Elephant & Dragon 11: The 1984-85 Dry Season Offensive
Around the Cambodian-Thai border areas between November 1979 and April 1989, there were over 50 direct attacks and battles on land, air and sea between Vietnamese and PRK troops, Cambodian…
UPDATE: 4 Dead In Explosion On St. 63
Phnom Penh: According to the preliminary report, there was a gas explosion that caused a fire on Street 63, Sangkat Central Market 3, Daun Penh District. The report added that…
Drunk Man Arrested After Firing Off Shots
Phnom Penh: At 7:30 pm on July 12, 2020, there were four explosions, thought to have been gunshots, caused by a man in an apartment in Trapeang Romchek village, Sangkat…
Borey Chief Shoots Foreman Over Wage Dispute
Phnom Penh: The construction chief of a borey site became angry with the foreman who demanded money, pulled out a gun and fired two shots at the ground. Unfortunately a ricochet…
Man Shot Dead In Moto Robbery
Prey Veng: On National Road 8 in Tbong Wat village, Krabao commune, Kamchay Mear district, Prey Veng province, a man was robbed of his motorcycle and shot dead at 13:37…
Elephant And Dragon 10: Attacks, Aid, And Avoiding Famine In 1980
With the Khmer Rogue leadership at the UN and Cold War rivalries competing, the situation for Cambodian civilians at the beginning of the 1980’s was looking bleak. One of the…
Police Officer Shoots Woman Outside Tbong Khmum KTV
Tbong Khmum: On July 9, 2020 at 20:06 in front of a KTV in Chi Moan Kandal Village, Krek Commune, Ponhea Krek District, Tbong Khmum Province, a 20-year-old woman named…
Nearly Burned Buffaloes Returned To Rightful Owners
Kratie: Chea Borey district military police returned four buffaloes to their owners on July 5, 2020 in Chroy Borey district, Kratie with a certificate from the local authority. The ceremony was…
New Phnom Penh Airport Will Be ‘9th Largest In World’
Phnom Penh: According to a report from FRESH NEWS, the new Phnom Penh International Airport, located in the province of Kandal, will become the world’s ninth largest airport. Dr. Mao…
Village Chief Confesses To Secret Lover’s Murder
Kampong Chhnang: On the night of June 21, 2020 in a hut was burned down in Krang Kan village, Peam commune, Samaki Meanchey district with a woman’s body inside. A suspect…
Between The Elephant & Dragon 9: 1979 And The United Nations
On January 11, 1979 the Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council (KPRC) proclaimed the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK). The same week, the PRK notified the United Nations Security Council that it…
Armed Bag Snatchers Arrested In Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville: Two suspects were detained in connection with the illegal use of weapons and theft carried out in Sangkat 4 and Sangkat 2, Sihanoukville, on the night of June 25, 2020…
Battambang Monk Arrested For ‘Harming Buddhism’ And Weapons
Battambang: On the morning of June 22, 2020, police in Battambang said they detained a monk on June 21 on charges of harming Buddhism and illegally possessing a firearm. Chhoeung Kim…
Man With Drugs And Gun Arrested In Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville: On June 18, 2020, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force of the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Police Office cracked down on a drug case in the area around the port in Sangkat…
Elephant & Dragon Part 8: The Fall Of Democratic Kampuchea 1975-79
After seizing power in April 1975, the newly installed Khmer Rouge regime- known locally as the ‘Angkar’ and internationally as Democratic Kampuchea- was quick to live up to its ambitions…
Man Detained For Shooting Endangered Monkey
Stung Treng: A man was caught in Sesan district with a home-made gun and a dead langur monkey and was forwarded to the Provincial Gendarmerie. The suspect was arrested on…
