The Cambodian National Police and U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh announced in July the arrest of Yan Yoeun, who was sentenced in absentia to 17 years for the murder of 55-year-old Katherine Ann Grgich at Preah Sihanouk province’s Koh Rong island.
The Justice Department on Monday accused three Chinese state security officials of coordinating an expansive hacking campaign targeting government entities, universities and corporations around the world.
Other countries have considered or are already giving booster shots to supplement existing vaccines, especially the Chinese-made vaccines.
A company representative said the company had rented the 70 hectares from the state and had solved any potential land disputes by “giving fair compensation.”
News of the development area has raised concerns among a fishing community that lives in Chroy Pros commune.
Local authorities and wildlife protection groups took the lion cub on June 27, and sent it to Phnom Tamao Zoological Park, after videos surfaced on social media application TikTok showing the lion in the central Phnom Penh villa.
Vitit Muntarbhorn on Friday said he discussed a broad array of issues during his meetings, including prison overcrowding, the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and harmonizing the country’s laws with international human rights standards.
After reporting its first COVID-19 death in March, Cambodia has a recent spike in deaths from the disease, registering 111 deaths in the last eight days.
Three of four Mother Nature environmental activists arrested on Wednesday, had arrest warrants issued for them on the alleged charge of “plotting,” local authorities said, a charge used recently against former opposition officials.
The U.S. is pulling its funding for the Greening Prey Lang project, which works to protect the sanctuary from deforestation, and redirecting money for the Cambodian government to civil society groups and communities working to protect the forest.
Tea Banh said Cambodia had a right to develop for the “nation’s benefit” and rejected the U.S.’ attempts to turn the base into a geopolitical issue.
Three fire engines put out the fire, but it was too late - all five people inside were dead, including a three-year-old boy.
The announcement brings an end to a three-week lockdown in two cities, which was extended by seven days last week and also saw the introduction of a three-color zone system.
The government last Wednesday enforced a 14-day lockdown in Phnom Penh and Takhmau due to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases.
There has been an explosion of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia, centered in Phnom Penh’s garment factories and public markets.
The Cambodian government lashed out at the United Nations' criticism that its approach to mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus was breaching people’s right to privacy.
Around 50 workers from Din Han Enterprise, a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
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