Government Forms Commission to Evict Families Near Airport
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 ...
Families say eviction forced
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 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011460762/National/families-say-eviction-forced.html
Banong Families Receive Communal Land Tiles
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 ...
Families on Rubber Company's Land Face Eviction Deadline
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 ...
Land Project Sees Second Bribery Suspension
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 ...
US Ambassador Seeks to Clarify Need for Debt Repayment
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 ...
Jarai Accuse Firm of Planning to Drain Lake
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 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jarai-accuse-firm-of-planning-to-drain-lake-8470/
Documentary Looks at Impact of Mekong Dams
An updated documentary, “Where Have All the Fish Gone?,” examines the impacts of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River. The Xayaburi dam, which would produce hydropower for market, has become a divisive issue among Mekong River countries. Critics say it could severely damage ecosystems on which ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/documentary-looks-at-impact-of-mekong-dams/1626779.html
Sihanoukville to be the site of first marina
Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah Sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ...
Kampong Thom Governor Vows to Give Land to Evictees
The newly appointed Kompong Thom provincial governor on Tuesday promised more than 500 families who were forcefully evicted by a Vietnamese rubber plantation more than three years ago that they would be given replacement land to farm on early next month. Security forces evicted villagers from ...
Villagers Say Company Deceived Them in Deal
Five Koh Kong families embroiled in an ongoing land dispute with Heng Huy Agriculture Company were accompanied by more than 50 villagers yesterday as they went to court to clarify why they are asking for contracts signed with the company to be annulled. Pok Yon, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053065936/National/villagers-say-company-deceived-them-in-deal.html
កម្មករនៅ កាណាឌីយ៉ា ៨០ ភាគរយត្រឡប់ទៅស្រុក
កម្មករកាត់ដេរប្រមាណជា ៨០ ភាគរយដែលរស់នៅម្តុំផ្លូវ វេងស្រេង និងសួនឧស្សាហកម្មកាណាឌីយ៉ាក្នុងទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ ខណ្ឌ មានជ័យ បានចាកចេញពីផ្ទះជួលរបស់ពួកគេទៅកាន់ស្រុកកំណើតទាំងតក់ក្រហល់កាលពីព្រលឹមថ្ងៃសុក្រ ទី៣ ខែ មករា ដោយសារបារម្ភពីសុវត្ថិភាព។ លោក សោម អូន ប្រធានក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសហជីពជាតិកម្ពុជា ...
មុំ គន្ធា
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/108809-2014-01-06-03-33-45
No politics, more pay: teachers
Teachers across Cambodia are insisting pay raises aren’t just an election year issue. More than 30 representative teachers gathered for the start of a three-day seminar in Phnom Penh yesterday to continue demanding living wages. The teacher are asking for 250$ per month, according to seminar ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-politics-more-pay-teachers
(English) Man healed, held against will
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Koam Chanrasmey and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-healed-held-against-will
សាលារាជធានីហាក់ដូចជាផ្តល់ក្តីសង្ឃឹមដល់សហគមន៍ក្រីក្រ
សាលារាជធានីអះអាងថា ខ្លួននឹងបើកសិក្ខាសាលាមួយនៅក្នុងខែ កុម្ភៈ ជាមួយអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល និងសហគមន៍ដីធ្លីជិត ៤០០ ដើម្បីសិក្សាពីតម្រូវការជាក់ស្តែងរបស់សហគមន៍ក្រីក្រខណៈដែលប្រជាពលរដ្ឋក្នុងសហគមន៍ក្រីក្រប្រមាណ ១១ ភាគរយបានក្លាយជាជនរងគ្រោះ ...
ឆាយ ច័ន្ទនីដា
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/109604-2014-01-23-03-17-59
(English) Authorities Burn 60 Homes in Pursat Province
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Ben Sokhean and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-burn-60-homes-in-pursat-province-52093/
(English) Pursat land dispute leads to destruction
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May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-land-dispute-leads-destruction
(English) Kratie farmers offered land, but many remain defiant
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Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/kratie-farmers-offered-land-but-many-remain-defiant-60025/
(English) Khmer minority lack equal rights: report
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Kevin Ponniah and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-minority-lack-equal-rights-report
S&P: កម្ពុជាងាយរងគ្រោះបំផុតពីបញ្ហាអាកាសធាតុ
ភ្នាក់ងារវាយតម្លៃចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ឥណទានរបស់អាមេរិក Standard & Poors (S&P) បានផ្ដល់ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់កម្ពុជាថា ងាយនឹងទទួលរងគ្រោះបំផុតពីផលប៉ះពាល់នៃបម្រែបម្រួលអាកាសធាតុនាពេលអនាគត។ ក្នុងចំណោមប្រទេស ១១៦ វាយតម្លៃដោយ S&P ដែលសំដៅដល់ភាពងាយរងគ្រោះចេញផ្សាយកាលពីខែមុន ដោយចាត់ថ្នាក់ពី ...
Eddie Morton
http://bit.ly/1kS8Rzt