Seoung Nimol

European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron visit Chumpou Voan General and Technical High School in Phnom Penh on March 12, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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European Union and Cambodia Launch $53 Million Technical Education Initiative

13 Mar 2024 6:12 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

On Tuesday the European Union and the Cambodian government launched four new programs designed to promote sustainability and energy efficiency in the country, including a $53.1 million initiative to improve technical education. This education initiative, part of the EU’s larger Global Gateway strategy, focuses on providing young Cambodians with the necessary technical skills for careers in green and digital fields.

A vendor prepares flowers for sale for a funeral ceremony in Phnom Penh on March 7, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Report Points to Inadequate Enforcement, Legal Flaws as Reasons for Entrenched Domestic Violence

10 Mar 2023 11:52 AM|
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A new LICADHO report detailing the murders of 26 women and five children between January 2020 and June 2022 by current or former intimate partners reveals the persistence of domestic violence and flaws in law enforcement.

Koh Kong provincial department of environment officials presented the location of the map of Sub-Decree 30 to the activist group Khmer Thavarak and representatives of the Chorng indigenous community in Areng Valley in early February 2023. (Khmer Thavarak)

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Indigenous Community Banned From Farming Over Unclear Zoning in Areng Valley

17 Feb 2023 3:32 PM|
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Preav Hun cultivated bananas and mangos in the Areng valley of the Cardamom mountains for more than 25 years, but for the past six months Ministry of Environment officials have banned him and his indigenous Chorng neighbors from farming as the government rezones the protected area.

A woman uses a baby powder in Phnom Penh, August 24, 2022. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Asbestos was discovered in baby powder, raising health concerns among parents and consumers

25 Aug 2022 1:45 PM|
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A government investigation announced a recall on 12 brands of talcum powder sold in Cambodia after finding them to contain traces of asbestos — a mineral carcinogen that can be extremely harmful to human health.

Mey Ponlok uses a typewriter for the blind. Photo taken on August 16, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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Cambodian universities are failing students with disabilities

23 Aug 2022 10:36 AM|
Seoung Nimol|

Students with disabilities still struggle at Cambodia’s private universities, which are failing to meet their needs, and the country does not have any specialized colleges for the disabled despite the government’s National Strategic Plan on Disability – which aims to make access to education easier for people living with disabilities.

A meeting to resolve the issue between Lieutenant Colonel Yoeung Sae and Sou Senghak, which was attended by other officers and Samarakot journalists, was held on August 22, 2022. Photo supplied

Journalists ·

Preah Vihear journalist assaulted by military commander

22 Aug 2022 10:46 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

A journalist in Preah Vihear province says he was beaten up by an army commander after he accidentally witnessed what he suspected to be the illegal transportation of timber.

Tho Oeun and his family live in a dilapidated house after their economic situation deteriorated following the loss of their land. Photo taken on May 17, 2022. Supplied by CFCC

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Twenty-one Kratie families lost farmland to social concession

17 Aug 2022 2:59 PM|
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Twenty-one families involved in a years-long land dispute in Kratie province’s Chhlong district, say they are struggling to make ends meet after losing their farmland and have received no compensation from the government.

A view of houses in Prek Thei village that collapsed into the creek in Kandal Province’s Takhmao city, August 4, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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Villagers in Kandal seek assistance following riverbank collapse

11 Aug 2022 4:48 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

A collapsed riverbank has severely affected 12 families in Kandal province’s Takhmao city, and dozens more living nearby are worried about further collapse.

Families from Kilometer 6, Tuol Sangke 1 commune, Russei Keo district, meet with officials about their resettlement plots, July 29, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Land plots awarded to hundreds of families living along derelict train line

30 Jul 2022 2:25 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Russei Keo district officials announced the relocation of 320 families living along an abandoned railway, prompting dozens of residents further down the tracks to gather at City Hall and demand a similar settlement.