The Khmer Boxing Federation (KBF) and the South Korean Boxing Federation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly promote the traditional martial arts identities of both nations — ...

The Cambodia Interclub Foundation and Chuon Somnang Kun Khmer hosted “Cambodia Interclub 8” at Factory Phnom Penh on June 8, featuring 11 bouts and drawing a wide range of spectators. While Cambodia's ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for an end to the "pointless" bickering over whether traditional boxing should be called Muay Thai or Kun Khmer, the term used by Cambodians hosting the ...

As Southeast Asia’s finest athletes descend on Phnom Penh for the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), Thai and Cambodian keyboard warriors are duking it out online over who owns the origin story to the ...

Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed Tuesday, in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun ...

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Kun Khmer International Federation (KKIF) and the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) are working together to secure the support of 75 ...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia, as host, has teamed up with sporting delegations from the US, China and Malaysia to stage the “Krud Kun Khmer: Land of Peace” international friendly Kun Khmer event, in Siem Reap ...

A row over the name of the kickboxing competition at this year's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia has erupted after Thailand announced they were boycotting the sport there because local ...

Thailand has threatened a boycott of the upcoming 2023 Southeast Asian Games after Cambodia announced that the games will use the name "Kun Khmer" instead of "Muay Thai." Vath Chamroeun, ...

Carved into the walls of Cambodia’s famous Anghor Temples are bloody tales of the nation’s martial history. These imposing remnants of the ancient Khmer Empire tell of the principles upon which the ...

Thailand and Cambodia are at loggerheads over whether the inspiration for modern kickboxing should be called Muay Thai or Kun Khmer. As the name suggests, Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand.