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Garment workers travel to their factory in a crowded van ahead in Choam Chao1 commune, Pur Sen Chey district in Phnom Penh, June 10. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Covid-19 continues to spread in garment factories, where workers cannot avoid a crowd

15 Jun 2021 11:00 AM|

When garment factories in Phnom Penh resumed operations last month after the lockdown, officials and factory owners insisted workers would be safe. Factories were to divide workers into two shifts to allow for adequate social distancing; and testing, tracing, and vaccinations would help contain the spread of COVID-19.

Company workers use excavators and bulldozers to prepare land for a new airport in Kandal province, June 15, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Negotiations fail in land dispute linked to new Phnom Penh airport

15 Jun 2021 9:50 PM|

Vendors sell vegetables and other wares at Central Market after Phnom Penh City Hall allowed all public markets to reopen, June 15, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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State-run markets fully reopen despite high COVID-19 numbers

15 Jun 2021 7:47 PM|

Negotiations fail in land dispute linked to new Phnom Penh airport

15 Jun 2021 9:50 PM|

The latest impasse came when more than 30 affected people met Tuesday with Kandal provincial Governor Kong Sophorn seeking a solution after one month of protest. Long Sopheak is one of those local villagers and a resident of Kampong Talong village in Kandal Stung district, which is part of where developers have planned to build the 2,600-hectare airport project about 25 kilometers from the capital.

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State-run markets fully reopen despite high COVID-19 numbers

15 Jun 2021 7:47 PM|

“We allowed all the stalls to reopen, but vendors came to sell at only five or ten percent of our 5,689 stalls because today is the first day,” he said. “Tomorrow or the next day, they will come to sell more and more.”

OPINION

“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)

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Covid-19 continues to spread in garment factories, where workers cannot avoid a crowd

15 Jun 2021 11:00 AM|

A police officer monitors ethnic Vietnamese people while they move their floating house in Chroy Changvar district, June 14, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Evicted ethnic Vietnamese communities continue to search for a new home

15 Jun 2021 9:14 AM|

Phnom Penh's Russei Keo district authorities start removing floating houses on the Tonle Sap river, June 12, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Phnom Penh authorities begin tearing down floating communities

12 Jun 2021 5:31 PM|

Police is escorted Richard Kiri Kim, former Commander of Cambodian Freedom Fighters for his hearing at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Picture taken on August 14, 2001. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Former Cambodian Freedom Fighters commander dies of COVID-19 while serving life sentence

12 Jun 2021 8:23 AM|

A naval officer walks near patrol boats at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Picture taken during a media trip organized by the government on July 26, 2019. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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U.S military attache visit Ream Naval Base but says Cambodian military did not allow full access

11 Jun 2021 8:03 PM|

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Eight local journalists charged with extortion in timber warehouse case

7 Jun 2021 9:00 PM|

In a case that has attracted mixed attention from press freedom groups, the Preah Vihear provincial court on Sunday sent eight small-time journalists from just as many publications into pretrial detention for allegedly taking photos in a private area without permission and extorting a timber warehouse.

A recovered photo taken by VOD reporter Khut Sokun during a land protest on May 11. Sokun says authorities confronted him on the scene and demanded he delete his images of the protest.

Two journalists report harassment by authorities during coverage of separate land disputes

13 May 2021 7:00 AM|

Police block a road leading into a red zone in Stung Meanchey I commune, April 29, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Information Ministry warns journalists against ‘ambulance chasing’ after video of long waits for COVID-19 patients goes viral

4 May 2021 9:50 PM|

A woman reads the print edition of the Phnom Penh Post newspaper, which stopped the presses during Phnom Penh lockdown, April 20, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Newspapers suspend printing due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

20 Apr 2021 10:02 PM|

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The first ore extracted from Mondulkiri's Okavu Gold Deposit, to be processed by the Australian Renaissance Minerals company.

After oil bust, Cambodia announces first commercial gold mining project

11 Jun 2021 8:39 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a public letter Thursday that Renaissance Minerals will be the first Australian mining firm to start extracting ore from the Okvau Gold Deposit in Mondulkiri province. The company will begin mining this month after more than 14 years of exploration.