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Boustra Waterfall at Mondulkiri province, May 23, 2023. (CamboJA/Khuon Narim)

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New M’kiri Airport To Boost Tourism, Economy But Deforestation Concerns Linger

19 Jan 2024 7:56 PM|
Khuon Narim|

The government has permitted private firm Focus Trans Global Venture Co Ltd (FTGV) to study the construction of a new airport in Mondulkiri province, northeast of Cambodia, as well as invest in a build, operate and transfer (BOT) model, the Office of the Council Minister said on January 9.

A woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Phnom Penh, April 1, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Slowing vaccinations amid lockdown may hamper Cambodia’s outsized inoculation success story

22 Apr 2021 9:24 PM|

Even as Cambodia struggles to contain a worsening outbreak of COVID-19, it has far surpassed its neighbors in vaccinations, with nearly 1.3 million people having received at least one dose, according to figures released Wednesday by the Health Ministry and Ministry of Defense. But with first dose vaccinations suspended during the lockdown of Phnom Penh and neighboring Takhmao City, Kandal, that progress is likely to slow.

Garment workers stand in front of their rented apartments in the Stung Meanchey III commune of Meanchey district, one of the strictly patrolled COVID-19 red zones in Phnom Penh, April 22, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Mass closure of garment factories leaves workers unpaid, struggling to survive in lockdown

22 Apr 2021 8:33 PM|

Many of the thousands of garment workers now under Cambodia’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are finding themselves unpaid, suspended indefinitely from the capital area’s hundreds of factories and, as of yet, with little help from outside.

Chinese nationals line up to receive the first dose of vaccine at Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh, April 10, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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About 10,000 Chinese nationals living in Cambodia have received at least one dose of Sinopharm

22 Apr 2021 9:06 AM|

Some 10,000 Chinese nationals have received at least the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine in Cambodia, the Chinese Embassy announced Wednesday, and government data shows nearly 1.3 million Cambodians have received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Police patrols have been keeping residents in their homes in the Stung Meanchey I commune, one of seven areas designed as "red zone" lockdown site. Videos shared on social media have shown police beating people with bamboo sticks to force them into their homes, April 21, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Phnom Penh police deny beating lockdown pedestrians but confirm stricter enforcement

21 Apr 2021 5:58 PM|

In a measure that human rights monitors have blasted as extreme, Phnom Penh police have begun flogging people deemed to be violating the sweeping metropolitan lockdown order.

Militarily trucks transport food to a Stung Meanchey red zone, April 20, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Gov’t food distribution begins but with food stores closed, ‘red zone’ residents worry about feeding their families

21 Apr 2021 8:59 AM|

Two weeks ago, garment workers at Din Han Enterprise factory went into quarantine after hundreds of workers tested positive for COVID-19. Long Sarem, 42, sealed herself and her son into her small rental room in Meanchey district’s Stung Meanchey 3 commune, surviving on inexpensive food from a nearby vendor.

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

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Newspapers suspend printing due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

20 Apr 2021 10:02 PM|

As the sweeping COVID-19 lockdown in Phnom Penh restricts most work-related travel, Cambodia’s remaining traditional media outlets have suspended their print editions.

Motorists drive past the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, March 31, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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In locked down areas, trials mostly suspended apart from pandemic-related cases

20 Apr 2021 9:41 PM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court and Kandal Provincial Court have temporarily suspended nearly all hearings during the lockdown, except for those related to violations of the lockdown order and the controversial new COVID-19 law. But rights monitors warned that the backlog in cases could lead to excessive pre-trial detention for many defendants.

Kem Sokha’s Cabinet Chief Muth Chantha (R), and Kem Sokha wait to meet visitors, in Phnom Penh, November 11, 2019. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Seven former CNRP members allowed to join politics again

20 Apr 2021 8:40 AM|

Seven more former members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party have been permitted to reenter politics, according to a royal decree issued Sunday, in a move that one senior opposition official said was aimed at legitimizing future elections.

New M’kiri Airport To Boost Tourism, Economy But Deforestation Concerns Linger

Slowing vaccinations amid lockdown may hamper Cambodia’s outsized inoculation success story

Mass closure of garment factories leaves workers unpaid, struggling to survive in lockdown

About 10,000 Chinese nationals living in Cambodia have received at least one dose of Sinopharm

Phnom Penh police deny beating lockdown pedestrians but confirm stricter enforcement

Gov’t food distribution begins but with food stores closed, ‘red zone’ residents worry about feeding their families

Newspapers suspend printing due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

In locked down areas, trials mostly suspended apart from pandemic-related cases

Seven former CNRP members allowed to join politics again

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