Minister of Education, Youth, and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has acknowledged that Cambodia would lose face if it boycotted the 33rd SEA Games in 2025. Still, Thailand, as the host country, would also suffer significant embarrassment if it did anything that negatively affected Cambodian athletes or delegates during the event, which will take place from December 9 to 20.

The administration of United States President Donald Trump said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States. It argues they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and cites the military junta's planned elections and ceasefire talks with ethnic groups as evidence of an improving situation. International actors, including the United Nations, have said elections the junta is planning for December and January cannot be free and fair while some opposition parties remain banned and former leader Aung San Suu Kyi languishes in jail.

United States President Donald Trump has said a US plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war is not his "final offer" for Kyiv, after Ukraine's allies voiced concerns over proposals. Earlier on Saturday, leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan said the plan had elements "essential for a just and lasting peace", but would "require additional work", citing concerns over border changes and caps on Ukraine's army, which was echoed by…

Relentless rains and floods have killed at least 41 people in central Vietnam since the weekend, while a search continues for nine still missing, according to reports on Vietnamese state media. This came as Vietnam is already reeling from the damage caused by two typhoons, Kalmaegi and Bualoi, in November. The deluge has submerged more than 52,000 homes and left half a million households and businesses without power, according to reports.

The Takeo Provincial Court on Tuesday sentenced the former owners of a private clinic to jail and fined them for causing the death of a patient and hiding the body in the forest in 2024. The two accused were named as Sun Marina, 39 and her husband, Heang Songhak, 37. Marina and Songhak owned a private maternity clinic in the Bati district and were found guilty of giving a woman an injection to which she had an adverse, fatal reaction.

The United Nations Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution, which endorses United States President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza. The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution for the rebuilding of Gaza. - Picture from Wikipedia Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which the US says multiple unnamed countries have offered to contribute to and also calls for the creation of a newly trained Palestinian police in Gaza.

Ahead of the ASEAN Championship's 30th anniversary, the organisers have announced that the ASEAN Championship will be held in the summer, from July 24 to Aug. 26, 2026. Since 2000, the tournament has usually been held at the end or the start of a calendar year to accommodate most nations' respective domestic leagues. However, most of them have transitioned to an August-May schedule in line with most of the world.

Phnom Penh has called for a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate an “unprovoked shooting” by Thai armed forces that killed a Cambodian villager and severely injured three others. The announcement followed the launch of an ASEAN-observed investigation into the military assault and the evacuation of residents from the border village of Prey Chan to protect them from further attacks.

Beyond the Green Gate is a story by Mrs Roberts, a Cambodian missionary. - Picture from Amazon Beyond the Green Gate is the memoirs of Mrs Sheryl Roberts, the wife of Mr John Roberts, our Grade Nine mathematics teacher and Joe's mum. Mr Roberts was also a long-time basketball coach during the "Logos International Weekly" era, and Mrs Roberts coached the swim team.

United States President Donald Trump has signed a spending bill to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in US history. The United States Congress have approved a bill to reopen the go…

The government of Cambodia is gravely concerned about media reports indicating that Thailand has suspended the implementation of the Joint Declaration between the Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Thailand. The reports came after three Thai soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion in the Cambodia-Thailand border area of Phnom Trop on the morning of November 10, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

United States officials have cut the number of flights at 40 of the country's busiest airports, potentially resulting in thousands of cancellations as they try to ease pressure on air traffic controllers. As many as 40 airports in the US have seen their flights cut due to an ongoing government shutdown. Photo by Mik Hapte on Pexels.com Control towers at airports have been grappling with absences among air traffic controllers who are calling out sick or taking side jobs while working without pay during the federal government shutdown.

A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in Southeast Asia. In all, 21 Bai family members and associates were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and other crimes by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, said a state media report published on the court website. In September, a 

Qarabag 2-2 Chelsea (Goalscorers: Leandro Andrade 29th minute &Marko Jankovic 39th minute (Qarabag) Estevao Willian 16th minute & Alejandro Garnacho 52nd minute (Chelsea) While there are complaints of English domination in the UEFA Champions League, Chelsea themselves barely escaped a historic defeat after coming back to draw Azerbaijani side Qarabag two-all. They had to depend on Alejandro Garnacho to equalise after goals from Leandro Andrade and Marko Jankovic had put the hosts ahead following Estevao Willian's early opener for the Blues.

The General Secretariat of the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) has suspended the gambling licences of four Preah Sihanouk casinos with close links to the United States and United Kingdom-embargoed Jin Bei Group. On November 2, the National Police shuttered the four premises, shortly after the same measures were taken against a casino in Svay Rieng province. 23 foreign nationals, including two Taiwanese and one Malaysian national, who were described as the “ringleaders”, were apprehended by the Cambodian authorities.