Social development

At the Phnom Thma Kambor sanctuary camp in Banteay Ampil district, thousands of displaced families wait anxiously for the sound of peace, not gunfire. ...

Cambodia has deported 352 Vietnamese nationals, including 110 women, for illegally residing and working in online scams, with a labour rights observer urging systematic investigations to target masterminds and complicit property owners. ...

Thousands of displaced people in shelters in Preah Vihear province have started returning home, finally able to check on their livestock and farms which were abandoned abruptly at the height of the conflict. ...

On a humid morning earlier this week, Nhay Suy sat at the Wat Phnom Thma Kambor sanctuary centre in Po Chas village, watching tuk-tuks and tractors with trailers slowly roll away. One by one, families who had fled the Thai-Cambodian border clashes in late July ...

Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, spokeswoman for the Ministry of National Defense, confirmed that all 18 Cambodian soldiers currently detained by Thai military are safe and in good health, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which recently visited them. ...

A ministry of Information spokesperson has shared that more than 100 domestic and international journalists reported on the recent armed conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. ...

Over 150,000 students are unable to attend classes as schools remain closed while many continue to live in refugee camps despite the ceasefire deal following five days of heavy fighting along the Cambodia-Thailand border. ...

A six-year-old girl from Takeo province has tested positive for bird flu and is currently in critical condition. ...

Pascal Ringwald, coordinator of the Global Malaria Programme at the World Health Organization (WHO), praised Cambodia’s healthcare response to the thousands of civilians displaced by recent border clashes, during a visit to the Wat Phnom Thmar Kambor refugee camp in Banteay Ampil district, Oddar Meanchey ...

A total of 92,148 children received medical care at Kuntha Bopha Children’s Hospital in July 2025, including nearly 4,000 cases of dengue fever, according to an August 6 report from the hospital. ...

Shelling between Thai and Cambodian forces has eased after a fragile ceasefire was reached in Malaysia on July 28, but the information war between the countries’ netizens continues to unfold online. ...

The spread of false information on social media platforms has stirred public confusion and fear, and most worryingly, has disrupted military and police investigations. This has even extended to alerting the enemy to the capture of their own intelligence operatives, warned Cambodia’s Anti-Cyber Crime Department. ...

The Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation received more than $22 million in funding in the first half of the year, a slight increase over the same period in 2024. However, virtually the whole amount has been used to provide free medical services for children. ...

The Ministry of Health and UNICEF have launched an urgent vaccination campaign starting July 28 to support communities in Pursat, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces, and beyond, to protect the health of children displaced by the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. ...

Thousands of foreign nationals were arrested in a nationwide crackdown on suspected online scam operations in July—some deported, while others await deportation, and many remain in detention at provincial facilities and the General Department of Immigration (GDI). ...

In the wake of the newly declared ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, World Vision International in Cambodia has launched an emergency response while calling on the international community to prioritise the protection and well-being of children affected by the recent border conflict. ...

The Ministry of Information has issued an urgent call for all content creators, social media users and members of the public to immediately cease any form of insult or defamation targeting foreign heads of state or leaders, even in the context of current border tensions. ...

Thailand is employing information warfare tactics and conducting a disinformation campaign to fabricate pretexts for its military aggression against Cambodia, all while falsely portraying itself as the victim, according to Cambodian officials. ...

At 2am this morning, Thailand launched a heavy artillery attack on Cambodian territory in the Eagle Field area of Preah vihear. At 2.30am, Thai forces began attacking Tathav, Phnom 333 and Phnom Khmoach and launched drones. ...

As the 20th Asia Media Summit (AMS 2025) launched in Siem Reap on July 22, a resounding message emerged from media leaders across the Asia-Pacific region. ...

Cambodia will spotlight the growing challenges of fake news, malinformation and disinformation at this year’s 20th Asia Media Summit (AMS), which will take place in Siem Reap from July 21 to 24. Notably, Thailand will not participate in this year’s summit. ...

The investigating judge of the Phnom Penh Municipal placed eight suspects linked to online scams in temporary pre-trial detention on July 20, as part of the latest efforts to supress these crimes. The current campaign has seen almost 3,000 suspects arrested. ...

Raids on suspected online scam rings rolled out across Cambodia on Thursday night, but major known compounds were left untouched – even as hundreds were seen fleeing one of them and boarding buses, underscoring reports that operations had continued despite a supposed crackdown last year. ...

As of July 19, law enforcement authorities in the capital and provinces had raided 52 suspected online scam operations in Phnom Penh and 14 provinces. They have detained a total of 2,767 suspects, including 843 Chinese nationals. Of them, authorities have sent 11 suspects to ...