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ASEAN envoy seeks Myanmar junta blessing to meet its opponents

A special Southeast Asian envoy to the crisis in Myanmar on Thursday said he was seeking to visit the country next month and appealed to its military junta to give its blessing for him to talk with a shadow government it has labelled "terrorists".

Reuters

Last freshwater dolphin in northeastern Cambodia dies

Wildlife officials say the last surviving freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin on a stretch of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia has died, apparently after getting tangled in a fishing net

The Independent UK

Myanmar Issue Hardens Divisions in ASEAN

Analysts said a troika had emerged made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, which share religious sympathies with the Muslim Rohingya and have opposed bringing the Myanmar junta into ASEAN after it was banned from attending its summits in response to the coup.

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In Cambodia’s Siem Reap, $880m airport faces hurdles to success

The ambitious plan to attract 10 million travellers is complicated by broken contracts and uncertain pandemic recovery.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar to skip ASEAN ministerial meeting, Cambodia says

Cambodia said on Tuesday that Myanmar had confirmed its absence from this week's meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a day after its ruling military criticised neighbours for insisting its generals are not invited.

Reuters

After retrial, former Marine sentenced to 210 years in prison for raping girls in Cambodia

A former Marine Corps captain who authorities say traveled to Cambodia in 2005 to drug, rape and otherwise sexually abuse young girls was sentenced Monday to 210 years in federal prison.

Los Angeles Times

Myanmar says it won't attend ASEAN foreign ministers meeting

Myanmar says it will not participate in this week’s meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat

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Fears Cambodia is rolling out China-style ‘Great Firewall’ to curb online freedom

Changes coming in this week will see all online traffic pass through a gateway to preserve ‘social order’

The Guardian - AU

21 Thais held in Cambodia scam raids

Twenty-one Thais working for fraud gangs in Cambodia will be deported to Thailand via Sa Kaeo province on Saturday, following raids in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Hun Sen was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian leader admits error over Myanmar prisoner release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has acknowledged that he erred when he announced that Myanmar’s military government had released an Australian economist detained for the past year

The Independent UK

Sean Turnell: Myanmar military denies releasing detained Australian economist

Cambodian PM Hun Sen claimed Mr Turnell had been released before later saying he had made a mistake

The Independent UK

Cambodia PM says he was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

Reuters

Myanmar junta chief said Asean envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodia

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

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Cambodia says Myanmar frees Australian

Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former advisor to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from detention, Cambodian media reports say.

Reuters

Myanmar junta chief said ASEAN envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodian minister

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

The Canberra Times

Beat the crowds back to Cambodia

Right now might be a perfect time for a trip to Siem Reap to see the ancient Angkor temples.

Bangkok Post

Businesses say 90,000 migrant workers needed

Business operators have submitted to the Labour Ministry requests for about 90,000 migrant workers under terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar last December.

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Bangkok Post

Couple arrested for procuring Thais to work for phone scammers in Cambodia

A couple have been arrested in Sa Kaeo province for allegedly procuring Thai job seekers to work for a phone scam gang in Cambodia.

Bangkok Post

Cambodia says non-political Myanmar rep invited to Asean meeting

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that a non-political representative from Myanmar had been invited to attend a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers later this month rather than the country's military-appointed foreign minister.

Reuters

ASEAN to exclude Myanmar foreign minister from meeting, says Cambodia

Cambodia said on Thursday a non-political representative from Myanmar had been invited to attend a regional ministerial meeting later this month instead of the country's military-appointed foreign minister.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cambodian Lion Dancers Cling to Craft amid COVID Pandemic

Cambodian dragon and lion dancer Gnuon Virak huddles his troupe together in a circle, before they let out a team cheer and get to work rehearsing for their a Lunar New Year performance - their only one of the pandemic-stricken year. Gnuon, 28, has loved dancing since he was a…

Bangkok Post

Cambodian lion dancers clinging on amid pandemic

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian dragon and lion dancer Gnuon Virak huddles his troupe together in a circle, before they let out a team cheer and get to work rehearsing for their a Lunar New Year performance - their only one of the pandemic-stricken year.

Reuters

Cambodian lion dancers cling to craft amid COVID pandemic

Bangkok Post

Cambodia may host Asean foreign ministers meeting mid-Feb

Cambodia is considering rescheduling the annual Asean foreign ministers' meeting for Feb 16-17 following its postponement earlier this month, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

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