Unexploded ordnance is found by specialists working in Kandal province last week. - CMAC
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia had seen a remarkable drop in the number of casualties from landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the last 24 years, Prime Minister Hun Sen said.
In a message to mark the National Mine Awareness Day on Wednesday(Feb 24), Hun Sen said the number of casualties had declined to 65 in 2020 from 4,320 in 1996.
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