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COVID-19 has accelerated the deployment of new technologies, including mobile apps for registering for vaccination appointments and contact tracing. In Cambodia, technology is helping to educate people about history, eradicate landmines and promote financial inclusion. To ensure tech is being used for good, challenges – such as digital literacy – must be addressed. The Fourth …

Police and volunteers in Cambodia are searching for a missing British woman last seen by friends in the early hours of Thursday at a beach party on the island of Koh Rong. Amelia Bambridge, 21, from Worthing in Sussex, went to a party on Wednesday at Police Beach, which is popular with backpackers and located …

At least three people died when an under-construction building collapsed at a Cambodian beach resort early on Saturday, officials said, amid fears dozens more were left trapped in the rubble. The seven-storey building in the beach town of Sihanoukville, collapsed with workers inside. The building is owned by a Chinese company. “We have pulled out …