Land
Mondulkiri Bunong irked over land sales
Some 190 Bunong indigenous people in Mondulkiri province are expressing concern that land sales in the Tring and Pupe mountain areas could result in a loss of cultural sites and their ancestral identities. Chean Vanna, one of their representatives in Pou Lung village, told The Post ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-bunong-irked-over-land-sales
Pursat orders locale heads to annul land titles in protected area
The Pursat Provincial Administration has ordered five commune chiefs in Veal Veng district to annul land titles in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-orders-locale-heads-annul-land-titles-protected-area
Court charges two for defamation over land dispute in Koh Kong
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Koh Kong Provincial Court on November 18 to await the sentencing of their three community land representatives who were accused of defamation related to a land dispute. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-charges-two-defamation-over-land-dispute-koh-kong
Security guard shot dead over land dispute in Kampot province
A land dispute between residents and So Nguon Group Co Ltd escalated into a confrontation yesterday, leaving one security guard dead at the scene and one seriously injured. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50784582/security-guard-shot-dead-over-land-dispute-in-kampot-province/
Landmines cleared in Banteay Srei
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) Secretary-General Prum Sopheak Mongkol said yesterday landmines have been cleared in a 687,706 square metre area where the dangerous legacy of the civil war lingered and is now finally free years after peace was achieved in late ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50783850/landmines-cleared-in-banteay-srei/
Governor requested to reclaim land in Kampong Speu
A prominent environmental watchdog head has sent a letter to Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang requesting he reclaim 1,500ha that was encroached on in Oral district’s Tasal commune as state property. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-requested-reclaim-land-kampong-speu
Authorities arrest four over alleged clearing of state land along Thai-Cambodia border
Oddar Meanchey provincial police arrested four residents from Anlong Veng district yesterday, for allegedly using machinery to clear state land illegally. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50783104/authorities-arrest-four-over-alleged-clearing-of-state-land-along-thai-cambodia-border/
Police officer loses leg after stepping on landmine next to temple
A police officer has lost his leg after stepping on an anti-personnel mine buried near a temple in Preah Vihear province on Friday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50783129/police-officer-loses-leg-after-stepping-on-landmine-next-to-temple/
Green SEZ set for Svay Rieng town
Chinese-owned industrial park developer and operator QiLu (Cambodia) Special Economic Zone Co Ltd on Thursday signed a strategic partnership with Environmental Protection Industry Associations of Cambodia (Epiac). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/green-sez-set-svay-rieng-town
Three sentenced in O Meanchey land row
Three people involved in a land dispute with a major general were sentenced to one year in prison and fined four million riel ($1,000) after the Oddar Meanchey provincial court found them guilty of trying to grab 600ha in Anlong Veng district. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-sentenced-o-meanchey-land-row
Soldier steps on mine, dies
A military border guard died at the Preah Vihear Provincial Referral Hospital after stepping on a landmine and suffering injuries to his right leg and body last week. The incident took place in Choam Ksan district’s Sra Em commune. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldier-steps-mine-dies
Kampong Chhnang journalist denies inciting villagers against military
The owner of a provincial radio station, Sok Oudom, maintained he had not incited villagers in Kampong Chhnang province against the military during his incitement trial on Tuesday, with a verdict expected on November 17. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/kampong-chhnang-journalist-denies-inciting-villagers-against-military/
Cambodia expects to be landmine-free within 5 years
The Cambodian government will deploy 2,000 soldiers to train as deminers after Western nations, led by the United States, bolstered efforts to rid the country of landmines and other unexploded ordnance by 2025. ...
Luke Hunt
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/5635885.html
Asean-UN join forces against COVID-19, landmines
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn has reiterated Cambodia’s support for the crucial roles the United Nations is playing in steering global efforts to combat COVID-19. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776023/asean-un-join-forces-against-covid-19-landmines/
Lyly Food to build special economic zone in Sihanoukville
A senior executive officer of Cambodian rice-crackers manufacturer Lyly Food Industry Co Ltd has said the company will build a special economic zone (SEZ) in Preash Sihanouk province and plans to launch it next year. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50774342/lyly-food-to-build-special-economic-zone-in-sihanoukville/
Beware of shifting landmines due to floods
CambodiaN Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and Cambodia Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) have urged people to be aware of an increased risk of mines during floods. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50774285/beware-of-shifting-landmines-due-to-floods/
PPSP: No dividends but share buyback
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)-listed Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) has announced that it will have no dividend distribution this year and will also be buying back company shares (at an undisclosed volume and value), according to documents filed to the exchange. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50773546/ppsp-no-dividends-but-share-buyback/
Three commune chiefs reprimanded for landgrabs
Three commune chiefs in Mondulkiri province were reprimanded after it was found they were involved in forestland encroachment, officials said. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771434/three-commune-chiefs-reprimanded-for-landgrabs/
Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Family Given Preah Sihanouk State Land for Tourism Development
The Cambodian government has granted a 600-hectare concession to the family of notorious tycoon Ly Yong Phat, whose sugarcane concessions have been at the center of human rights violations. ...
US commits to help rid leftover cluster bombs in Cambodia
The United States has renewed its commitment to help rid Cambodia of cluster munitions dropped by their forces during the Vietnam War. . ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50768551/us-commits-to-help-rid-leftover-cluster-bombs-in-cambodia/
Kratie land disputes ‘resolved’
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction said on Tuesday that it had completed handing out land concessions to 1,382 families in Kampong Damrei commune, in Kratie province’s Chhlong district. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-land-disputes-resolved
Demining official asks China for more support
Senior demining official Ly Thuch asked the Chinese Ambassador yesterday to provide more support in order to reach the goal of making Cambodia mine-free by 2025. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767426/demining-official-asks-china-for-more-support/
Boost for special economic zones
Cambodia exports via Svay Rieng province-based special economic zones (SEZs) alone reached more than $124.87 million in August, an increase of more than $57 million in July, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50765345/boost-for-special-economic-zones/
ANA warns against land sales in Angkor area
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) declared that people can no longer sell or buy land in Angkor Archaeological Park, which is a world heritage site. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-warns-against-land-sales-angkor-area