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Cambodian authorities assist the Interim Observer Team (IOT) to inspect a village in O’Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey where the Thai military built a barbed wire fence to block a road and encircle a few villagers’ houses, August 14, 2025. (AKP)

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Interim Observer Team Inspects Village Fenced Up by Thai Military Using Barbed Wire in Banteay Meanchey Updated

14 Aug 2025 5:30 PM|
Khuon Narim|

ASEAN defence attachés on Thursday visited the Cambodia–Thailand border in Banteay Meanchey province, where Thai armed forces illegally erected a fence using barbed wire and tires to block a road and encircle people’s houses in Prey Chan village, according to Cambodia’s National Defense Ministry.

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|

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…

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

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Preah Vihear journalist assaulted by military commander

22 Aug 2022 10:46 PM|

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.

The representatives of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom meet with the Deputy Governor of Siem Reap Province in 2018. Photo: KKKHRDA

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Khmer Krom in Cambodia still face challenges getting ID cards

22 Aug 2022 4:34 PM|

Born in Southwestern Vietnam, Son Sansy, 73, an ethnic Khmer born to parents of Cambodian nationality migrated to Cambodia in 1984 and has been living in Siem Reap since 1991.

The casino building in Kandal province that Vietnamese workers ran out of and jumped into the river. Photo taken on August 19, 2022. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Mystery surrounds video of Vietnamese workers fleeing casino

19 Aug 2022 10:55 PM|

Police have detained the manager of a casino in Kandal province for questioning after video footage showed dozens of Vietnamese workers fleeing the building, raising concerns about human trafficking or…

Cambodian military police arrest protesters during a garment worker protest at Stung Meanchey in Phnom Penh in 2013. Picture taken January 3, 2013. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Prosecutor introduces new evidence at Kem Sokha treason trial

18 Aug 2022 8:55 AM|

Prosecutors in former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial on Wednesday submitted new evidence, which the defense urged the judge to reject saying it was simply delaying the case and…

Workers laid off from Canteran Apparel (Cambodia) Co. Ltd sit guard outside the factory, which closed without paying them compensation. Photo taken on May 9, 2022. CamboJA/ Va Sopheanut

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Hun Sen orders ministry to help laid-off garment workers

17 Aug 2022 7:13 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the Ministry of Labor to expedite compensation for garment factory workers affected by closures and lay-offs.

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|

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…

Journalists and environmental activists stand in front of Bati district police station after questioning by police, August 16, 2022. CamboJA/ Bun Rithy

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Journalists and environmental activists detained, beaten

16 Aug 2022 7:52 PM|

Five journalists from local independent media outlet VOD and four environmental activists from Khmer Thavarak were detained for about seven hours on Tuesday, after reporting on a land clearance controversy…

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Interim Observer Team Inspects Village Fenced Up by Thai Military Using Barbed Wire in Banteay Meanchey Updated

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