Prahok makers complain of high prices in capital
Source: Phnom Penh Post People buy fresh fish to make prahok in Russey Keo district in Phnom Penh yesterday. Sahiba Chawdhary Every year, traders and farmers travel from the provinces to Phnom Penh’s...
View ArticleBorey residents protest over long-awaited titles
Source: Phnom Penh Post Land owners gather to demand land titles from Borey Moha Sethey yesterday in Russey Keo district in Phnom Penh. Photo supplied Forty-nine families yesterday protested outside...
View ArticleResidents encounter road development interference
Source: Phnom Penh Post Houses in proximity to the decrepit railway are at risk of being torn down to make way for a road development. Moeun Nhean While big cities like Bangkok and Yangon eye the...
View ArticleThe Bridge project tops out ahead of schedule
Source: Phnom Penh Penh After more than two years under construction, Oxley-WorldBridge’s much-anticipated mixed-use development has achieved the topping out milestone. The successful topping out of...
View ArticleResident fears mount over road near tracks
Source: Phnom Penh Post Railway community members protest outside City Hall yesterday in Phnom Penh. Hong Menea About 20 representatives from eight communities set to be affected by the transformation...
View ArticleTensions between Chinese firm, ethnic villagers mount
Source: Phnom Penh Post A policeman tries to calm representatives of the Chinese-owned company Rui Feng in Preah Vihear on Friday. Photo supplied Ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear’s Chey Sen...
View ArticlePort construction halted
Source: Phnom Penh Post A view of Sou Ching Company’s construction site, where operations were suspended by Siem Reap authorities early this week. Photo supplied Sou Ching Port Investment Company has...
View ArticleBankruptcy fears, back wages prompt protest
Source: Phnom Penh Post About 600 garment workers protested outside the Kbal Koah Garment factory yesterday in Phnom Penh’s Chhbar Ampov district. Photo supplied Some 600 workers from two garment...
View ArticleLao energy not so ‘cheap’: experts
Source: Phnom Penh Post A view of the Don Sahong Dam in southern Laos, just across the border from Stung Treng province. Kimberley McCosker During a visit to the Lao border on Tuesday, Prime Minister...
View ArticleStats show disputes still far from ‘solved’
Source: Phnom Penh Post Minister of Environment, Say Samal speaks to the press after a National Assembly hearing last week in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina New land dispute cases may have dipped last year but...
View ArticleMan faces defamation suit amid land-clearing claims
Source: Phnom Penh Post Uk Mao rides his bike in the land where they have claimed illegal clearing of community forest land. Photo supplied. An activist in Stung Treng province has been hauled before...
View ArticleRui Feng still clearing farmland, villagers say
Source: Phnom Penh Post Villagers attempt to stop equipment owned by Chinese firm Rui Feng from clearing land in Preah Vihear province yesterday. Photo supplied Sugarcane company Rui Feng continued its...
View ArticleHRW rates Kingdom’s 2016 a ‘very bad year’
Source: Phnom Penh Post Former Adhoc official Ny Chakrya (top) is escorted outside the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh last year. ACU head Om Yentieng (bottom) speaks to the press last year. Heng chivoan...
View ArticleInterior Ministry gives park move green light
Source: Phnom Penh Post A man strolls along a path at the future site of Freedom Park in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district along National Road 5. Hong Menea The Ministry of Interior has officially...
View ArticleRecord low deaths from landmines
Source: Phnom Penh Post Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhon speaks at the opening ceremony of the Minefield Management Course in Kompong Speu province yesterday. Photo supplied. Minister of Foreign...
View ArticleTimber raids log multiple arrests
Source: Phnom Penh Post Illegal timber was busted by Forestry Administration officials leading to two arrests in Stung Treng province early this week. Photo supplied. Forestry officials in Stung Treng...
View ArticleA bitter feud in P Vihear
Source: Phnom Penh Post Villagers travel to patrol farmland to stop Rui Feng Sugar Co from clearing it in Preah Vihear province’s Tbeng Meanchey district. Heng Chivoan Poeun Cheun woke before sunrise...
View ArticleRelocations set bridge repairs back until May
Source: Phnom Penh Post Construction workers work under the Japanese Bridge in Phnom Penh. Sreng Meng Srun Repairs to the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, which a City Hall official had said would...
View ArticlePrime minister’s namesake road project leaves residents in prolonged limbo
Source: Phnom Penh Post The area of road where Hun Sen Boulevard is set to be expanded has yet to settle scores with the affected residents. Hong Menea The expansion of a portion of Hun Sen Boulevard,...
View Article‘Black Monday’ Campaign Continues as Hun Sen Moves Against Opposition
Source: VOA Protestors from communities suffered from land rights dispute gathered at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, calling for the release of Tep Vanny, a leading land right...
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