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Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships and Minister of Industry, Science Technology and Innovation Hem Vanndy at the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant in Phnom Penh on March 13, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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EU’s $13m Grant To Help Two Million City Folks Access Clean Water

14 Mar 2024 7:39 AM|
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The European Union has approved a $13 million grant for Cambodia to expand phase three of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant and improve clean water access for over two million residents in Phnom Penh and Ta Khmao city.

A house of residents living in Borey Piphup Thmey Kamboul 3, which was confiscated by the company Borey Piphup Thmey, located in Kamboul district, Phnom Penh. Photo taken on June 7, 2023. CamboJA / Den Seymar

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Hun Sen Speaks Out About Phnom Penh Houses Confiscated by Construction Company

12 Jun 2023 2:32 PM|

A group of over 1,000 families in Phnom Penh effectively advocated for the Prime Minister to speak out after they say the construction company Borey Piphup Thmey violated their contracts and seized their homes.

Buses parked outside the 7NG Factory waiting to transport garment workers on June 23, 2023. (Sovann Sreypich/CamboJA)

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Policy Improves Garment Workers’ Safety But Leaves Bus Drivers Deep in Debt

9 Jun 2023 5:01 PM|

An ongoing NGO and Labor Ministry initiative aims to make garment workers’ commute safer by shifting their daily transportation from typically flatbed trucks to enclosed buses, but the costs of the expensive upgrades are being placed on drivers.

Local security guard photograph a CamboJA journalist as they were covering the protests in Kandal province on June 8, 2023. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Kandal Residents Protest New Land Filling Near Airport Development

8 Jun 2023 5:56 PM|

Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site.

Garment workers greet Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting with him at Kampong Chhnang province, June 8, 2023. (Hun Sen’s Facebook)

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‘Opposition Groups’ Responsible for Investment, Aid Slump: Hun Sen

8 Jun 2023 5:32 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen told garment workers to point to “opposition groups” who were calling for economic sanctions against the Cambodian government and hold them responsible for any potential economic hardships.

Attendees at the Phnom Penh Internet Forum included members of Cambodia’s indigenous communities and representatives from international NGOs, on May 18, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Rural and Indigenous Communities Still Struggle With Internet Access

6 Jun 2023 8:01 PM|

The Phnom Penh Internet Forum on May 18 and 19 highlighted the challenges marginalized groups in Cambodia continue to face in accessing the internet.

Police officials guarding Mondulkiri Provincial Court close the court's gate while relatives of three arrested Bunong people stand outside, on June 6, 2023. (Photo: Supplied)

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Police Arrested 3 Bunong Over Land Dispute in Mondulkiri Province

6 Jun 2023 4:18 PM|

Three Bunong indigenous family members were arrested by Mondulkiri provincial police on Sunday over a land dispute in Chamkar Te Village, Spean Thmor Commune. They were sent to Mondulkiri provincial court for questioning on Tuesday afternoon, according to the human rights organization ADHOC.

Farmland in Koh Kong province’s Chouk village returned to villagers in 2018 through a previous settlement, in a photo from May 31, 2023. (Supplied)

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Koh Kong Families Settle Years-Long Land Dispute Involving U.K. Sugar Conglomerate

2 Jun 2023 5:08 PM|

In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable Cambodia released a statement announcing the settlement this week.

The Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh on September 10, 2021. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Interior Ministry Orders Siem Reap NGO to Stop Conference

2 Jun 2023 7:02 AM|

The Interior Ministry issued a statement warning that it would take action against the Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (CPSC) right before the organization was going to hold a conference in Siem Reap on May 30 and 31.

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