Two Injured Taking Explosives From UXO
Ratanakiri: At 10 am on March 14, 2019, two men who took an unspent artillery shell to remove the explosives were seriously injured in Lom Thmei village, Pokna commune, O’Yadav…
Cambodian Canadian UXO Busting Robot
When Richard Yim was young, the thought of running around freely was unheard of in his native Cambodia. The presence of landmines and unexploded ammunition as a result of civil…
10 Year Old Loses Fingers and Eye to UXO
Preah Vihear: Preah Vihear Police warned people living in border areas and old army locations should take precautions against high explosive munitions which can still be found in the ground…
Fishermen Found Using UXOs as Net Weights
(Tbong Khmum): Recently there has been a surprise after fishermen in Prey Teoch village, Tbong Khmum province were found to be using unexploded 155mm shells as weights to hold their…
UXOs Found in BTB
Battambang: On the morning of January 9, 2019, a man discovered several unexploded ordnances. Mam Phey, 54, from Ratanak Mondul district was working on his land when he came across…
128 UXOs Discovered in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear: A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) official said 128 60mm mortar rounds were removed from a site east of the temple complex on September 13, 2018. The haul was discovered…
Tractor Driver Injured In Landmine Explosion
Oddar Meanchey: According to the CMAC, on December 2, 2021, at 4:20 pm, a landmine exploded in Trapeang Bei village, Preah Pralay commune, Trapeang Prasat district, Oddar Meanchey province, seriously injuring…
519 Official COVID Cases, 553 Treated, 15 More Deaths
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Health issued the daily press release on the morning of 20 August 2021, confirming the discovery of 519 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 553 cases that…
325+ Grenades Found Buried Outside Siem Reap Highschool
Siem Reap: Authorities say more than 300 grenades left over from the war have been found in the center of Siem Reap by excavators digging telecommunication cable and drainage pipes…
Jackie Chan Donates 1 Million Masks To Cambodia
Phnom Penh: International superstar Jackie Chan has reportedly donated 1 million masks to Cambodia to help the kingdom in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Chinese media report that the…
One Dead, One Injured In Battambang Landmine Blast
Battambang: At 2:30 pm on May 27, 2021, there was an explosion from a landmine left over from the war- killing one person and seriously injuring another. The incident occurred in…
Boy Dies, Others Injured After Old Munitions Explode
Tbong Khmum: At least one person was killed and two others injured in a bomb blast after one of the three victims recovered a UXO buried in the ground. According…
Teams Will Search For More Lost Mekong Warships
Kampong Cham: Samdech Krala Hom Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, requested the Inter-Ministerial Working Group to study the locations of warships submerged at the bottom of the…
Ammo & Artifacts Removed From Sunken Mekong Warship
Kampong Cham: Operations to search and retrieve ammunition from a warship that sank in the Mekong River in Kampong Cham province during the war of the 1970s are continuing. On January…
When Viet Pilots In Soviet Planes Dropped US Bombs On Cambodia
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and remnants of war are discovered almost daily in Cambodia, and pose a constant risk to peoples lives. While the vast majority of landmines are Soviet and…
Lucky Escape As Samlot Brew-Up Blows-up
Battambang: On the morning of December 7, 2020, in Samlot village, Samlot commune, Samlot district, Battambang province, two people were slightly injured after a buried piece of munitions (UXO) exploded…
