China-aided mine clearance project saves lives, provides better livelihoods in Cambodia

STORY: China-aided mine clearance project saves lives, provides better livelihoods in Cambodia SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 16, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): RATH POTTANA, Director of the CMAC's planning and operation unit 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): SANG YON, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): RY SAREOUT, Farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): MA SHENGKUN, Deputy director general of the Department of Arms Control at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 5. various of a minefield in Siem Reap province 6. various of CMAC deminers searching for mines at a minefield in Siem Reap province 7. various of CMAC deminers detonating landmines at a minefield in Siem Reap province 8. various of Chinese delegation visiting a minefield in Siem Reap province STORYLINE: A China-aided mine clearance project in Cambodia has helped save many lives, reduce casualties, and alleviate poverty in the Southeast Asian country's rural areas. Carried out by the Cambodia

Cambodia recovers war-left U.S. massive aerial bomb from riverbed in capital

STORY: Cambodia recovers war-left U.S. massive aerial bomb from riverbed in capital DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of U.S.-made AN-M66 aerial bomb recovered from Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh 2. Various of explosive remnants of war at a museum in Siem Reap province STORYLINE: A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)'s bomb expert team on Thursday safely removed a war-left unexploded AN-M66 aerial bomb from the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a mine clearance chief said. CMAC's director-general Heng Ratana said the U.S.-made bomb, weighing 2,000 pounds and containing roughly 1,000 pounds of explosives, was found when workers were cleaning up the riverbed near the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel opposite to the Royal Palace. "CMAC bomb experts have closely worked with the Phnom Penh municipal authorities to transport this bomb to a safe area for CMAC's experts to take further action," he said. "If it was a case of e

CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WAR-LEFT AERIAL BOMB

CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WAR-LEFT AERIAL BOMB

(220506) -- PHNOM PENH, May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 5, 2022 shows a war-left aerial bomb recovered from the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. An expert team of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) on Thursday safely removed the AN-M66 aerial bomb from the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh. (CMAC/Handout via Xinhua)