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Villagers from Daun Ov community, Choeung-Ek commune, Dangkor district gather in front of the Phnom Penh City Hall to ask for their land titles on May 6, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Eighty Choeung Ek Commune Residents Compel Phnom Penh City Hall Again For Land Titles

6 May 2024 8:37 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

About 80 Daun Ov community residents living in Choeung Ek commune, Dangkor district gathered in front of the Phnom Penh City Hall again to submit a petition requesting land titles, as they are being threatened by a company which has been pouring sand into a lake near their homes since 2020. The villagers, who were at the City Hall on Monday, represented 101 families.

Wild monkeys are seen on electric poles near Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh on November 19, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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U.S Court Acquits Agriculture Ministry’s Kry Masphal Of Monkey-Smuggling Charge

26 Mar 2024 10:38 AM|

The U.S district court in Florida has acquitted Kry Masphal of any wrongdoing for allegedly smuggling long-tail macaques, according to a post by animal activists group Peta.

Fishers catch fish along the Mekong River near the Prek Takeo stream that will be affected by the Funan Techo Canal project, in Kien Svay district, Kandal province on March 1, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Cambodia’s Ambitious Funan Techo Canal Project Sparks Concerns Near and Far

23 Mar 2024 12:10 PM|

Cambodian government statements assure that the Funan Techo Canal will improve the country’s economy and Mekong waterway network. But locals worry about losing their homes and livelihoods.

: Y&W Garment workers block the road on the outskirts of Phnom Penh as a part of their protest to demand a solution from the government, on March 22, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Y&W Workers’ Protest Persist Despite Compensation, R.G Footwear Declares Bankruptcy After Fire

22 Mar 2024 8:02 PM|

Some 1,000 workers of Chinese-owned Y&W Garment in Phnom Penh continue to block the road in protest, demanding that the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training pay “repair of damage” on top of compensation, seeing that the owner ran away.

A group of gendarmes taking Koyun through a farmland during the natural resource crackdown in Pursat, on GRK News Facebook page on 19 March 2024.

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Major Natural Resource Crackdown in Pursat Continues To Seize Land, Nab People, Dismantle Huts

22 Mar 2024 9:27 AM|

A major crackdown comprising 10 teams, including the National Gendarmerie, National Police Force and Pursat Provincial authorities has seen the arrest of 16 people, who are now under scrutiny for further action. One person has been charged for illegally occupying state land, as the one-month crackdown on natural resource-related crimes presses on.

Preah Sihanouk police raid a building where an illegal online scam was operating on March 10, 2024. (Preah Sihanouk police’s Facebook)

Human Rights ·

Cambodian Authorities Dispute Thai Government’s Account of Scam Compound Rescue in O’Smach

21 Mar 2024 5:52 PM|

Cambodian officials contradicted reports from the Thai government that 19 Thai nationals were rescued from a scam operation Saturday in Oddar Meanchey.

Former employees of Giant Ibis Transport stop a bus carrying the passengers during their protest in Phnom Penh on July 1, 2023. (CamboJA./Eung Sea)

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Laid Off Giant Ibis Bus Drivers Ask Why Resolution Is Taking So Long, Fight Continues For Job, Compensation

21 Mar 2024 10:08 AM|

Nearly four years have passed since former employees of Giant Ibis passenger transportation were let go during Covid-19 without severance and seniority payments, as they continue to pressure the bus company to either reinstate or compensate them.

R.G Footwear in Kandal province went up in flames on Tuesday leaving more than 2,000 workers without jobs, March 20, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Some 2,000 Workers In Quandary Over Livelihood After Shoe Factory Razed To The Ground

20 Mar 2024 6:52 PM|

More than 2,000 workers of R.G Footwear in Kandal province are worried about losing their jobs after the factory they worked in was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. They hope that the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training will find a solution so that they have a job regardless of the factory’s continuity.

Workers attempt to build a fence which will block the access from the houses of Ampov Prey community in Kandork commune to the road, March 19, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Human Rights ·

Ampov Prey Residents Protest Against New Phnom Penh Airport Project For Erecting Poles Again

20 Mar 2024 8:27 AM|

Residents of Ampov Prey community in Kandork commune, Kandal Stung district, once again protested against the work carried out by the new $1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport company on Tuesday. At the site, workers were attempting to erect pillars to build a fence after they filled the so-called 94 canal earlier this year. Some of the soil also ended up inside people’s houses.

Eighty Choeung Ek Commune Residents Compel Phnom Penh City Hall Again For Land Titles

Cambodia’s Ambitious Funan Techo Canal Project Sparks Concerns Near and Far

Y&W Workers’ Protest Persist Despite Compensation, R.G Footwear Declares Bankruptcy After Fire

Major Natural Resource Crackdown in Pursat Continues To Seize Land, Nab People, Dismantle Huts

Cambodian Authorities Dispute Thai Government’s Account of Scam Compound Rescue in O’Smach

Laid Off Giant Ibis Bus Drivers Ask Why Resolution Is Taking So Long, Fight Continues For Job, Compensation

Ampov Prey Residents Protest Against New Phnom Penh Airport Project For Erecting Poles Again

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