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Landfill at Koh Norea, across from Koh Pich, which is being expanded into a massive satellite city. Panha Chhorpoan

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Large-scale Mekong River landfilling draws concern eco-system and water way

22 Feb 2021 3:44 PM|

Almost every day for the past year about a dozen boats carrying thousands of cubic meters of sand dump their load at Koh Norea, a small tip of land where the Mekong spills into the Bassac river. According to workers at the site, the sand comes from the upper Mekong, part of a vast dredging process to provide sufficient landfill for Cambodia’s latest supersized development project: a massive satellite city just south east of Phnom Penh, totaling 125 hectares.

The two former Cambodia Daily reporters, charged with incitement, worked at the hard-hitting newspaper before it was forced to close in 2017 after being presented an exorbitant tax bill.CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Gov’t says journalist groups “interfering” in Cambodia Daily incitement case

26 Feb 2021 7:25 PM|

A Phnom Penh resident harvests vegetables on the remnants of wetlands in southern Phnom Penh that is being developed by ING Holdings. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

<img width="450" height="300" src="https://cambojanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-Phnom-Penh-resident-harvests-vegetables-on-the-remnants-of-wetlands-in-southern-Phnom-Penh-that-is-being-developed-by-ING-Holdings.-Pring-Samrang-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="A Phnom Penh resident harvests vegetables on the remnants of wetlands in southern Phnom Penh that is being developed by ING Holdings. CamboJA/Pring Samrang" loading="lazy" />

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UN experts say ING City would cause environmental, livelihood losses

25 Feb 2021 8:36 PM|

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The two former Cambodia Daily reporters, charged with incitement, worked at the hard-hitting newspaper before it was forced to close in 2017 after being presented an exorbitant tax bill.CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Gov’t says journalist groups “interfering” in Cambodia Daily incitement case

26 Feb 2021 7:25 PM|

Government officials said civil society calls for dropping charges against two former Cambodia Daily reporters in a 2017 incitement case was tantamount to interfering with court procedures.

A Phnom Penh resident harvests vegetables on the remnants of wetlands in southern Phnom Penh that is being developed by ING Holdings. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

<img width="450" height="300" src="https://cambojanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-Phnom-Penh-resident-harvests-vegetables-on-the-remnants-of-wetlands-in-southern-Phnom-Penh-that-is-being-developed-by-ING-Holdings.-Pring-Samrang-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="A Phnom Penh resident harvests vegetables on the remnants of wetlands in southern Phnom Penh that is being developed by ING Holdings. CamboJA/Pring Samrang" loading="lazy" />

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UN experts say ING City would cause environmental, livelihood losses

25 Feb 2021 8:36 PM|

Seven United Nations human rights rapporteurs raised serious concerns over the impacts of in-filling of Boeung Tompoun and the Cheung Ek wetlands to make way for a mega-development project, to which the government said environmental risks had been mitigated and touted its economic benefit.

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“Maintaining a healthy river ecosystem and balancing the interests of both human and nature” is the advice that expert Carl Middleton, director of the Center for Social Development Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, gave for the multiparty cooperation initiative Mekong-Lancang (LMC)

A man is vaccinated for Covid-19 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, February 25, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

<img width="450" height="300" src="https://cambojanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-man-is-vaccinated-for-Covid-19-at-a-hospital-in-Phnom-Penh-on-Thursday-February-25-2021.-Pring-Samrang-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="A man is vaccinated for Covid-19 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, February 25, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang" loading="lazy" />

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Workers protested outside the Le Meridien Angkor in Siem Reap in September after the hotel terminated three of their colleagues in July. Panha Chhorpoan

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Seven months on, Le Meridien Angkor unionists receive compensation

24 Feb 2021 6:06 PM|

A local ISP has raised concerns over new costs and network reliability issues with the national internet gateway, which was decreed in a government directive last week. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Local ISP concerned about costs and data security with new internet gateway

23 Feb 2021 7:03 PM|

Medical officials take samples from the mother of a student at Hun Sen Phnom Penh Thmey High School on Monday following the new community outbreak of Covid-19. Panha Chhorpoan

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Two Sokha Hotel security guards arrested as new Covid cluster reaches 76

22 Feb 2021 8:26 PM|

Siem Reap police manhandle a villager on Saturday protesting the demolition of her house in the province’s Siem Reap city. Panha Chhorpoan

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Siem Reap authorities strong-arm villagers to leave temple town land

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The two former Cambodia Daily reporters, charged with incitement, worked at the hard-hitting newspaper before it was forced to close in 2017 after being presented an exorbitant tax bill.CamboJA/Pring Samrang

Gov’t says journalist groups “interfering” in Cambodia Daily incitement case

26 Feb 2021 7:25 PM|

Government officials said civil society calls for dropping charges against two former Cambodia Daily reporters in a 2017 incitement case was tantamount to interfering with court procedures.

A man is vaccinated for Covid-19 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, February 25, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

<img width="450" height="300" src="https://cambojanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-man-is-vaccinated-for-Covid-19-at-a-hospital-in-Phnom-Penh-on-Thursday-February-25-2021.-Pring-Samrang-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="A man is vaccinated for Covid-19 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, February 25, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang" loading="lazy" />

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District security guards prevent journalists from taking photographs and conducting interviews outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the trial of former CNRP members and affiliates on January 13. Panha Chhorpoan

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A Phnom Penh resident harvests vegetables on the remnants of wetlands in southern Phnom Penh that is being developed by ING Holdings. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

UN experts say ING City would cause environmental, livelihood losses

25 Feb 2021 8:36 PM|

Seven United Nations human rights rapporteurs raised serious concerns over the impacts of in-filling of Boeung Tompoun and the Cheung Ek wetlands to make way for a mega-development project, to which the government said environmental risks had been mitigated and touted its economic benefit.

Unesco has raised concern over NagaCorp’s plans to build a resort and theme park near the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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NagaCorp resort development could degrade Angkor, Unesco warns

18 Feb 2021 8:52 PM|

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With refinery delayed, 100% of Cambodia’s crude oil to be exported

14 Jan 2021 7:19 PM|

Tax Department statistics showed a modest 4 percent rise in revenue last year, but experts say the pandemic would affect this year’s tax collection. Panha Chhorpoan

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Tax collections rise in 2020 despite COVID-19 pandemic

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A woman walk pass suitcase shop in Phnom Penh on January 9, 2021. Travel goods exports will be tariffed till the U.S reauthorizes the GSP program. Panha Chhorpoan

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U.S. delays reauthorization of GSP, tariffs now applicable on Cambodian travel goods

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