Khem Veasna
Khem Veasna with LDP supporters at his Phnom Kulen plantation in Siem Reap, in a photograph posted to Veasna's Facebook page on September 7, 2022.

Workers Who Left Korea to Escape End of World Begin to Return

Cambodian workers who left their jobs in South Korea in fear of politician Khem Veasna’s prophecy that the world would end in flooding have started to return, hoping to get their old jobs back, a Cambodian association there says.

A photo of Khem Veasna posted to his Facebook page on August 30, 2022, where he talks about stopping an impending flood.

Phnom Penh Student Skips Exam After Hearing Veasna’s Prophecy

A fourth-year university student studying to be a teacher dropped out of her course when she heard politician Khem Veasna’s predictions of the end of the world, her school says, illustrating the drastic measures some people have taken.

A photo of Khem Veasna posted to his Facebook page on August 30, 2022, where he talks about stopping an impending flood.

Military Locks Down Politician’s Doomsday Farmstead

Soldiers have blocked the road into politician Khem Veasna’s Siem Reap farmstead, where thousands of worshippers gathered to avoid an apocalyptic flood that Veasna claimed he had now prevented with his chakra.

People are camping in makeshift structures in Siem Reap, awaiting an apocalyptic flood that would engulf the Earth except Siem Reap. (Siem Reap Provincial Administration)

Midnight Deadline for Devotees to Leave From End of the World

Thousands of worshippers of politician Khem Veasna who are gathered at his farmstead for a prophesied apocalypse have until midnight to disperse, authorities said, but the political party argued it had asked for permission to continue for a month.