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​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ពហុបច្ចេកទេស​ខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់​ ប្រកាស​ជ្រើសរើស​យុវជន​មក​ពី​គ្រួសារ​ក្រីក្រ​ និង​គ្រួសារ​ងាយ​រង​ហានិភ័យ​ជិត​ ៣០០​នាក់​ ដើម្បី​សិក្សា​លើ​ជំនាញ​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ​ និង​បច្ចេកទេស​ កម្រិត​សញ្ញាបត្រ​បច្ចេកទេស​ និង​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ​១​ (C1)​។​ ...

A local Pursat province journalist filed a lawsuit yesterday against a group of wood traders who he alleges beat him up on Tuesday. According to [Krouch] Non [Santre commune police chief], Nhok Yern, a reporter for Prum Bayon newspaper, and another journalist confronted men trafficking wood by cart. ...

Outspoken land activist Kuch Veng will regain his freedom in 15 days after the Pursat provincial court yesterday handed down a guilty verdict with a one-year sentence, then suspended nearly three quarters of that term. Veng has been in prison since May 19 on charges of ...

After more than three months in jail, environmental activist Kuch Veng is set to hear his verdict at the Pursat provincial court. The verdict was originally scheduled to be handed down July 10, but the judge ordered it delayed after some 300 people from 11 provinces ...

Candidates for a government program that sends Cambodians to work in South Korea can file paperwork closer to home this year, as applications will now be distributed in 13 provinces. Applications will be available until Friday in provincial labour offices in Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong ...

About 40 families of ex-Khmer Rouge and government soldiers in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district complained to rights group Adhoc yesterday, accusing officials of forcing them to thumbprint a contract saying they would vote CPP so the party could resolve an ongoing land dispute, an ...

Two days before a land activist’s scheduled sentencing, about 400 people affected by land grabs demonstrated at Pursat Provincial Court in support of the man who frequently protests against the Pheap Imex Company. About 12,000 families are now involved in land disputes around a Pheap ...

South Korea will soon give a four year loan package worth $200 million for dam and road projects, according to Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. The loan will be utilized to repair three national road lines as well as rural roads in nine ...

In a joint effort to promote trade ties, government officials in Cambodia and Thailand have organised the first “Caravan Fair” in which producers within the neighbouring countries will showcase their products to one another. The Cambodia-Thailand Caravan Fair 2013, a travelling event starting on June 25 ...

More than 700 villagers from five provinces yesterday protested in front of the provincial government headquarters in Kompong Chhnang after losing their community forests to large agro-industry firms. Organized by the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly- a network of communities that includes forestry and land activists as ...

Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare SEZ in O’Yadav ...

Logging baron Try Pheap’s MDS Import Export Co, Ltd has been granted a licence to collect and process the controversial plant known as yellow vine around the Stung Atay hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains, according to documents received by the Post yesterday. The vine has ...

About 50 police, soldiers and environmental officials yesterday demolished two houses and cut down thousands of trees belonging to families who are locked in a land dispute with MDS Import Export Co, owned by tycoon Try Pheap, villagers in Pursat province claimed. Fellow villager Khouch ...

Officials and business people say solar panels are gaining in popularity in rural areas, where the power grid does not reach. Mao Sangat, director of Solar Energy Cambodia, told the Post yesterday that his company saw increases of installation of solar power systems for families whose ...

អ្នកតំណាង​សហ​គម​ដ៏​មាន​កិត្តិ​ស័ព្ទ​មួយ​រូប​ដែល​បាន​ប្រឈម​ក្នុង​បញ្ហា ​ទំនាស់​ដីធ្លី​ដោយ​ការ​ចាប់​យក​ដី​ដ៏​យូរអង្វែង​មួ​​យ​ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ សម្បទាន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ Pheapimex​ Group​ ត្រូវ​បាន​ចាប់ខ្លួន​ពី​បទលួចបន្លំ​និង​ត្រូវ​ជាប់ពន្ធ​នាគា​ក្នុងភូមិ​ ក្រោលគោ​ខេត្តពោធិសាត់​កាលពី ...

After reaching agreement late last month, the contract for a $90 million concession loan from Japan to Cambodia was officially signed in Phnom Penh yesterday to improve 83.5 kilometres of National Road 5. The construction is scheduled to start in June 2015 and will be ...

“I don’t know how to protect the territorial integrity [of the nearby Cambodian-Thai border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” said Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retired and active soldiers who since 2010 have been battling the local authorities ...

When activists Mom Sakin and Sorn Siyan took a stand against illegal logging in Kratie province last month, they were allegedly threatened with violence and lawsuits from officials. “Powerful people who wanted to intimidate us shot their guns into the air to prevent us from going ...

Human rights group Adhoc yesterday criticized a commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district for accusing one of its staff of incitement and spreading disinformation after villagers traveled to Phnom Penh in March to protest over a land dispute with well known businessman Try ...

A commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district has filed a lawsuit accusing a human rights worker of incitement and disinformation after villagers the NGO staffer spoke to traveled to Phnom Penh to protest over a land dispute involving a well-known businessman Try Pheap. Pursat ...

Since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced an ambitious new plan some 10 months ago to make nearly half a million families official land owners, hardly a week goes by that a rural community does not complain of local officials trying to scam the project. But when ...

The Pursat Provincial court on Friday charged Krakor district’s judicial police bureau chief for taking bribes in order to allow illegal fishing in the Tonle Sap Lake, officials said yesterday. [Hong Bunthoeun] stands accused of accepting bribes to allow illicit fishing in parts of the Tonle ...

​ដប់​គ្រួសារ​ដែល​ជាប់​ក្នុង​ជម្លោះ​ដី​ធ្លីដ៏​យូរអង្វែង​មួយ​ជាមួយនឹង​ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ Pheapimex​ Group​ ក្នុងស្រុក​ក្រគរ​ខេត្តពោធិសាត់​បានឱ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​នេះ​បាន​បដិសេធ​មិន​ទទួលស្គាល​កម្មសិទ្ធិ​ដីធ្លី​ថ្មី​នេះ​ដែល​ បាន​ផ្តល់​ទៅ​ឱ្យ​ពួក​គេ​និង​បាន​រារាំង​ពួក​គេ ...

Authorities in Battambang province on Saturday summoned two villagers from Salmot district’s Ta Sanh commune after they refused to hand over money to officials asking for donations to feed students working in the area as part of the government’s nationwide land titling project. Heng ...