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A beekeeping programme aimed at empowering women and conserving biodiversity was officially launched in the presence of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie earlier this week, according to the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party, ending the only legitimate electoral threat to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People's Party #Cambodia
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Angelina Jolie’s visit invaluable boon for tourism, insiders say.
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The Rabbit School – an NGO that has provided education and vocational training for children and young adults with physical and mental disabilities in Cambodia since 1997 – has opened a new building equipped with a digital library in Phnom Penh.
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Hassan Al Kontar, a member of the Druze minority from Swaida, in Syria, said he booked a flight from Malaysia to Cambodia on March 7, but was refused entry and sent back to Kuala Lumpur He has remained at the airport ever since, a total of 36 days.
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Visionary architect Vann Molyvann, who designed some of #Cambodia’s most iconic structures, dies at 90
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BREAKING: In a landmark announcement that marks the end of an era in Cambodian politics, long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that he will not retain his position in the next government.
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UK-based cryptocurrency start-up Electroneum Ltd (ETN) on Friday unveiled its new partnership with the Kingdom’s leading mobile operator Cellcard in its latest move to obtain a foothold in Southeast Asia.
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AS OF September 5, Siem Reap provincial authorities had received more than 100 inquiries from people asking for help finding their relatives who travelled to the sprawling plantation of Khem Veasna – president of the League for Democracy Party (LDP) who now doubles as cult. .
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VannDa showcases Cambodian culture at Paris Olympics closing ceremony.
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Cambodia has not invited Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of Myanmar’s ruling State Administration Council (SAC), to the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit and related meetings scheduled for next month in Phnom Penh.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to lift all quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers and visitors – both Cambodians and foreign nationals – effective from November 15 onward.
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Parting words Monday from former EIC Kay Kimsong: “I am happy for running the front page today. I think that is what the profession of journalism is all about – their job is telling the truth. The owner does not accept the truth”
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School children walk home through a flooded street on Saturday in #PhnomPenh, #Cambodia. 📸 : Hong Menea via #Instagram @phnompenhpost
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"I am very happy to be back [in #Cambodia] . It's an extraordinary country" - #AngelinaJolie at the #FTKMF premiere
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UK-based Electroneum (ETN), a cryptocurrency, said its partnership with Cellcard to sell smartphones in the Kingdom has proven very successful.
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BREAKING: #EuropeanUnion suspends #Cambodia election support, calling credible elections impossible in current political climate #electionskh
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Fireworks explode over the Tonle Sap river in #PhnomPenh, during the second night of celebrations to mark #Cambodia's Water Festival
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“I hope people see this is a country of art, and talent, and love … What #Cambodia contributes to the world is not the war" - Angelina Jolie.
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Russia could emerge as a third superpower as it shakes up the international geopolitical order following its “invasion” of Ukraine in February, though the influence the Kremlin has on Cambodia remains limited, said some local analysts.
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A Cambodian businessman is set to become the saviour of financially beleaguered Polish football giants Wisla Krakow after recent reports that a Cambodian-British consortium is closing in on a takeover of the club.
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Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, also the ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar, said progress had been made on work related to providing humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, although he said many obstacles still exist.
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Cambodia generated $5.5 million from ticket sales to foreign tourists at Angkor Archaeological Park in January, marking a considerable increase of over 50% compared to the same period in 2023, as reported by Angkor Enterprise (AE).
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Shrewsbury International School Phnom Penh co-founder and CEO Charles Wong sat down with The Post’s May Kunmakara to discuss plans and the Kingdom’s education sector.
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BREAKING: UK gives over 400K doses of AstraZeneca to Cambodia.
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BREAKING: Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the reopening of the country in all sectors starting November 1.
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BREAKING: The Post can confirm that James Ricketson has left the Kingdom. A policeman confirmed that the filmmaker flew out of Phnom Penh International late last night. (Pics from Ministry of Immigration)
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Cambodia has won praise for allowing passengers of the MS Westerdam cruise ship to dock at Preah Sihanouk port, thanks to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s humanitarian act.
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In a surprising turn of events, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra attended the birthday celebrations of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on August 5.
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A group of some 30 young people in Phnom Penh known as the “Rubbish Youths” have spent months removing litter from Chamkarmon district’s previously filthy Boeung Trabek canal and, finally, not only is the canal rubbish-free but local residents have changed their ways too.
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Thousands join in funeral procession marking 100 days since the murder of political analyst Kem Ley #Cambodia
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BREAKING: Tribunal upholds guilty verdicts in case against Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan #Cambodia
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Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the verdict in her incitement trial on Tuesday, the first in a catalogue of judgements to be handed down in a junta court that could jail her for decades.
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This brings the total number of former employees who have taken the settlements to 239, with 134 still holding out and pursuing their protest against the integrated casino resort.
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"You have no idea how talented you are. You’re a better actor than me," #AngelinaJolie tells Sareum Srey Moch, the young star of #FTKMF
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CNRP candidate Sin Chan Pov Rozet has claimed victory in Battambang’s O’Char commune. Read the backstory here:
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The 12th ASEAN Para Games came to a close tonight on June 9, after more than a week of top-level competition. The spectacular closing was presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany at Morodok Techo National Stadium. Photo by: Yousos Apdoulrashim
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The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale has come knocking on Cambodia’s doors after its launch at the capital’s Borey Rung Reung Market. The sale offers more than one million brand new English books with between 50 and 90 per cent discounts on the recommended retail price.
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Cleanbodia produces cassava eco-bags to reduce plastic use.
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Some 300 chainsaws were used to build the new steel sculpture of an elephant to be displayed at Sen Monorom Park in Mondulkiri province, Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra told The Post on Sunday.
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"To vote is to contribute to the building of the nation," says first time voter Sam Lan, 19. #ElectionsKH #Cambodia
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A temporarily free train service running from Phnom Penh International Airport to the city's train station launched this morning, providing an alternative way for travelers to get to and from the airport
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Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed that his oldest son Hun Manet will be his successor as Prime Minister if he is elected.
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Jolie’s film 'First They killed my Father' set for Feb 18 in Siem Reap, 7 months before release on Netflix #Cambodia
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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum has launched a digital database to access the largest archive of the Khmer Rouge regime’s prison system records. The general public will be able to access the digital database and website in addition to the victims’ family members and researchers.
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“What happened in Cambodia in 1975 concerns all humanity,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a Tweet after the ceremony. "We must remember because nothing can be built without taking the past into account”
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New English translation of French linguist and archaeologist Etienne Aymonier's 1875 "Notes on #Cambodia"
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The Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression directorate-general (CCF) has lifted all restrictions on the imports and distribution of more than 10 types of infant and baby powder products after reports from an Australian testing laboratory determined that the . .
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"I saw people coming to vote even though they were sick and needed people to carry them." Our #ElectionsKH blog:
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An ambitious campaign to plant 100,000 mangrove trees near Kampot province’s coast over nine months has been announced.
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BREAKING: Hun Sen calls for immediate start to Funan Techo Canal.
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"I would love to see the infrastructure, the production in this country grow . There are so many stories to tell" - #AngelinaJolie #FTKMF
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When the war first broke out in 1914, the first dispatches to Phnom Penh from France requested 4,500 Cambodians to join the French war effort.
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An ancient lion statue that was dug out earlier this week in Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district has been returned to Banteay Chhmar temple, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen's volunteer lawyers are investigating accusations made by My TV presenter Mean Pich Rita that tycoon Heng Sear, who holds the honorific oknha, had attempted to rape her.
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BREAKING: As of just after 8 am on Sunday, rescue teams recovered 17 corpses and at least 24 injured who were buried underneath the rubble of a building under construction which collapsed in Preah Sihanouk province.
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Over one million doses of the US-manufactured Johnson & Johnson vaccines – donated to Cambodia by the US government – are expected to touch down in Phnom Penh soon to help the Kingdom accelerate its vaccination drive, the US embassy has confirmed.
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The Phnom Penh Post has been sold to Sivakumar Ganapathy, a Malaysian investor and executive at a public relations firm that has previously done work for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government .
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UPDATED: With the long-awaited release of the NEC's complete election results, here is The Post's breakdown of communes won at #ElectionsKH
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Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered police to arrest anyone – including government officials – involved with the deforestation of the flooded forests surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake because it is an area important to the spawning of many species of fish, among other reasons.
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The making of a strongman: In July 1997, Hun Sen took full control of #Cambodia – and his party
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"Granny Mao", at 104 years old, was photographed in the traditional attire of a Cambodian Apsara. The photographer says he was honoured to get the chance to capture her resilient spirit and share the poignant images with the world.
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‘The Man Who Built Cambodia’: Visionary architect Vann Molyvann dies at 90
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Siem Reap is tipped to shine once again as Cambodia’s “northern star” for tourists as the Ministry of Tourism launched the “Siem Reap Tourism Promotion and Attraction Strategic Plan 2023-26”.
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Angkor Wat ticket sales generate $20M in revenue during first three months of 2016 #Cambodia
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Cambodia's Koh Ker Temple archaeological site has been officially added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 17.
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Satellite imagery reveals #Cambodia forests cleared at 30 percent higher rate in 2016 than in 2015
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Ministry: More Khmer New Year revellers than before pandemic.
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