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Workers at a relocation site in Kandal province for families who will have to move to make way for the new airport, March 14, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Development of mega-airport continues, despite opposition by locals

16 Mar 2022 9:19 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

Families who have to make way for Phnom Penh’s new mega airport are refusing to relocate to land set aside for them, and are demanding…

A Kampong Talong villager in Kandal province has placed a sign here reading “Private land” with a phone number, but this farmland has already been taken for the new airport development. Photo taken on January 4, 2022. CamboJA/ Sorn Sarath

Their dispute entering its fourth year, families affected by mega-airport fight to keep hope

12 Jan 2022 8:46 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Though residents of Kampong Talong village are barricaded from their farmland, the area is still bustling with activity – mostly from dozens of trucks transporting…

The three Mother Nature activists arrive at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for questioning, June 19, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

Cambodian rights activists find little to celebrate in “extreme decline” of 2021

31 Dec 2021 8:04 PM|
Khuon Narim|

As people in Cambodia and around the world prepare to welcome the new year, activists in the kingdom say there’s little to celebrate in the…

Villagers affected by land clearances for the new mega-airport project in Kandal province gather near the CPP headquarters in Phnom Penh seeking help from top party members, December 28, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Families affected by mega-airport urge CPP’s top leaders for help

29 Dec 2021 8:57 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

Families affected by an ongoing land dispute with the new mega-airport project in Kandal province are seeking the help of top CPP leaders to find…

Kandal provincial authorities began to measure people's houses as a part of a survey to provide them with compensation in connection with a long-running land dispute caused by the new airport development, photo taken on November 4. Photo Supplied

Authorities prepare to compensate airport-affected families for their homes while farmland disputes remain unresolved

11 Nov 2021 8:01 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Local authorities and the corporation behind the new airport project in Kandal province have begun measuring people’s houses for compensation despite the fact that families…