Cambodia: CMAA declares Kratie as 15th province to be mine-free

Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has declared Kratie province clear of landmines becoming the 15th mine-free province in the country. During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 70s, intense fighting took place in Kratie Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC Special Forces inspected the clearance of UXO Kratie Province

Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) director general Heng Ratana, on August 16, leaders inspected the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO), which CMAC Special Forces is operating on the campus of Queen Kosomak High School, Trapeang Pring Village, Kratie commune, Kratie Read More …

Cambodia: Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried at Kratie school

Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country’s nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed. The ordnance was found at the school in the northeastern province of Kratie Read More …

Cambodia: Kratie on track for ‘mine free’ status in June

Kratie is expected to be declared the next mine-free province in June, becoming the 13th provincial-level region to receive the status, according to Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). “Thanks to the Read More …

Cambodia: Anti-tank mine among than 200 units of ERW’s and ammunitions cleared from village in Kratie province

The Mine clearing unit of the National Center for the Management of Peacekeeping Forces and Demining (NPMEC) are hard at work in clearing mines in Thnal village, Svay Chres commune, Snuol district, Kratie province. During the course of the clearing Read More …