UPDATE: 6 New Cases Of Tourist COVID-19 Confirmed
Kampong Cham: A Ministry of Health press release on 24 March 2020, announced four people; a 61-year-old British man; a 69-year-old British woman, a 59-year-old American man, and his 62-year-old…
Expat Smashes Car Into Kampot Building (Video)
Kampot: A foreign male drove a car at high speed into other vehicles, including a Lexus and Scoopy motorcycles before smashing into a house. The incident occurred around 6.30 pm…
Mondulkiri Monk Murder
Mondulkiri: On March 24, 2020, a murder occurred at Wat Dae Pagoda, Chong Pang Village, Pou Chrey Commune, Pechrada District, Mondulkiri Province. A monk aged around 20 years old died after being…
British Nurses Stranded In Cambodia
Wigan natives Elaine Morley and Dianne Tomlinson, along with colleagues Val Travis and Anna Williams, were enjoying the trip of a lifetime, travelling across Asia since the start of the…
River Cruise Passengers Finish Quarantine
Kampong Cham: 53 out of more than 60 tourists who were aboard the Viking Cruise and isolated in Kampong Cham province were allowed to leave the Mekong Hotel on the evening of March…
Battambang Man Steps On Landmine
Battambang: A man stepped on a landmine with his right foot in the jungle on the morning of March 24, 2020, as he was walking in the forest in Samlot Commune…
American Beggar Taken To Siem Reap Immigration
Siem Reap: An American man without a valid passport/visa was taken in by police after he was seen begging in Siem Reap at 9:00 am, March 23, 2020. JOHN JOSEPH…
Keo Setha, Pioneer Of Khmer Pop, Dies Aged 84
PHNOM PENH – Singer of the 1950’s and 1960’s, Keo Setha died on March 24, 2020, at the age of 84, at her home in Phnom Penh. Keo Setha was…
Authorities; No Phnom Penh Shut Down
Phnom Penh: Phnom Penh Municipal spokesman Meth Meas Pheakdey has dismissed a number of social media reports falsely claiming that authorities will shut down Phnom Penh to prevent the spread of…
Officer Stabbed By Knife Wielding Villager
Pursat province: A suspect was involved in a case of domestic violence and chased villagers, while police forces who intervened were stabbed, injuring two of them. The incident happened on…
Weekly Weather: Temperatures Rising
According to the weather eport from the Ministry of Meteorology and Water Resources, from March 24-29 the central lowland provinces will see minimum temperatures of 26-28 ° C and maximum…
Another COVID-19 case Brings Total To 87
PHNOM PENH – Another case of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the mother of a 4-month-old baby in Phnom Penh (*possibly the mother of the baby tested on March 15)…
Water Pipe Explosion Injures Workers In Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville: At 5:30 pm on March 23, 2020, either two or three workers were seriously injured after a water pipe burst in Sangkat 3, Sihanoukville. According to the source, the accident…
Two Vietnamese Carry COVID-19 From Cambodia
Bavet/Tay Ninh: Two Vietnamese returning to the southern province of Tay Ninh from Cambodia have raised the total coronavirus infections in the country to 118. “Patient 117” is a 30-year-old…
65 Year Old Khmer Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In USA
Washington State: A 65-year-old Cambodian woman has died from Covid-19 disease in the United States on March 22, 2020. The Cambodian woman was named as Nuth Chunheang, the mother of…
Singaporean Arrested With Drug Lab
Phnom Penh: On the night of March 21, 2020, the special forces of the Anti-Narcotics Division of the National Police launched a crackdown on drug cases in a rental room near…
