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Interior minister issues call to support displaced Cambodians, prevent espionage

10 December 2025
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / International relations / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of National Defense
Cambodia-Thailand Border / Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire / Cambodia-Thailand relations / Cambodian military / Displacement

Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has instructed the authorities in provinces bordering Thailand to evacuate citizens from border districts, especially high-risk areas, to the sanctuaries that have already been prepared. ...

 Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-issues-call-to-support-displaced-cambodians-prevent-espionage

Cambodia, China to kick off joint military drill this week

22 March 2023
Khmer Times
International relations
Cambodia-China relations / Cambodian military / Royal Cambodian Armed Force (RCAF)

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will conduct a joint military drill dubbed “Golden Dragon” from Mar. 23 to April 5 on security protection during major events and emergency rescue during disasters. ...

 Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259825/cambodia-china-to-kick-off-joint-military-drill-this-week/

Win-Win Monument in Anlong Veng planned for March

The Ministry of National Defence plans to build the Anlong Veng Win-Win Monument at the Techo Phnom 200 historical military site in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district in March. ...

 Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/win-win-monument-anlong-veng-planned-march

Military moving over 10,000 migrants

9 August 2021
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Migration / Pandemics / Public health
Cambodian military / COVID-19 / migrant worker

The military on August 8 started transferring over 10,000 Cambodian migrant workers who have returned from Thailand to quarantine centres in their home provinces in order to free up space in the seven Thai-border provinces for additional returning migrants due to the strain on available ...

 Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-moving-over-10000-migrants

Congressional Hearing in US Pushes Cut to Cambodian Aid

11 July 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Non-DAC members / Social development
ACLEDA / ADM / American aid / Asian Development Bank / Beijing / Bilateral development assistance / Burma / Burmese government / Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong / Cambodian Government / Cambodian military / capital investment / Chinese aid / Chinese aid / Chinese investors / Chinese loans / corporate social responsibility / Corruption / CPP / Democracy / development aid / Development policies and administration / election monitors / Evi Schueller / foreign aid / foreign investment / France / GDP / Government / Gross Domestic Product / Human Rights / Human Rights Watch / Human Rights Watch Asia / Human Rights Watch Asia advocacy director John Sifton / Hun Sen / illegal voting / IMF / Infrastructure / infrastructure investment / infrastructure lending / Infrastructure projects / International Monetary Fund / Investment / Land titles / Land-grabbing / LICADHO / Military / Multilateral development assistance / Myanmar / National Democratic Institute / national elections / NEC / nepotism / Obama administration / opposition lawmakers / parliament / Patrick Merloe / Phnom Penh / political violence / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Prince Norodom Sihanouk / RAFC / Royal Armed Forces of Cambodia / Royal Government of Cambodia / Sam Rainsy / South Korean aid / SRP International Group / SRP International Group CEO Daniel Mitchell / Steve Chabot / System of government / technical assistance / U.S. military aid to Cambodia / United States aid / US / US investment / US lawmakers / US Representative Eni Faleomavaega / US Supreme Court / USAID / voter list / Washington / World Bank

At a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday that scathingly rebuked Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP, a U.S. lawmaker called for legislation to cut American aid to Cambodia following the national election on July 28. Representative Steve Chabot, who chaired the House Subcommittee ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/congressional-hearing-in-us-pushes-cut-to-cambodian-aid-34389/

Cambodian officer killed environment activist then took own life, army says

27 April 2012
The Guardian
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
Cambodian military / Chinese company / Chut Wutty / environmentalist / environmentalist Chut Wutty / Forest / hydropower dam / illegal logging / In Ratana / Kheng Tito / Killed / photographs / police officer

The Cambodian military has concluded that one of its own police officers killed a prominent environmentalist then took his own life in an incident in a forest rife with illegal logging. Chut Wutty had been taking photographs on Wednesday in a forest where a Chinese company ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/27/cambodian-soldier-environment-activist-army?INTCMP=SRCH

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