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Green Group Records 100 Cases of Illegal Logging in Protected Cambodian Forest in Three Days
An environmental watchdog group in Cambodia has recorded at least 100 cases of illegal logging in the country’s protected Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary over the course of just three days, prompting it to call on the government to strengthen enforcement and allow activists to carry out forest patrols unmolested.
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As Pandemic Keeps Campuses Shut, University Students Learn to Adapt
After Covid-19 drove students and teachers off campuses for the first time last year, and sent the economy spiraling, second-year law student Virak Satya decided to take a year off school in May, after about a month of struggling to concentrate during online classes
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Pagoda Visits OK, Should ‘Reduce’ Singing, Dancing for Khmer New Year
The Health Ministry is discouraging people from traveling to high-risk Covid-19 areas during the Khmer New Year and suggests reducing gatherings, drinking, dancing and singing, stopping short of banning festivities amid the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak to date.
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The Phnom Penh joint authority will start fully implementing an overnight, citywide curfew as a COVID-19 prevention measure at 8 p.m. today.
The Phnom Penh joint authority will start fully implementing an overnight, citywide curfew as a COVID-19 prevention measure at 8 p.m. today.
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More Than 70 Journalists Harassed in Cambodia in 2020, Report Finds
Fear of physical violence and legal risks are a daily part of the job for Cambodia’s journalists, a new report says.
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Cambodia Deports Chinese Journalist Over Vaccine for Sale Story
The Cambodian government has deported a Chinese journalist for publishing what authorities deemed “fake news” about a purported scheme offering COVID-19 vaccines for a “service fee.”
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Phnom Penh Arey Khsat ferry services stopped between 8 pm and 5 am
Phnom Penh Arey Khsat ferry connecting to Kandal province has suspended its services from 8 pm to 5 am tonight due to the curfew in place.
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Sam Rainsy’s Facebook Newsreader Returns From Exile, Joins CPP
Three former opposition CNRP youth members have defected to the ruling party, including a woman who previously presented the nightly news on party co-founder Sam Rainsy’s Facebook page and, according to Rainsy, had received refugee status after fleeing to Thailand to escape incitement and plotting charges.
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Sinovac vaccine rollout begins today to jab 745,000 people
The Ministry of Health yesterday announced that it will start vaccinating people in Cambodia with the Sinovac vaccine from today after 1.5 million doses purchased by the government arrived in Cambodia from China on Friday.
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New organized crime report accuses public-private partnership of illegal logging of Prey Lang
An international advocacy group tracking organized crime has accused the Cambodian government of overlooking, and at times actively protecting illegal logging groups driving severe deforestation in the ecologically significant Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
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After 5 Deaths in 2 Days, Ministry Warns of Rapid Declines With Covid-19
Some of the country’s Covid-19 patients are developing respiratory problems too quickly for doctors to address, the Health Ministry said on Thursday as it announced five deaths in two days from the disease, including a 28-year-old woman.
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Curfew order: PM signs sub-decree on restrictions in high-risk C-19 areas
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued a new sub-decree on COVID-19 Prevention Measures, which rolls out several restrictions for civilians and businesses, including a curfew, in areas which have high risk of COVID-19 spread.
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8 PM to 5 AM Curfew in Effect in Phnom Penh for Two Weeks
Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng has announced an 8 p.m. curfew in the capital from Thursday through April 14 amid the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak to date, ordering a halt to gatherings and road traffic at night.
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‘Even Crawling Is Traffic’: Governor Says Curfew Bans All Transport Modes
An 8 p.m. curfew announced Thursday by the Phnom Penh municipality will apply to anyone out on the city’s streets — whether on foot or motorbike, governor Khuong Sreng said.
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Government Rolls Out Sinovac Vaccine for Doctors, Officials
Newly arrived Sinovac vaccines will be given to 745,000 preregistered people, mostly government officials, doctors and employees at selected workplaces, starting Thursday, the Health Ministry said.
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Phnom Penh placed under curfew as Covid cases, deaths rise
Phnom Penh officials on Thursday imposed a night curfew in the city and restricted non-essential travel from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for two weeks, as the city continues to record new COVID-19 cases.
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Activism Is Not ‘Incitement,’ Mother Nature Environmentalists Tell Court
Three Mother Nature environmentalists — arrested while preparing a video campaign against the infilling of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake — disputed the alleged criminality of their actions while on trial on Wednesday, arguing that raising concerns is not “incitement” as charged, their lawyer said.
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Trial begins against Mother Nature activists
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court began hearings Wednesdayin the trial against three environmental activists charged with incitement after sharing information about a planned one-person protest over the by the filling in of Boeng Tamok lake.
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Phnom Penh placed under curfew as Covid cases, deaths rise
Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng declared a two-week curfew in the capital from April 1, with travel and gathering banned from 8 pm until 5 am, as COVID-19 infections related to the February 20 outbreak approach 2,000 and the death tally hit 16.
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City in the clouds: ‘Bokor’ created on mountain in Kampot’s national park
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree to establish a new city in Bokor National Park, Kampot province, to be completed in the next five to six months.
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