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Cambodia Tension Score

building record · 49 days on file

Live 0–100 tension reading for Cambodia, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.

9
Calm
7d -3 · 30d 0

Where Cambodia stands

#156 of 197 countries today, #29 of 44 in Asia-Pacific (region score 45). Tension is easing this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Cambodia news pulse

24 headlines in 30 days · newest first
Stranded U.S. cruise ship departs Cambodia with no passengers
CBS World · 5 November 2026 energygeopolitics
23 · Low
Situation Update: Middle-East crisis spillover impact on local fuel and food prices, threatening household affordability to nutritious diets in Cambodia (Octobe
GN Food · 4 November 2026 energy
32 · Low
Stranded cruise ship Odyssey leaves Cambodia with no passengers
ABC Intl · 4 November 2026 geopolitics
20 · Low
They signed up for a lifetime at sea on an endless cruise. High gas prices intervened
NPR World · 2 November 2026 energytrade
26 · Low
Creditor has "taken control" of forever cruise
CBS World · 2 November 2026 geopolitics
23 · Low
Documents show funding scramble before around-the-world "forever cruise" was stranded
CBS World · 31 October 2026 energytradegeopolitics
23 · Low
Money woes of canceled "forever cruise" revealed in internal documents
CBS World · 31 October 2026 energygeopolitics
23 · Low
Scam centres relocated from Cambodia operate in Madagascar
Straits Times · 31 October 2026 energyfinance
23 · Low
Surging fuel prices abruptly halts "endless" luxury cruise in Cambodia
CBS World · 30 October 2026 energytradegeopolitics
23 · Low
Internal documents show failed scramble to save "forever cruise"
CBS World · 30 October 2026 geopolitics
23 · Low
CEO says plan is to file for bankruptcy after ending luxury never-ending cruise
CBS World · 30 October 2026 energyfinance
20 · Low
Cambodian police and soldiers helped guard abusive scam compounds, Amnesty alleges
Guardian · 29 October 2026 tradegeopolitics
41 · Moderate
Watch: Fuel crisis strands 200 passengers aboard luxury cruise ship Odyssey
Euronews · 29 October 2026 energygeopolitics
29 · Low
A U.S. cruise ship suspends a global voyage due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers
NPR World · 29 October 2026 energygeopolitics
23 · Low
US cruise ship halts world voyage over fuel costs, 200 passengers stranded in Cambodia
France24 · 29 October 2026 energygeopolitics
23 · Low
Cruise ship passengers stranded after operator says it ran out of money due to fuel costs
CBS World · 29 October 2026 energytrade
20 · Low
Fuel costs force US cruise ship to suspend multiyear voyage in Cambodia
Al Jazeera · 29 October 2026 energygeopolitics
15 · Minimal
Passengers stranded in Cambodia after cruise halted due to high fuel costs
Guardian Biz · 29 October 2026 energygeopolitics
15 · Minimal
Cruise strands passengers in Cambodia after fuel surge
Straits Times · 28 October 2026 conflictenergygeopolitics
40 · Moderate
Hundreds stranded as 'cruise for life' operator goes bust over fuel costs
ABC AU World · 28 October 2026 energyfinancegeopolitics
29 · Low
Cruise ship left stranded in Cambodia after 'soaring fuel costs'
Sky World · 28 October 2026 energygeopolitics
23 · Low
U.S. cruise ship suspends around-the-world voyage due to fuel costs
CBS World · 28 October 2026 energygeopolitics
23 · Low
Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs
BBC World · 28 October 2026 energy
14 · Minimal
Exposing an alleged crime kingpin’s Cambodian empire
Al Jazeera · 10 October 2026 geopolitics
24 · Low

Every story the engine read that names Cambodia, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.

What is driving Cambodia’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 33 headlines in 30 days — 0.17% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (3).
  • 3% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 6% scored as high-tension stories.
  • Conflicts on the roster: none. Cambodia is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
  • Region: Asia-Pacific reads 45 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Cambodia) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.

Cambodia tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
November 20269.2Calm1005
October 20268.9Calm24131
September 20268.7Calm2013

Record for Cambodia began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Cambodia score is built

Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Asia-Pacific region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.

Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.

No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.

Questions people ask about Cambodia

Is Cambodia in a war right now?

Not on our roster. Cambodia is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.

Is tension in Cambodia rising or falling?

Easing: down 3 points in 7 days.

How does Cambodia compare with the rest of Asia-Pacific?

Below its region: Cambodia reads 9 against 45 for Asia-Pacific, ranking #29 of 44 there.

Keep exploring

Cambodia and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Scam hub, Chinese base. Cambodia hosts a Chinese-built naval base, online-scam compounds and a temple dispute with Thailand.

What our engine watches in Cambodia

  • Thailand border clashes
  • Scam-compound crackdowns
  • Chinese naval presence