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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 »

Cambodia to ban online gambling, cites threat to social order

Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 03:06 PM

Cambodia said on Sunday it is banning online gambling, which helped propel a wave of Chinese investment in casinos in the country, saying that the industry had been used by foreign criminals to extort money. Read more »

Chinese project in Cambodia raises alarms of military build-up

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 12 10:27 PM

While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military buildup in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia. Read more »

Cambodia orders plastic waste shipped back to US, Canada

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 31 08:30 AM

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's government said Tuesday that 1,592 tons of illegally imported plastic waste found earlier this month must be shipped back to the United States and Canada by Aug. 24. Read more »

Cambodia says to increase arms purchases from China

Reuters
Posted at Jul 29 02:48 PM

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that an additional $40 million would be spent on weapons from China to modernize the Southeast Asian country's military. Read more »

'Nothing to hide': Cambodia gives glimpse of base at center of China rumors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 10:56 PM

CAMBODIA - Cambodia gave an unprecedented media tour of a strategically crucial naval base on Friday as authorities try to knock down a report of a secret deal allowing Chinese warships to dock at the facility. Read more »

Cambodia denies reports of deal with China to use naval base

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 07:45 PM

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Cambodia on Thursday rubbished reports of a deal allowing China to use a naval base as "ill-intended" and aimed at inciting unrest in a country whose public is increasingly uneasy about Beijing's growing influence. Read more »