A huge explosion at a military base in south-western Cambodia that killed 20 soldiers and injured many others was an accident caused by a “technical issue” stemming from old ammunition that was being moved, the defence ministry said. The army said Saturday’s blast was believed to have been an accident caused by mishandling of degraded […]
A funeral has been held for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in south-western Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also injured several others and damaged nearby houses. There has been no public explanation of what caused the blast at the base in Kompong Speu province on Saturday, though there […]
Security was tight around a military base in south-western Cambodia on Sunday, a day after a huge explosion there killed 20 soldiers, wounded others and damaged nearby houses. Guards sought to keep media away from the site in Kompong Speu province. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said in a Facebook post on Saturday that he […]
As fighting between the Burmese junta and ethnic rebel forces intensifies, a video of tanks being transported in Cambodia has been shared hundreds of times in social media with a false claim that it was taken in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in March 2024. The video was posted online at least two months earlier and was […]
A Cambodian official accused of illegally importing wild, long-tailed macaque monkeys into the United States that were destined for Miami was acquitted Friday of conspiracy and smuggling charges after a two-week federal trial. Masphal Kry, 47, the deputy director of the Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity for the Cambodian Forestry Administration, had been under home […]