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Landmines UXO and demining
UXO Stockpile found in KR bunker
More than 200 mines, rockets and rounds of ammunition were found in Preah Vihear’s Sangkom Thmei district on Wednesday about 150 meters from the Prasat Damrei temple, officials said. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27826/uxo-stockpile-found-in-kr-bunker/
Mine deaths up between Jan, June in Cambodia
Twenty people have been killed in Cambodia by mines or other explosive remnants of war in the first six months of the year, up from 11 deaths in the same period last year. ...
Lauren Crothers
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/mine-deaths-up-between-jan-june-in-cambodia/616741
2016 brings spike in landmine deaths
The number of people killed in landmine incidents nearly doubled in the first half of the year, with 20 deaths compared to 11 for the same period in 2015, though injuries declined by almost half, from 55 to 29, according to the Cambodia Mine Action ...
Bun Sengkong and Donna M Airoldi
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2016-brings-spike-landmine-deaths
Remnants of war causalities down
There were fewer casualties from explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Cambodia during the first six months of this year than in the same period last year, according to a Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) report released yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27544/remnants-of-war-causalities-down/
Gov’t wants extra time to clear mines
The government plans to request another extension of a deadline – originally set for 2009 and already extended to 2019 – to meet obligations under the Mine Ban Treaty, an official said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-wants-extra-time-clear-mines
India gifts canines for mine clearance
The Indian government has given 15 dogs to the Kingdom along with a promise to train personnel to work with the furry friends on mine-clearance projects, according to an official press release. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26896/india-gifts-canines-for-mine-clearance/
UXO found in three different provinces
Dozens of pieces of unexploded ordnance and hundreds of AK-47 bullets have been found on farmland in three provinces in recent days and handed over for disposal, according to local authorities yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-found-three-different-provinces
Over 100 explosives cleared out in Kandal
Government deminers on Saturday successfully cleared more than 100 US-made cluster bomblets from a rice field in Kandal province’s Muk Kampoul district, according to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-100-explosives-cleared-out-kandal
Cambodia should sign the convention on cluster munitions
There are very few weapons in the world that are as universally condemned as cluster munitions. ...
Kingdom leads in mine removal
With its new Asean Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC), Cambodia is prepared to assist other Asean nations clear mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) in formerly war-torn areas, according to officials. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25522/kingdom-leads-in-mine-removal/
Three killed in UXO explosion
An elderly man and his two grandchildren were killed after he accidentally detonated an artillery shell yesterday morning in Prey Veng province’s Preah Sdach district, after attempting to dismantle it to create parts for his bullock cart, according to police. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25327/three-killed-in-uxo-explosion/
Pursat demining death caused by use of incorrect equipment
A deminer killed in Pursat province late last month was using the “wrong tool” while clearing an area of land in the infamous K-5 minefield when he detonated an anti-personnel landmine, according to a preliminary investigation by HALO Trust, the NGO for which he worked. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pursat-demining-death-caused-by-use-of-incorrect-equipment-112460/
Boys killed after grenade launcher explodes
Three boys were killed in Oddar Meanchey province on Friday after a grenade launcher they were playing with exploded, officials said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boys-killed-after-grenade-launcher-explodes-112296/
Cambodian deminers meet Thai counterparts
Senior officials from Thailand’s Mine Action Centre are visiting their counterparts in Cambodia this week in an effort to develop stronger bilateral cooperation to clear landmines along the Cambodian-Thai border. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-deminers-meet-thai-counterparts
UXO stockpile discovered in Oddar Meanchey
A cache of anti-tank weapons, including mines and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were discovered by authorities near the Cambodia-Thai border in Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district on Tuesday, according to officials. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23422/uxo-stockpile-discovered-in-oddar-meanchey/
Second US bomb unearthed in Kandal this month
A routine morning of planting vegetables and trees was interrupted on Sunday when a group of farmers in Kandal province’s Saang district unearthed a 227 kilogram, US-made MK82 bomb left over from the country’s war, according to police. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23296/second-us-bomb-unearthed-in-kandal-this-month/
Forest fire detonates UXOs at Preah Vihear
A forest fire near the Preah Vihear temple complex caused decades-old landmines and other unexploded ordnance to explode on Sunday, according to regional military commander Duong Sam Neang. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-fire-detonates-uxos-preah-vihear
Japan: helping Cambodia clean up its landmines
Near the Thai border, in the Bovel district of Battambang province, today children can safely play outside. But not that long ago, what is now the local primary school’s playground was littered with dozens of mines. ...
Euronews team
http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/17/japan-helping-cambodia-clean-up-its-landmines
UXO found in abandoned Battambang barracks
Thirty-eight unexploded ordinances (UXO) and land mines of various models were found buried in a former Baktrea village jungle barracks yesterday, police said. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22142/uxo-found-in-abandoned-battambang-barracks/
Pursat man killed in UXO blast
A man from Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district was killed in an unexploded ordinance (UXO) blast on Sunday, according to police officials. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22026/pursat-man-killed-in-uxo-blast/
Smart rats sniffing out Cambodia's vast mine fields
It’s been a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and others of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they’ve scurried and sniffed their way across 775 square meters (8,300 square feet) of fields to eliminate a scourge that has killed thousands of ...
Denis D. Gray
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/smart-rats-sniffing-cambodias-vast-mine-fields-37154301
Demining group finds, destroys mortar shells
Fourteen unexploded mortar shells have been extracted from the outskirts of a village in Oddar Meanchey province and destroyed, demining group Halo Trust said yesterday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/demining-group-finds-destroys-mortar-shells
Boy killed after UXO he was playing with explodes
A 12-year-old boy was killed when a piece of an 80-mm mortar shell he was playing with exploded on Saturday in Battambang province, police said on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boy-killed-after-uxo-he-was-playing-with-explodes-108806/
Cousins die playing with UXO in Kompong Thom
Two children died on Friday afternoon in Kompong Thom province after attempting to open a rocket-propelled grenade they found near their house with an ax, police said on Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cousins-die-playing-with-uxo-in-k-thom-107689/