Phnom Penh Post - In Brief: Germany to give demining grant
Germany
announced Tuesday a US$1.35 million grant to fund demining efforts in
Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap this year. The funds will support the work
of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority's Unit 6, which since 1999 has
destroyed nearly 26,000 mines and 92,000 unexploded ordnances, and
cleared 2,345 hectares of land, according to a press release from the
German embassy.
Angkor Wat named as the top landmark for the second yearTravel website TripAdvisor has named Cambodia’s ancient wonder Angkor Wat as the top landmark in the world for the second year running in their Travelers’ Choice Award 2018, an achievement Cambodian tourism operators expect will attract more tourists to the Kingdom. The website uses traveller
New US bill ‘is a violation of Cambodian independence’After a US congressmen introduced bipartisan legislation that will enact sanctions on Cambodian officials responsible for “undermining democracy” in the Kingdom, government officials and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party on Sunday said they regarded the potential action as the “violation of independence and sovereignty
Hun Sen detractors ‘will die’Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday said those who curse or insult him would eventually die without a plot of land to bury their bodies after being killed by lightning, suffering the same fate as those who recently died in Thmar Baing district in Koh
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