Cambodian PM says over 10 mln people benefit from clean-up of landmine, ERW contaminated land

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Thursday that some 10.03 million people, or 62.6 percent of the kingdom’s population, have benefited from the clean-up of landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) contaminated land in the last 30 years.

Hun Sen revealed the figure in a message to mark the upcoming National Mine Awareness Day on Feb. 24, saying that the Southeast Asian country had cleared 2,554 square kilometers of landmine and ERW-contaminated land from 1992 to 2022.