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CMAA: Survivor support, disability rights crucial

Cambodia is hosting the Third Global Conference on Mine Victim Assistance from October 17-19 in Phnom Penh. Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), led a delegation of conference participants on a visit to local NGO Exceed Worldwide on ...

Chea Sokny
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/cmaa-survivor-support-disability-rights-crucial

Cambodia ready to host the 5th Review Conference of Mine Ban Treaty

Cambodia is ready to host the 5th Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty: Siem Reap Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World, which will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 2024. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378211/cambodia-ready-to-host-the-5th-review-conference-of-mine-ban-treaty/

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court of Appeal releases two land activists in Koh Kong province

The Sihanoukville Provincial Court of Appeal has decided to release two land activists on bail on charges of incitement and defamation in connection with a long-running land dispute in Koh Kong province. ...

Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/appeal-court-in-preah-sihanouk-province-decided-to-release-two-land-activists-from-koh-kong-province/

Residents of some poor communities in Phnom Penh worried about evictions

Boeung Trabek community representative, Hour Seaklon, who is sitting in a house preparing vegetables for cooking with a sad face, told CamboJA that more than 40 families have not yet received land titles, despite promises from the authorities that will provide legal title after the ...

Runn Sreydeth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/residents-of-some-poor-communities-in-phnom-penh-worried-about-evictions/

China’s BRI contributes tremendously to Cambodia’s economic, social development

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has contributed tremendously and timely to Cambodia’s economic and social development, with achievements enjoyed by the government and people of the Southeast Asian country, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth has said. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501372819/chinas-bri-contributes-tremendously-to-cambodias-economic-social-development/

UXO casualties down one third to date in 2023

Officials from the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) reported that in the first nine months of the year, nearly 30 people were victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO), a reduction of around one third on the same period last year. ...

Chea Sokny
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-casualties-down-one-third-date-2023

CDC approves investment of $256.56 million, ‘27K new jobs’

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 26 private ventures in September, totalling an investment of $256.65 million, projected to create 27,262 jobs. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-investment-25656-million-27k-new-jobs

Years-long mediation leaves Bunong farmers indebted to multinational rubber firm

More than a decade after subsidiaries of multinational rubber firm Socfin Group forcibly cleared and seized the farms, burial grounds and sacred forests of Bunong indigenous communities in Mondulkiri province, the company now seeks to collect tens of thousands of dollars from these farmers for ...

Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/years-long-mediation-leaves-bunong-farmers-indebted-to-multinational-rubber-firm/

Cambodian villagers accuse Chinese mining company of infringing on their land

About 200 families in central Cambodia say they are in danger of losing hundreds of hectares of farmland – with or without compensation – to a Chinese gold mining company expanding its excavation area. ...

RFA Khmer Staff
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/mining-company-09132023175357.html

Wife of Environment Ministry Secretary of State denies knowledge of alleged online scam gang renting her building

The wife of an Environment Ministry secretary of state denied knowledge of an alleged online scam gang inside a Phnom Penh apartment complex owned by her company. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/wife-of-environment-ministry-secretary-of-state-denies-knowledge-of-alleged-online-scam-gang-renting-her-building/

Ukrainian government asks Cambodia for demining support

The Ukrainian government has asked the Cambodian government to provide technical support and training personnel to conduct safe demining operations and to recover unexploded ordnance (UXO). ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360710/ukrainian-government-asks-cambodia-for-demining-support/

Ukraine interested in Cambodia’s experience in humanitarian demining

Ukraine expects to cooperate with the Kingdom of Cambodia in matters of humanitarian demining of Ukraine’s territory, as well as assistance in training specialists, searching for donors, interaction between relevant state institutions and the exchange of experience in this sector. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360065/ukraine-interested-in-cambodias-experience-in-humanitarian-demining/

Sun Chanthol visits Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone

Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, on Sep 11, visited Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358469/sun-chanthol-visits-sihanoukville-port-special-economic-zone/

Officials dispute claims of Angkor ‘forced relocations’

Cambodian officials have rebuffed recent calls by Amnesty International for UNESCO to address allegations of “forced evictions” around the Angkor Archaeological Park, dismissing the claims as baseless. ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-dispute-claims-angkor-forced-relocations

Amnesty international calls on world heritage committee to address forced evictions at Angkor Wat

The human rights group Amnesty International has called on Unesco’s World Heritage Committee to address forced evictions at Angkor Wat as its 45th annual meeting begins Sunday in Saudi Arabia. ...

Khuon Narim and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/amnesty-international-calls-on-world-heritage-committee-to-address-forced-evictions-at-angkor-wat/

SEZs drive $26B exports since 2011

Cambodia has 24 special economic zones (SEZ) operating from 2016 to the end of the first half of 2023, with capital investment of $8.1 billion, mainly in sectors such as garment, footwear and travel products, auto parts, electronics, car tyre manufacturing, automotive and bicycle assembly. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sezs-drive-26b-exports-2011

Tycoon’s company receives 1,247 Hectares along Kep coastal waters for satellite city development

A company linked to tycoon Khun Sear, TP Moral Group, received 1,247 hectares of coastal waters in Kep province to develop a new satellite city and “special tourism zone” according to a March 6 sub-decree signed by former Prime Minister Hun Sen and publicized in ...

Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/tycoons-company-receives-1267-hectares-along-kep-coastal-waters-for-satellite-city-development/

CMAA, India ink demining MoU

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the Embassy of India in Cambodia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday on a demining project covering four districts in Koh Kong province. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501352548/cmaa-india-ink-demining-mou/

Poipet officials take action to ensure roadside public safety

Following repeated non-compliance, officials in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town have, to further ensure public safety, taken down stalls and billboards illegally constructed within five metres of main streets and National Road 5. ...

Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-officials-take-action-ensure-roadside-public-safety

PLA Army to participate in “Pure Homeland-2023” multinational joint demining operation in Cambodia

According to the consensus reached by the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group (EWG) on Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), the Chinese PLA Army will send a task force to Cambodia for the multinational joint demining operation code-named “Pure Homeland-2023” from the end ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501352980/pla-army-to-participate-in-pure-homeland-2023-multinational-joint-demining-operation-in-cambodia/

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