Land
Landmines UXO and demining
US extends mine clearance grant
The United States has extended for two months a grant to clear unexploded ordnances from the country through the Cambodian Mines Action Centre. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090902/us-extends-mine-clearance-grant/
China pledges UXO funding days after US spat
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that China will begin funding demining efforts, just days after the US said it would pull financial support for a removal project with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre in the eastern part of the country. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-pledges-uxo-funding-days-after-us-spat
US has new plan for UXO removal in Cambodia after cutting CMAC funding
One day after it was revealed that the United States would discontinue funding for the Cambodian government’s explosives removal body, the US Embassy said it would fund a separate “world-class removal program” in the eastern part of the country, following a competitive bidding process. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-has-new-plan-uxo-removal-cambodia-after-cutting-cmac-funding
US cuts funding to CMAC amid government’s war of words with superpower
The United States has cut funding next year for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre following months of criticism from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of America’s war legacy in the Kingdom. ...
Ananth Baliga and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-cuts-funding-cmac-amid-governments-war-words-superpower
CMAC clears 30 pieces of ordnance
Thirty pieces of unexploded ordnance were found and collected by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday in Pursat province after they were discovered by a villager at a construction site. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-clears-30-pieces-ordnance
CMAC lashes out at US comments
Government demining bodies have reacted to a United States Embassy statement on US-made chemical weapons uncovered in Svay Rieng, accusing the embassy of distorting facts and evading responsibility for its wartime legacy. ...
Phak Seangly and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-lashes-out-us-comments
PM pledges new health centre over US bombs
In a speech to some 15,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen returned to the topic of the United States’ war legacy in Cambodia, pledging to build a health centre for people purportedly suffering the after-effects of American chemical weapons in Svay ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pledges-new-health-centre-over-us-bombs
Health probe targets chemical bomb sites
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the Health Ministry to investigate the well-being of villagers living within the vicinity of an estimated 15 chemical bomb sites in Svay Rieng province’s Korki commune. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085764/health-probe-targets-chemical-bomb-sites/
Landmine casualties down
Serei Kosal, vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, said on Monday during a workshop in Siem Reap province that there were 43 casualties this year, including nine deaths and 34 injuries. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085589/landmine-casualties-down/
Unexploded ordinances destroyed in Preah Vihear
Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district who found a haul of unexploded ordinances on their farmland on Monday have handed it over to provincial authorities. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085588/unexploded-ordinances-destroyed-preah-vihear/
Three chemical bomb victims back in hospital
Three villagers exposed to a chemical bomb in Svay Rieng province’s Korki commune have returned to hospital for further treatment after being discharged on Saturday. Deputy district governor Sour Mol said the three victims were readmitted because their conditions deteriorated. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/category/national/
Eight villagers fall ill after chemical bomb exposure
Another chemical bomb was discovered in Svay Rieng province’s Korki commune yesterday, as officials worked to remove two others from a local school and pagoda. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084894/five-villagers-fall-ill-chemical-bomb-exposure/
Locals evacuated for bomb removal
Over 800 villagers were evacuated yesterday in preparation for the removal of two tear gas barrel bombs in Svay Rieng province, while a provincial committee is attempting to “reduce the fear” surrounding the bombs – fear seemingly stoked by erroneous statements from government officials. ...
Phak Seangly and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-evacuated-bomb-removal
War era bomb found in Kampong Speu
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre on Saturday recovered a 500-pound bomb in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Srouch district. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084020/war-era-bomb-found-kampong-speu/
Emergency summit called over tear gas bomb crisis
The Ministry of Defence will today hold an emergency meeting on what to do with two tear gas barrel bombs found in Svay Rieng province. The bombs are believed to have been dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083637/emergency-summit-called-tear-gas-bomb-crisis/
UXO uncovered in a Kandal pond
A 227-kilogram US-made Mk 82 bomb was unearthed on Wednesday as authorities were digging a pond in Kandal’s Kien Svay district. ...
Khout Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-uncovered-kandal-pond
Double trove of wartime explosives unearthed
Hundreds of unexploded landmines and cluster munitions were found in Battambang and Kampong Cham provinces on Monday, according to an official from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078278/double-trove-wartime-explosives-unearthed/
Rocket haul unearthed in Siem Reap market
Construction crews building a container market in Siem Reap province have discovered nearly 40 105 mm rockets while excavating land in Svay Dangkum commune. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077927/rocket-haul-unearthed-siem-reap-market/
Two bombs found in sandpit
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday removed two unexploded MK-82 bombs from a sandpit in Kandal province’s Kandal Steung district. ...
Zahron Sokry
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074409/two-bombs-found-sandpit/
Iraqi team arrives for training with CMAC
For the second year running, a delegation of Iraqi demining trainees have come to the Kingdom for a training programme at the Cambodian Mine Action Centre’s (CMAC) Technical Institute of Mine Action in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/iraqi-team-arrives-training-cmac
Farmer unearths 28 bombs
A farmer in Oddar Meanchey province discovered a cache of unexploded bombs on Saturday while excavating part of his land to create a pond for irrigation. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39894/farmer-unearths-28-bombs/
Bomb found in Kandal province
A team from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday recovered a large bomb dropped by the US during the Vietnam War in Kandal province. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39763/bomb-found-in-kandal-province/
Nearly 300 explosives found in Battambang
Villagers tilling land for pepper farming in Battambang province’s Samlot district discovered nearly 300 unexploded bombs on Sunday left over from the civil war. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39690/nearly-300-explosives-found-in-battambang/
Mortar shell injures boy
A boy of 11 was seriously injured when a bomb he was playing with exploded on Saturday in Battambang province’s Koas Krala district. Koas Krala district police chief Chhang Vanchhay said yesterday that May Sameth had gone out to take care of a cow in a ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39666/mortar-shell-injures-boy/