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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 28, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 01:14 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Precaution against coronavirus

Heng Sinith, AP Photo
Posted at Jan 28 03:21 PM

Students line up to sanitize their hands to avoid the contact of coronavirus before their morning class at a high school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday Read more »

Cambodia reports 1st case of new coronavirus infection

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 27 10:14 PM

Cambodia on Monday reported its first confirmed case of the deadly new coronavirus that has been rapidly spreading from the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Read more »

Death toll rises to 24 in Cambodia building collapse, some still trapped

Prak Chan Thul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 10:25 AM

At least 24 people were killed and 23 injured after a building in Cambodia collapsed, trapping workers under rubble, officials said on Sunday. Read more »

4 killed in Cambodia building collapse

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 04 03:44 AM

Deadly accidents plague the kingdom's poorly regulated building sector even as the country has enjoyed a construction boom. Read more »

Nintendo supplier to shift game console production from China to Cambodia

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 18 04:17 PM

MinebeaMitsumi Inc. will shift part of its video game console production operation to Cambodia from China, with the outcome of the US-China trade row remaining uncertain. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: The opening of the 30th SEA Games

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 05:39 AM

The 30th Southeast Asian Games opened with the pomp and pageantry highlighting the Filipino culture for the spectators who flocked to the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. Read more »

This story has legs: Cambodia 'bug cafe' serves up insect tapas

Joe Freeman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 11:55 AM

SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Ant spring rolls, silkworm taro croquettes and a "bug mac" -- Cambodia's first insect tapas restaurant is mixing cocktail culture with creepy crawler fare.   Read more »

Problems plague PH SEA Games hosting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 09:58 AM

Problems continue to plague the country's hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian games with football teams taking issue with the quality and quantity of their food. The first football game did push through Monday afternoon even though the venue was far from ready. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 25, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 11:01 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Gooaaal!

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 04:41 PM

Dennis Chung of the Philippines is swamped by teammates after scoring a goal during the 93d minute of their Group A men's football match against Cambodia at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila during the 30th SEA Games on Monday. Read more »

Azkals open SEA Games football with draw vs Cambodia

Santino Honasan, ABS-CBN Sports
Updated as of Nov 26 09:41 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—An injury time goal from substitute Dennis Chung saw the Philippine under-22 men’s national football team escape with a 1-1 draw against Cambodia at the start of their Southeast Asian Games campaign at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium on Monday night. Read more »

SEA Games: Football coaches downplay arrival woes ahead of competition

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 05:20 PM

With just one day left before the football competition of the 30th Southeast Asian Games is set to start, coaches sought to downplay the travel and accommodation issues that hounded their teams upon their arrival in Manila. Read more »

SEA Games: PHISGOC apologizes as travel, hotel woes hound football teams

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 01:36 PM

Organizers of the 30th Southeast Asian Games issued apologies on Sunday morning after several complaints were made by football teams from Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Cambodia and Thailand ahead of the competition. Read more »

Locsin says OFWs detained in Cambodia over job misunderstanding coming home

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 01:32 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday took to Twitter to announce that some Filipinos who were detained in Siem Reap in Cambodia are on their way home. Read more »

OFW sa Cambodia nakuhanan ng higit P40-M halaga ng shabu sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:45 PM

Ayon sa suspek na si Marie Ruzol, 8 taon na siyang nagtatrabaho bilang account manager sa isang advertising agency sa Cambodia. Read more »

With a smile, Southeast Asian nations protect an authoritarian

Hannah Beech, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 08 08:52 AM

This week, though, regional governments have banded together to use ASEAN’s principles to justify a startling act: blocking Cambodian opposition politicians who are trying to return home to confront Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, Asia’s longest-serving authoritarian leader. Read more »

Cambodia ships plastic waste back to US, Canada

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 17 07:39 AM

PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian government said Monday that 1,592 tons of illegally imported plastic waste found in July have been shipped back to the United States and Canada.   Read more »

Cambodia feared lagging behind predators in cybersex trafficking crackdown

Matt Blomberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 11 11:55 AM

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - US and Australian crime fighters are preparing Cambodia for a spike in online child sex abuse cases but local officials fear that predators are a step ahead of police due to narrow laws. Read more »

'Ban all online gambling,' China urges Philippines

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 10:37 AM

Both Cambodia and the Philippines have halted the issuance of licenses for offshore gaming, which is considered as "the most dangerous tumor in modern society," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said in his regular press conferences. Read more »