Cambodia

Cambodia to accept first Australia deal asylum-seekers

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia said Thursday it has agreed to take its first batch of asylum seekers from Australian custody as part of a controversial deal between the countries that triggered widespread international criticism.Four refugees held by Australia on the remote Pacific island of Nauru will soon be transferred to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, Cambodia's interior ministry...

Cambodian workers

Thailand sends 7,507 illegal migrant workers back to Cambodia

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PHNOM PENH -- Thai authorities have sent 7, 507 illegal Cambodian migrant workers back to Cambodia since the start of this month, a Cambodian spokesman said Wednesday."Within nine days from June 1 to 9, Thai authorities have sent 7,507 illegal Cambodian migrant workers back to Cambodia," Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a...