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Lawmakers from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asking for June 4 to be a day of mourning for the loss of Khmer Krom land to Vietnam. The letter, signed by 13 lawmakers and sent to Hun Sen, decried the loss of 68,965 square metres of land to Vietnam on June 4, 1949.
Would you like fries with that? US burger chain makes Phnom Penh debutCalifornia-based The Habit Burger Grill restaurant chain is all set to serve up a delicious array of charbroiled burgers and sides at its newest international location in the centre of Phnom Penh. The Habit is “renowned for its award-winning Charburgers grilled over an open flame,
Banteay Meanchey flood victims receive aid Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday provided aid to more than 10,000 families affected by flooding in Banteay Meanchey province’s Mongkol Borei district and offered his condolences to the 18 victims who drowned in the province over the past week. He said flooding had occured in
Angkor provides ‘valuable’ water storageThe Apsara National Authority (ANA) has stored millions of cubic metres of water at reservoirs in the Angkor area after Cambodia experienced a series of rainstorms over the last few days. The storing of the water, besides serving temple conservation, will also be used to
PM urges caution as Polish man tests positive for CovidThe Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported that a 47-year-old Polish man tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Cambodia on Monday. There are a total of six Covid-19 patients currently in the country, all of whom are being treated at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
Banteay Meanchey floods kill one more as death toll reaches 15As floodwaters start to recede in Pursat, Battambang and Pailin provinces and Phnom Penh, Banteay Meanchey continues to bear the brunt as one more person was killed on Monday, bringing the total number of flood-related deaths to 15 in the province this month. Banteay Meanchey provincial
Serving coffee with a side of robotsThe eye-catching glass building surrounded by greenery at the intersection of Streets 371 and 2002 in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district is more than just another coffee shop where you can while away a few hours. UrHobby House cafe is filled with robots and characters from
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Rice en route to flood victimsCambodian UN peacekeepers departed on Sunday for humanitarian missions in South Sudan. The 73 soldiers will join other peacekeeping forces under the UN umbrella, according to
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