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Cambodia, Korea to renew forestry commitment
Meanwhile, Sakhon shared information about Cambodia’s forest cover, reforestation policy, forest management, maintaining and conservation, forest business and forest benefits, and non-timber forest products, especially community forests.
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Phnom Tamao Forest: 130 Hectares Destroyed in Five Days
An estimate based on the imagery suggests around 130 hectares of the forest was cleared over the five days.
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CNLP says party not dissolved, will continue under new leader
A senior party official of Cambodia National Love Party (CNLP) said yesterday that the dissolution of the party announced by its ex-president Chiv Cata is void and remaining leaders are mobilising to find a new leader..
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Opposition Councilor Says She Is Being Obstructed From Fulfilling Duties
An opposition commune councilor in Battambang says she is being obstructed from doing the work she was elected to perform, with the ruling-party commune chief bringing in someone from the outside to head a committee she believes she should be running.
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Boeung Tamok Lake’s Residents Face Court Action
Residents at Boeung Tamok lake’s Samrong Tboung village were summoned and will appear in court one after another, following a complaint filed on charges of obstructing, incitement, and creating public disorder in the public space.
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False Official Documents Help Minors Land Factory Jobs
Girls as young as 12 say they are working in garment factories in Kampong Speu, some with the knowledge of their employers and others with false identification documents issued by their local officials.
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Communes Meet as Private Projects Begin Building on State Lakes, Forests
Clearing began in recent days in the beloved Phnom Tamao forest, which spans more than 2,000 hectares and contains a wildlife rescue center in one corner. Most of the rest of it has been privatized for tycoons including Leng Navatra and Khun Sea, according to documents and the country’s agriculture minister.
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Cambodians face sugar giant in Thai court
Mai is expected to testify as a lead plaintiff in Southeast Asia’s first transboundary class action lawsuit as the case heads to trial in the coming months. The complaint brought by 712 Cambodians from northwest Oddar Meanchey province claims they were forcibly evicted by subsidiaries of Thai-based Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation between 2008 and 2009.
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Hun Manet Calls Rainsy Shameless, Lacks of Virtue and Maturity (Video Inside)
Cambodian army commander lieutenant general Hun Manet reacted to baseless accusations made by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
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Wildlife group distressed by land clearing in Tamao
Wildlife Alliance (WA) expressed its dissatisfaction concerning the clearing of hundreds of hectares of land next to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary by developer Leng Navatra Company into a gated community and resort.
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Cambodians face sugar giant in Thai court
Mai is expected to testify as a lead plaintiff in Southeast Asia’s first transboundary class action lawsuit as the case heads to trial in the coming months. The complaint brought by 712 Cambodians from northwest Oddar Meanchey province claims they were forcibly evicted by subsidiaries of Thai-based Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation between 2008 and 2009.
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Communes Meet as Private Projects Begin Building on State Lakes, Forests
Clearing began in recent days in the beloved Phnom Tamao forest, which spans more than 2,000 hectares and contains a wildlife rescue center in one corner. Most of the rest of it has been privatized for tycoons including Leng Navatra and Khun Sea, according to documents and the country’s agriculture minister.
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Hun Manet Calls Rainsy Shameless, Lacks of Virtue and Maturity (Video Inside)
Cambodian army commander lieutenant general Hun Manet reacted to baseless accusations made by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
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Boeng Tamok Residents Questioned in Court
Two residents of Boeng Tamok protesting the filling-in of the lake were questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday, with five others expected in court over the next week.
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Love Party Moves On From Resigned Leaders
The party’s future came into question last week when president Chiv Cata posted on Facebook that he was dissolving the party. He later issued a resignation, and vice president Kheuy Sinoeurn told VOD on Monday that he too was resigning, alongside another vice president, Kong Kimhak, and senior leaders Sok Vibol and An Sopheara.
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Two Candlelight Party Officials Summoned for Court Questioning
Two Candlelight Party officials have been summoned for court questioning in Pailin and Tbong Khmum over separate charges they argue amount to political intimidation.
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Ministry challenges opposition to debate amendment
Senior Justice Ministry official has challenged opposition parties and civil society to a debate on the Constitutional amendments rather than lash out at the government.
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Inside Southeast Asia’s Casino Scam Archipelago
The woman explains that she traveled from Bangkok to Sa Kaeo on the Thailand-Cambodia border to meet a Thai broker who had promised her a job in Poipet, a seedy casino town just over the border in Cambodia. “I know everything and I’m afraid that [the boss] will kill me,” she sobs. “I don’t know what he will do to the others after this and I don’t know if I can contact you again. I’ve heard that at least 20 or 30 people have died.”
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Razing of Phnom Tamao Forest Begins
Excavators have begun tearing strips through the protected Phnom Tamao forest — recently privatized for development by select tycoons — raising fears among locals and a wildlife sanctuary that shares the land.
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NGOs and political parties say they won’t attend Justice Ministry ‘explanation’ of new constitutional amendments
Civil society groups and opposition parties that have opposed newly passed constitutional amendments said they would be boycotting a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice this week intended to clarify the changes to eight articles.
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