China's B.R.I project in Cambodia has been declared a 'human rights disaster'. 5,000 indigenous people have been displaced due to a dam China built. Their livelihoods have been destroyed & Beijing won't compensate. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: China's B.R.I Dam a 'Human Rights Disaster'

In an effort to battle the deadly coronavirus, Cambodia began offering a third-dose booster shot against COVID-19 on Sunday. Switching between the AstraZeneca and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, 500,000 to one million frontline workers and their family members in seven provinces bordering Thailand will be among the first to receive the vaccine.

Cambodia begins booster shots to fight COVID-19

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet virtually with Southeast Asian officials every day next week, a senior state department official said on Saturday, as Washington seeks to show the region it’s a US priority while also addressing the crisis in Myanmar.

US top diplomat Blinken to court Southeast Asia in virtual meetings next week

Cambodia has started rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for teenagers in its capital Phnom Penh and three provinces Sunday. Premier Hun Sen's grandchildren were among the first to get the jab.

Cambodia begins COVID-19 vaccinations for teenagers

The Critics’ Weak at Venice Film Festival—which will commence on September 1 and go on till September 11—will have a Cambodian sci-fi, Karmalink’, as its opening film.

Venice Film Festival: Critics' Week to start with Cambodian sci-fi film ‘Karmalink’

Dozens of people in Cambodia recently died after drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol. A man named Prom Vannak, who was 50 years old, had some wine for his uncle's funeral.

Various killed in Cambodian village due to a bad batch of rice wine

After being shown being hugged and bathed in social media footage, Cambodian authorities confiscated a lion that was being illegally kept as a pet. Officials stated the animal had been smuggled from China and was being raised in a villa in the capital, Phnom Penh.

Pet lion of Chinese owner confiscated in Cambodia after TikTok videos

A giant barking deer, whose species is listed as critically endangered, has been spotted through a camera in northeast Cambodia’s Virachey National Park. Environment ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra said the spotting of the rare deer was one of the most exciting news in recent time, giving a boost to the country’s wildlife preservation efforts.

Critically endangered rare barking deer spotted in Cambodia

Cambodia has deployed its next generation of rat recruits to sniff out landmines as part of efforts to boost de-mining operations in a country plagued for decades by unexploded ordnance (UXO).

Cambodia deploys new batch of rat recruits to sniff out landmines

Cambodia begins evicting floating homes amid protests

The United States has repatriated 27 antiquities to Cambodia, including Hindu and Buddhist statues, after years of work by New York investigators to recover the smuggled artefacts.

United States returns 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday for the second leg of a regional tour, making her the most senior US official to visit China's closest ally in Southeast Asia in almost a decade.

US deputy secretary of state visits Cambodia amid worsening rights record

Cambodia registered a record 841 new coronavirus cases on Monday but Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the end to a blanket lockdown in the capital Phnom Penh and said there would be only be lockdowns in areas where infections have surged.

Cambodian capital to end blanket COVID-19 lockdown despite surge

Cambodia called on US media group VICE to withdraw an article featuring newly colourised photos of the Khmer Rouge 'killing fields' victims, saying the images were an insult to the dead because some mugshots had been altered to add smiles.

Cambodia condemns VICE for altered images of Khmer Rouge victims

Cambodia's dwindling fish stocks have put the spotlight once again on the stressed waterways of the Mekong river. Fish stocks are at low levels and experts blame factors such as Chinese hydropower for projects upstream for the dramatic drop at the lowest level.

Fish stocks collapse in lower Mekong. Experts blame 'Chinese Dams' for crisis

Sreyline Bacha reaches for a beer glass while holding a yoga pose during a recent class in Phnom Penh, wobbling a little to maintain her balance. It's the 25-year-old's first week back in the office since Cambodia's latest virus lockdown ended, and she said she's happy to be combining drinks with downward dogs at a brewery that is close to work.

Drinks and downward dog: Cambodian beer yoga class helps ease virus stress

A Cambodian court convicted two rappers and sentenced them to up to a year and a half in prison on Tuesday on charges of incitement over their rhymes about social injustice.

Cambodia court jails rappers for singing about social injustices

Tonle Sap was once renowned for its abundance of fish and wildlife -- 43-year-old Leng Vann recalls catching hundreds of kilos a day in his nets.

Cambodia's giant life-giving Tonle Sap lake in peril

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has taken a stand against China and declared he won't let Cambodia be treated as a dumping ground of China, with respect to the vaccine trials against the novel coronavirus.

Cambodia is not China's dustbin: PM announces no vaccine trials will be held

Pakistan's lonely elephant Kaavan arrived in Cambodia by cargo plane on Monday (November 30) to start a new life with 600 fellow pachyderms at a local sanctuary, the result of years of campaigning for his relocation by American singer Cher.

Pakistan's lonesome elephant, Kaavan, starts new life in Cambodia

Cambodian farmers in this village are hoping that scarecrows will keep the coronavirus away from their homes and families. Called "Ting Mong" in Khmer, the scarecrows are usually made of straw and branches, donning old clothes and equipped with helmets and wooden sticks. Locals say they will protect them from evil spirits and diseases, a belief that dates back at least a century.

Cambodian villagers hope scarecrows will "scare away" coronavirus

Authorities in Cambodia kicked off a mass trial of more than 120 opposition figures kicked off in Phnom Penh Thursday. The case in question is linked to attempts by exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia last year from France, where he has lived since 2015 to avoid jail for convictions that he says are bogus.

Cambodia begins mass trial of 120 opposition figures

Officials and well-wishers gathered at Islamabad Zoo on Monday (November 23) for a farewell party for Pakistan's lonely elephant Kaavan before he sets off for a new life in Cambodia this week.

Pakistan's lonely elephant set for new life with herd in Cambodia

Cambodia has razed a US-funded defence facility on its southern coast, the deputy prime minister confirmed Sunday, the latest move in the ongoing controversial expansion of a strategically crucial naval base being developed with Chinese aid.

Cambodia confirms US-funded defence facility has been razed

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