Hundreds of villagers living around Prey Long forest have begun a weeklong campaign in the north of Kompong Thom province to protect Prey Long, one of Cambodia’s largest remaining primary forests, the Prey Long People’s Network said yesterday The group of villagers planned to protest later ...

More than 1,000 families from four districts in Siem Reap province involved in ongoing land disputes released a joint statement on Friday asking for intervention from government officials. Villagers involved in six separate land disputes with various private companies in four districts claim a total ...

Road accidents claimed the lives of 1,816 people in 2010, a slight increase from the 1,717 killed in 2009, according to a report by the Cambodia Road Crash and Victim Information System. The total number of casualties from road accidents reached 18,287 in 2010, according ...

The Kampong Thom provincial governor issued a letter on Tuesday to villagers living in Santuk district, ordering them to provide documentation confirming their ownership of land they reportedly “purchased” from brokers after it had already been assigned to relocated families, officials said yesterday. Deputy district governor ...

កំណើន​ខ្លាំង​នៃ​ចំនួន​ជនជាតិ​ចិន​នៅ​ខេត្ត​ព្រះសីហនុ​ក្នុង​រយៈពេល​ ២ឆ្នាំចុង​ក្រោយ​នេះ​ បាន​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​តម្លៃ​អចលនទ្រព្យ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​នេះ​ឡើង​ថ្លៃ​យ៉ាង​គំហុក។ ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្លះ​ដែល​មាន​ដីធ្លី ឬ​ផ្ទះសម្បែង​នៅ​ទីនោះ​សប្បាយ​រីករាយ​ នៅ​ពេល​ពួកគាត់​អាច​ជួល​ទ្រព្យ​សម្បត្តិ​ទាំងនោះ​ទៅ ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជិត ១០០នាក់ ដែលមានបញ្ហាដីធ្លីជាមួយមន្ត្រីមានអំណាច និងក្រុមហ៊ុនវិនិយោគ ក្នុងខេត្តត្បូងឃ្មុំ និងខេត្តក្រចេះ បានប្រមូលផ្តុំគ្នានៅក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដីនគរូបនីយកម្មនិងសំណង់កាលពីរសៀលថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញដើម្បីជំរុញឲ្យក្រសួងពន្លឿនការដោះស្រាយជម្លោះដីធ្លីរបស់ពួកគាត់ឲ្យបានឆាប់ ក្រោយពីពួកគាត់បានដាក់ញត្តិទៅក្រសួងច្រើនលើកហើយ តែមានភាពយឺតយ៉ាវក្នុងការដោះស្រាយ។ តំណាងពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ-ឥស្លាមនៅភូមិត្រពាំងស្រែ ឃុំ២ធ្នូ ស្រុកស្នួល ខេត្តក្រចេះ លោក ចាន យុង បានរៀបរាប់ថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋចំនួន ១៣៦គ្រួសារ បានរស់នៅ និងធ្វើស្រែចម្ការលើដីទំហំ ៥២៥ហិកតារ ជាយូរឆ្នាំមកហើយ ប៉ុន្តែនៅអំឡុងឆ្នាំ២០១០ ស្រាប់តែក្រុមហ៊ុន រតនៈស្តោន និងក្រុមហ៊ុន ថេរៈ វិនិយោគ បានឈូសឆាយដំណាំរបស់ពួកគាត់ ទៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ដាំកៅស៊ូវិញ។ ក្រោយពីមានជម្លោះដីធ្លី ពួកគាត់បានដាក់ញត្តិសុំអន្តរាគមន៍ទៅអាជ្ញាធរខេត្ត ស្ថាប័នថ្នាក់ជាតិមួយចំនួន និងក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី ប៉ុន្តែមកដល់ពេលនេះ ពុំមានដំណោះស្រាយនៅឡើយ ទើបពួកគាត់ស្នើជាថ្មីឲ្យក្រសួងដោះស្រាយផ្តល់កម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លីដល់ពួកគាត់។ ...

ទោះបីជាខ្លួនបានបដិសេធសំណើសុំឲ្យផ្តល់មធ្យោបាយថ្មីសម្រាប់ពលករចំណាកស្រុកដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោតនៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតនាពេលខាងមុខក្តី តែគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត(គ.ជ.ប.) បានបញ្ជូនលិខិតទៅស្ថានទូតកម្ពុជាទាំងអស់ដោយអំពាវនាវឲ្យពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅក្រៅប្រទេសត្រឡប់មកប្រទេសកំណើតវិញសម្រាប់ការបោះឆ្នោតនាឆ្នាំក្រោយ។ ប៉ុន្តែ ខណៈការចាប់ផ្តើមនៃការចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតតាមប្រព័ន្ធកុំព្យូទ័រថ្មី នៅថ្ងៃទី១ ខែកញ្ញា ខិតជិតមកដល់នោះ លិខិតនេះនៅមិនទាន់ទៅដល់ដៃមន្ត្រីប្រចាំប្រទេសកូរ៉េខាងត្បូង ឬប្រទេសថៃដែលប្រទេសទាំងពីរ នេះបានផ្តល់ការងារដល់ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែររហូតដល់ទៅ១លាននាក់ក្នុងនោះភាគច្រើននៅក្នុងប្រទេសថៃនៅឡើយទេ។ ...

ថ្នាក់​ដឹកនាំ​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ យុវជន និង​កីឡា បាន​ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ថា ការ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​បៀវត្ស​ជា​បន្តបន្ទាប់​នា​ពេល​នេះ នៅ​មិន​ទាន់​អាច​បំពេញ​តាម​តម្រូវការ​ជាក់​ស្តែង​របស់​គ្រូបង្រៀន​នៅ​ឡើយ ប៉ុន្តែ​ក្រសួង​ពិនិត្យ​លើ​កត្តា​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ និង​ការ​លើក​ទឹក​ចិត្ត​ផ្សេងៗ​ទៀត ដើម្បី​ពង្រឹង​គុណភាព​គ្រូបង្រៀន។​ ​ក្នុង​ការ ...

The hydro-power dams planned for three tributary rivers in north-eastern Cambodia will have unforeseeable social and environmental consequences for the regional and its people, according to a report released yesterday. Authored by International Rivers and 3S Rivers Protection Network, the report focuses on six hydro-power dams planned for the Sesan, ...

An ongoing project to build hotels, luxury villas and a casino on Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain is a threat to the area’s unique animal and plant species, according to two new studies. Local conglomerate Sokimex Group has been granted property development rights on the entire mountain, ...

The Asean Grassroots People’s Assembly (AGPA) agreed yesterday on a list of demands it intends to present to the Cambodian and regional governments. A crowd of more than 2,000 people-including garment factory workers, victims of evictions, and sex workers, as well as undercover police-gathered at Phnom ...

Local authorities in the capital’s Russey Keo district had offered residents living along the banks of the Tonle Sap $500 compensation in the wake of sand dredging that began a week ago and has already caused structural damage to their homes, villagers told the Post ...

PHNOM PENH: Fisheries Administration and FAO launch the Inception Workshop on Micro and Small Enterprise Development to Achieve Food Security, Food Safety and Self Reliance for Urban Poor in Phnom Penh, citing that it will help local community. At the workshop, H.E. Kao Sochivy, deputy director general of fisheries department said: “urban food security project ...

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An yesterday approved the creation of a joint commission which will undertake the role of evicting hundreds of families living near the Phnom Penh International Airport before the Asean and East Asia summits commence next month. Mr. Sath [Choam Chao commune ...

Hundreds of families in Ratanakki­ri province have asked rights group Adhoc to intervene, saying local authorities in Bakeo district’s Laminh commune are illegally forcing them from their homes. Village representative, Ek Orm, 52, said that authorities were forcing villagers to relocate to make way for a ...

Seventy-two ethnic minorities Banong families received communal titles to a combined 1,008 hectares of ancestral land in Mondolkiri province yesterday morning in a ceremony attended by Land Management Minister Chhun Lim. Communal titles were designed to protect the ancestral lands of the country’s minorities from outside ...

Surrounded by 100-armed police officers, authorities in Mondolkiri province yesterday said the roughly 200 families living on a rubber company’s land concession in Koh Nhek district have until Friday to leave their homes. After having already seen district police burn down three of their homes over ...

A second police official in Ratanakkiri province has been suspended on suspicion that he demanded money from villagers so that their names could be included on a list of people eligible for land titles as part of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s new titling program, police ...

The U.S. ambassador to Cambodia has sought to clear up supposed misinformation about Cambodia’s debt to the U.S., which was racked up during the early 1970s by the U.S.-backed military government of Lon Nol and has become a contentious issue between the country. Cambodia has refused ...

Ethnic Jarai families living in Ratanakkiri province’s Borkeo district have accused a Vietnamese rubber company of digging a channel to drain a lake the indigenous villagers use for fishing and irrigation, a local official and rights worker said yesterday. Rochom Vin, Yeak Som village chief, said ...