Man Arrested After Strangling Gay Lover To Death
Phnom Penh: A suspect who police accuse of strangling and killing his male partner Khom Vandy because of jealousy has been arrested. On April 28, 2022, Brigadier General Hun Mony…
Chinese Couple Do Vanishing Act After Coconut Car Crash
Phnom Penh: At 12:30 midnight on April 6, 2022, a Chinese man and women, suspected of drunk driving hit a truck carrying coconuts along Russian Federation east of the Choam Chao…
The First British Tourists- Kennedy & Thomson, 1866
H.G. Kennedy and John Thomson, 1866 In January 1866 Henry George Kennedy of the British embassy in Bangkok and pioneering photographer John Thomson set off on an overland expedition to…
Reported Foreigner Death Numbers Fall Again in 2021
Reported deaths of foreign nationals have fallen by 17% in 2021 compared with 2020 (which was over 30% lower than 2019). There were fatalities involving at least 34 nationalities. The…
Arson Suspected After 40 Hectare Sugar Cane Fire
Svay Rieng Province: At least two sugarcane plantations, with a total area of about 40 hectares, were engulfed in flames, causing surprise to plantation workers who rushed to fetch water…
Khmer Rouge Navy- Battle History 1975-79
Phnom Penh: While the Royal Cambodian Naval Base at Ream is once again in the international news, a keen-eyed history buff sent in the following post, which has been slightly…
Flood Warnings Issued Across Cambodia
Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology on the evening of October 25, 2021 confirmed that, from October 27 to 28, there will be moderate to heavy scattered…
An A-Z Of Khmer Issarak Leaders
The following is a list of some of the leading figures of the Khmer Issarak movement on the left and right from the 1940’s-1955. Many sources in French, English and…
Splits & Alliances- History Of The Khmer Issarak Part Two
The following article follows from PART ONE. The piecing together of the rebel movements becomes a little complicated, as there were various name changes, so the glossary of terms used…
This Week* In Cambodian History- October 1-5
On October 1, 1949, rebel comander Dap Chhoun surrendered to the government. He is left free to control a large part of northern Cambodia as a virtual warlord. On October…
Rebels With Different Causes: History Of The Khmer Issarak Part I
The Khmer Rouge is by far the most recognized militant organization in Cambodian history- and rightly so considering the group’s murderous regime which began in 1975. However, the Khmer Rouge…
COVID: 589 New Cases, 480 Treated, 20 Deaths
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Health issued the daily press release on the morning of 9 September 2021, confirming the discovery of 589 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 480 cases that…
Heavy Rains A’ Comin’- Flood Warnings
Phnom Penh – According to the announcement of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, in the coming week, Cambodia will be affected by four low pressure systems and a Tropical…
Missing Workers Found Dead On Bokor Mountain
Kampot Province: Traffic police in Kampot province said that two water workers went missing at 6 pm on September 3, 2021 on Bokor mountain after taking a break from work…
COVID: 461 Cases, 411 Treated, 7 Deaths
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Health issued the daily press release on the morning of 5 September 2021, confirming the discovery of 461 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 3411 cases that…
COVID: 422 Cases, 376 Treated, 13 Deaths
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Health issued the daily press release on the morning of 4 September 2021, confirming the discovery of 422 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 376 cases that…
