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Households at Samaki Rong Roeurng community in Chamkar Mon district face eviction due to the canal expansion project to relieve flooding in Phnom Penh. Photo taken on May 26, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Eviction Deadline Passes but Samaki Rong Roeurng Community Still Seek Better Compensation

24 Jun 2025 8:35 AM|
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The Chamkar Mon district authority has extended the deadline for 12 households in the Samaki Rong Roeurng community to look for rental homes or new locations before eviction takes place. However, the residents insist that they will not leave as the compensation of $1,000 to $4,000 is not adequate.

Health Officials give a COVID-19 test to a worker at the Din Han factory after more workers tested positive, April 8, 2021. Panha Chhorpoan

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More than 1,600 workers from 206 factories have been infected with COVID-19

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Garment workers make up a large share of Cambodia’s COVID-19 cases, with some 1,673 workers from 206 factories having tested positive since the latest outbreak began in February, according to…

Garment factories like this supplier in Kandal provided a central pillar for Cambodia's economic growth before the pandemic, December 2018. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Despite positive report, too soon to tell with Cambodia’s economic recovery

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A newly released report from the Asia Development Bank (ADB) forecasting growth for the Cambodian economy is providing only cold comfort as its authors acknowledge their study had been conducted…

A woman stares out of the door of her rental room in the red zone at Stung Meanchey III commune in Phnom Penh, April 23, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Lockdown extended for one more week as some go hungry despite food aid

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The government announced Monday it would be extending the lockdowns of Phnom Penh and neighboring Takhmao city in Kandal province for one more week. But in spite of what officials…

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Illegal logging continues in protected areas despite COVID-19 restrictions

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Despite the ongoing government efforts to fight amid COVID-19, some workers are still moving freely in restricted areas. Those would be illegal loggers, whom environmental activists say have remained active…

A woman with disabilities rests on her scrap cart near the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh, August 16, 2016. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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UN envoys call on government to revise draft disabilities protection law

27 Apr 2021 9:48 PM|

Two UN human rights experts have expressed concern over Cambodia’s draft disability law saying it fails to meet international norms.

Environmental activist Chut Wutty visits Botum Sakor national park in Koh Kong province, February 21, 2012. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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‘Cambodian children won’t forget’: Nine years on, new calls for justice in Chut Wutty murder

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The government must end impunity and find genuine justice for Chut Wutty, who was shot dead while investigating illegal logging in 2012, civil society said Monday, as Facebook profile images…

Authorities block National Road 3 from Phnom Penh to Kandal province during lockdown, April 25, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Government lifts travelling ban between provinces even as COVID-19 outbreak continues

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The government on Sunday announced it was lifting a ban on travelling between provinces in order to prop up the economy, but restrictions remain on who can travel and three…

Asean leaders met Saturday in Jakarta for a special summit to address post-coup violence in Myanmar. Photo originally posted to Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook page

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At Saturday summit, ASEAN leaders reach five-point consensus urging an end to violence in Myanmar

25 Apr 2021 3:34 PM|

National leaders and representatives to ASEAN reached a five-point consensus Saturday addressing Myanmar’s post-coup landscape, urging an “immediate cessation of violence” in the country.

Eviction Deadline Passes but Samaki Rong Roeurng Community Still Seek Better Compensation

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