse of empires, wars and Khmer Rouge reign of terror that left some 1.7 million people dead.Reuters - Published | |
Cambodian official says human rights 'need to be put aside' in drug warA Cambodian official on Wednesday defended an anti-drug campaign that has been decried as rife with abuses, saying human rights "need to be put aside" to fight drugs that destroy families and fuel..Reuters - Published | |
Cambodia adopts law to allow for emergency powers to tackle coronavirusCambodia's parliament passed a law on Friday to prepare the way for a state of emergency, which Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he might have to declare to reinforce the campaign against the..Reuters - Published | In scrappy Cambodian casino town, Chinese plan future beyond coronavirusWhen casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle.Reuters - Published |
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French infant among four new coronavirus cases in CambodiaCambodia reported four new cases of coronavirus including in a four-month-old French boy and two people who had traveled to Malaysia for a religious ceremony, the Ministry of Health said late Sunday.Reuters - Published | Three Britons have coronavirus on cruise on Cambodia's MekongCambodia has found three British nationals infected with the coronavirus on a tourist boat on the Mekong River, bringing its tally of cases to five, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.Reuters - Published |
U.S. decries 'fabricated conspiracy theories' in Cambodia treason trialThe United States ambassador to Cambodia said on Thursday that he is troubled by "fabricated conspiracy theories" at the treason trial of opposition party leader Kem Sokha, who is accused of plotting..Reuters - Published | First Cambodian tests positive for coronavirusThe first Cambodian has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.Reuters - Published |
Malaysia says American coronavirus case now tests negative for virusMalaysian health authorities on Saturday said an American passenger of a cruise liner docked in Cambodia has now tested negative for the novel coronavirus, a week after she had been declared the..Reuters - Published | Last passengers leave cruise ship in Cambodia after virus clearanceRemaining passengers who were stuck onboard a cruise ship docked in Cambodia for almost a week left the vessel on Wednesday after they tested negative for the coronavirus, a government official said.Reuters - Published |
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