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Boeung Trabek residents face eviction as June 22 deadline looms

About 12 Samaki Rong Roeurng households near Boeung Trabek in Phsar Deum Thkov commune, Chamkar Mon district decried the low compensation of $1,000 to $3,000 offered to them, pleading for more equitable assistance or alternative land. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/boeung-trabek-residents-face-eviction-as-june-22-deadline-looms/

Phnom Penh residents push city hall again for land titles, road construction

Around 50 residents from two Phnom Penh communities affected by the railway development in Toul Kork, and construction of a 1,600-meter concrete road in Dangkor District, gathered at the City Hall on June 19 to demand for land titles, citing concerns over eviction, flooding, and ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-residents-push-city-hall-again-for-land-titles-road-construction/

ICJ application lodged, legal process rolling on

Cambodia’s official letter reached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on the afternoon of June 16, after being sent from Cambodia on June 15. The Kingdom is seeking a resolution to the current four-point border dispute with Thailand. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/icj-application-lodged-legal-process-rolling-on

CDC project approvals almost double Jan-May year-on-year

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 59 investment projects – with a value of more than $800 million – in May this year, bringing the total number of approved investment projects in the first five months of 2025 to nearly 300. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-project-approvals-almost-double-jan-may-year-on-year

Phnom Penh railside residents seek land titles amid eviction fears

Fearing eviction as development advances along one of Phnom Penh’s only two railways, more than 80 railside residents have petitioned city hall for land titles, hoping it will help them avoid being uprooted without adequate compensation or support. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-railside-residents-seek-land-titles-amid-eviction-fears/

PM invites potential Japanese investors to visit Cambodia in person

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has invited on Japanese investors to visit Kingdom in person to better assess the country’s potential and explore investment opportunities. He also encouraged the establishment of a Japanese Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Cambodia.​ ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-invites-potential-japanese-investors-to-visit-cambodia-in-person

Boeung Trabek residents protest again for fair compensation, facing eviction with canal development

Some 14 Samaki Rong Roeurng households who live along Boeung Trabek canal in Phsar Deum Thkov commune, Chamkar Mon district, protested again to demand fair compensation or a new place for resettlement. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/boeung-trabek-residents-protest-again-for-fair-compensation-facing-eviction-with-canal-development/

Land Ministry, involved in Angkor evictions, proposes new plan to resolve land use disputes, minister says

The Land Ministry, which was heavily involved in the relocating of thousands of Angkor Wat residents – a process rights groups condemned as forced – is now pushing a new mechanism to address long-running land use disputes among remaining communities,  according to the minister. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/land-ministry-involved-in-angkor-evictions-proposes-new-plan-to-resolve-land-use-disputes-minister-says/

Factory numbers up 12.5% under Manet

In the first 20 months of Prime Minister Hun Manet’s seventh-mandate government, the number of large factories in Cambodia has swelled by an eighth. The Kingdom was home to approximately 40,300 large enterprises in August 2023, when the government was formed. By April this year, ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-numbers-up-12-5-under-manet

Cambodia proposes Japanese SEZ investment

Cambodia has encouraged the leadership of giant Japanese automotive supplier Yazaki group to explore the possibility of investing in special economic zones (SEZ) to help attract more Japanese investors to the Kingdom. In the first four months of 2025, trade between the two nations equalled ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-proposes-japanese-sez-investment

CMAC destroy 120 cluster bomblets in Ratanakiri controlled explosion

A total of 120 cluster munitions, remnants from previous wars in the Kingdom, were destroyed in a controlled explosion by experts from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in Ratanakiri province’s O’Chum district on May 12. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-destroy-120-cluster-bomblets-in-ratanakiri-controlled-explosion

Ministry details complexities of Borey Morn Dany disputes

A working group from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, in collaboration with other relevant parties, is continuing to resolve disputes involving around 39 housing projects, including the Borey Morn Dany development, located in Kampong Speu province. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-details-complexities-of-borey-morn-dany-disputes

Battambang farmer unearths 250-pound US bomb, as UK assesses demining funding

HALO Trust Cambodia responded to an unusual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) call-out over the weekend, when a farmer excavating his land in Battambang province’s Samlout district discovered a Mk81 bomb. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmer-unearths-250-pound-us-bomb

Flurry of new agreements, yet stakeholders and residents still in the dark on Funan Techo Canal

Chinese and Cambodian state-owned firms inked shareholder and investment agreements for the flagship Funan Techo Canal during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Phnom Penh last month, but details on financing still remain under wraps, worrying stakeholders eyeing slim returns. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/flurry-of-new-agreements-yet-stakeholders-and-residents-still-in-the-dark-on-funan-techo-canal/

CDC-approved investments jump 170% in April

In April 2025 alone, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 59 investment projects with a total capital of $860 million, bringing the total number of approved projects in the first four months of 2025 to 231. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approved-investments-jump-170-in-april

Demolition complete; Tree planting begins at Phnom 1500

Around 120,000 mixed-species trees are being planted in the Antung Ang area (better known as “Phnom 1500”) on over 200 hectares of land in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/demolition-complete-tree-planting-begins-at-phnom-1500

Private company commits to 15-day window to remove Tonle Sap dam

A water supply company in Kampong Chhnang town has agreed to remove a roughly 70-meter-long embankment that it constructed in the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-company-commits-to-15-day-window-to-remove-tonle-sap-dam

PM sets aside $70M worth of land for green space in Phnom Penh

Hun Manet has announced the allocation of 70 hectares in the capital’s Kob Srov area for a new public park, emphasising the importance of green spaces and encouraging all provinces to dedicate similar areas for public use. ...

Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-sets-aside-70m-worth-of-land-for-green-space-in-phnom-penh

Boeung Tamok residents could face jail term for not paying court fine

Sea Sambath and Soun Sao, former residents of Boeung Tamok, are faced with the threat of arrest if they fail to pay a fine of one million riel by April 22​ after their case was dismissed by the Supreme Court last year. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/boeung-tamok-residents-could-face-jail-term-for-not-paying-court-fine/

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