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A woman walks into a toilet while a young girl waits for her mother in the bathroom at the 5,000 Bodhi Trees Pagoda displacement camp in Kulen district, Preah Vihear province, on September 13, 2025. (CamboJA/Pa Tongchen)

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Young Girls, Women Sexually Harassed At Preah Vihear War Shelter

23 Sep 2025 2:11 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

“I secretly followed them and saw that several men, whether they had wives, would watch my children bathing in their sarongs. They would also take off their clothes and underpants and bathe close to my children. Now I know why my children refused to bathe,” she said, admitting that she overlooked the matter in the beginning.

Villagers gather at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to submit a petition to cut their land out from airport development and issue land titles, April 1, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Some 200 Canal 94 Residents Submit Petition to Land Management Ministry, Seek Own Land Titles

1 Apr 2024 9:59 PM|

About 200 residents from Kandal Steung district and Takhmao town submitted a petition to Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Minister Say Sam Al on Monday, urging the government to…

Farmers harvest rice in Battambang province’s Bavel district on November 20, 2022. (CamboJA)

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Rice Stakeholders Raise Issues Impeding Efforts To Meet Export Market Standard

31 Mar 2024 1:44 PM|

Lack of technical assistance, an unstable market and poor irrigation system are among key problems raised by Cambodian farmers, rice millers, traders, producers, development partners and research institutes.

Recently burned and cleared lots, to be made into farmland, in Sokdom commune’s Laoka village farmsite on March 19, 2024. (Meng Kroypunlok)

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For Indigenous Bunong, Land Rights Are Key to their Identity

30 Mar 2024 2:10 PM|

The Bunong people of Mondulkiri's Laoka village are fighting the steep requirements to gain a communal land title as a way to protect their Indigenous identity and stop claims to…

The Phnom Penh Post newspaper final publication seen at a coffee shop in Phnom Penh on March 29, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Phnom Penh Post Newspaper Shuts Down Publication After 30 Years, Staff Face Uncertain Future

29 Mar 2024 9:14 PM|

The Phnom Penh Post, one of the oldest publications in Cambodia, ceased its print edition today following a decline in advertising revenue, in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic and…

Oddar Meanchey provincial authorities set fire to people's houses on October 9, 2009 at O'Bat Moan point, Boss village, Kounkriel commune, Samraong district to make way for a Mitr Phol sugar plantation. Supplied

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Thai Court Fixes May 9 Hearing for Oddar Meanchey Villagers Versus Global Sugar Producer Case

29 Mar 2024 8:56 AM|

Three villagers from Cambodia traveled to Thailand to file documents against one of the world’s largest sugar manufacturers, Thai-owned Mitr Phol Sugar Co Ltd, at a Thai court on Wednesday.

Participants at the National Open Data Conference at the Cambodia Academy Digital Technology (CADT) in Phnom Penh on March 26, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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“There’s A Lot of Data, but Limited Access”- NGOs Call For Improved Access And Quality Data Sharing

28 Mar 2024 7:06 PM|

Non-state actors have raised concerns about the limited sharing of public data by the government due to a lack of trust, as well as zero quality or standard of data.

Villagers gather at Kandal provincial hall to submit a petition to stop the airport developer from filling the canal which may affect their houses during the rainy season, March 27, 2024. (CamboJA/Phon Sothyroth)

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Canal 94 Residents Fear Flooding From Sand Filling, Four Villages Submit Petition

28 Mar 2024 8:34 AM|

About 100 villagers from Kandal Steung district and Takhmao town gathered at the Kandal provincial hall to submit a petition to governor Kong Sophorn on Wednesday morning.

An Indigenous women walks back from farming in the Veun Sai district of Ratanakiri province on October 29, 2023. (CamboJA/Try Thaney)

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Op-Ed: Indigenous Communities Lose Land at Perilous Rate Due to Predatory Loan Industry

27 Mar 2024 2:22 PM|

A microfinance credit officer in Ratanakiri recently told me he thought Cambodia’s Indigenous communities would be landless in the next 10 years, as they sell off their land to pay…

Young Girls, Women Sexually Harassed At Preah Vihear War Shelter

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Thai Court Fixes May 9 Hearing for Oddar Meanchey Villagers Versus Global Sugar Producer Case

Canal 94 Residents Fear Flooding From Sand Filling, Four Villages Submit Petition

Op-Ed: Indigenous Communities Lose Land at Perilous Rate Due to Predatory Loan Industry

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