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Read More Hun Sen threatens to dissolve political parties that associate with Sam Rainsy
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday said he would dissolve any political party that dares to associate with Sam Rainsy, a threat that opposition party officials believe indicates he is still afraid of the exiled opposition leader’s political clout ahead of the 2023 general elections.
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Wake up call: Boating tragedy prompts rethink on students’ travel to school
The tragic loss of lives of eleven students, who drowned on a journey back home from an evening class when the boat they were on sank, not only struck Cambodia with one of the greatest calamity involving children in the post-Khmer Rouge era but also nudged the government into rethinking about the safety of the underprivileged children who have to put their lives on the line for the sake of education opportunities.
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Read More New safety rules after tragic sinking in southeast Kandal
Following the October 13 tragic ferry sinking incident that claimed the lives of 11 students, authorities in southeastern Kandal province’s Loeuk Dek district have issued an emergency order to all waterway service providers to have life jackets on board for all passengers at all times.
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Read More Women in the 21st Century: Facing Old Attitudes in a New Era
“We feel we are never right,” she said. “That’s why I picked “Sampot Sor” (white skirt) as title for the exhibition. It’s part of a proverb in Cambodia…When you have a black spot on it, it’s forever.”
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Read More Mass Trial Continues With Questioning of Jailed CNRP Activists
The court is trying 37 senior CNRP leaders and activists in the fifth mass trial investigated by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, alleging that support for Sochua’s planned return fell under the charges of plotting and incitement. The four prior mass trials were linked to opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s attempted return to Cambodia in 2019 and verdicts have been delivered in three of the cases.
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Read More Interior Ministry Officials Deflect on Compound Owners, Online Scams in Marathon Briefing
A 5.5-hour Interior Ministry press conference reviewed recent raids against the forced labor of foreign nationals, but officials continued to sidestep from naming compound owners and saying whether the syndicates perpetrated global scams.
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Read More Dith Tina Approved as New Agriculture Minister
The ruling CPP-controlled National Assembly on Friday unanimously approved Dith Tina, formerly a secretary of state at the Energy Ministry, as the new Agriculture Minister, less than a week after Veng Sakhon was removed from the position.
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Read More Kem Sokha Lawyers Object as Judge Calls It Quits on Witness Testimony
A Phnom Penh judge on Thursday said witness questioning in the nearly three-year treason trial of Kem Sokha was finished, while Sokha’s lawyers argued representatives of foreign organizations accused in the alleged “color revolution” plot should be summoned.
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Read More Pagodas support thousands of poor and homeless
Buddhist pagodas nationwide play a key role as the home or care facility for 23,590 poor, elderly, homeless, and students.
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Read More Run Ta Ek villagers granted 10-year IDPoor cards
villagers granted 10-year IDPoor cards Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that a 10-year validity IDPoor card would be issued to the people who had agreed to relocate from the Angkor Archaeological Park to the Run Ta Ek eco-village in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district, while also pushing for the rapid development of the area as soon as possible to benefit the new Run Ta Ek villagers.
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Read More On World Habitat Day, Civil Society Organizations Urge Fair Treatment of Displaced Families
Eighteen civil society organizations called for fair compensation and solutions for communities caught in the Kingdom’s long running development-related land disputes in a joint-statement on October 3, marking World Habitat Day and the right to housing.
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Read More Hun Sen Threatens Eviction Without Compensation for Angkor Residents Who Negotiate
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that families who refuse to accept government compensation to leave the Angkor area and try to bargain for higher compensation will face eviction.
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Read More The LGBTIQ+ Community in Cambodia Meet for a “Together Stronger” Event
People from the LGBTIQ+ Community from across Cambodia gathered in Battambang province to take part in the “Together Stronger” event, raise awareness of gender equality and promote LGBTIQ+ rights.
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Read More CPP dismisses need to meet with four opposition parties
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) reiterated yesterday that there was no need to meet with four opposition parties over electoral reforms which had already been instituted.
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Read More Cambodia Needs to Move Past the Narrative of ‘National Salvation’
Speaking on May 20, the National Day of Remembrance, marking the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had this to say: “In order to make sure this regime never returns, we must participate in maintaining peace.” Talk of the Khmer Rouge returning may seem perverse.
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Cambodia's crackdown against human trafficking continues, 500 rescued
Cambodia's nationwide crackdown against human trafficking and forced labour is continuing with almost 500 more people being rescued, mostly in Sihanoukville.
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Read More CP claims commune chiefs still discriminate
The Candlelight Party (CP) claims that commune councils, especially the second deputy on some councils, are still discriminated against by local commune authorities who fail to allocate proper positions and workplaces to CP commune council officials and deputies.
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Read More Displaced From Angkor: Desolate Land, Uncertain Futures Await Residents
Seng* was there mingling with his neighbors in Trapeang Ses village. Spread along a road running parallel to the Angkor Wat complex, the village is one of several residential and vendor areas marked for an upcoming demolition as part of an official campaign under the Apsara Authority and Land Ministry to clear inhabitants from the Angkor Archaeological Park.
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Read More Land Swap Detailed: Firm Gets 69 Hectares for $10M Construction
Documents released last week as part of the Royal Book show 94 hectares of state forest were transferred to an oknha in Preah Sihanouk and 69 hectares to Ream City Land & House. Some 16 hectares of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake, right near the shacks of protesting residents, were also privatized for two individuals.
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Read More Sokha Quizzed on Foreign ‘Color Revolution’ Trainings for CNRP
The trial will continue on October 5. Chak Sopheap, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, which was founded by Sokha, said she had been summoned by the court to appear on October 5 but had a previously planned international visit. She has been questioned during the investigation phase of the case and also attended an early hearing in the trial.
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