The report — “A Snapshot of the Gold Mining Industry in Cambodia: Rights Violations, and Environmental Damage” — notes that a government official in 2007 touted the industry’s promise of reducing reliance on donor aid and funding everything from schools to infrastructure and social programs.
Before COVID-19, Chinese investors turned Cambodia's seaside city of Sihanoukville into a gambling hotspot. But China’s economy has been grappling with a slowdown, and now the buildings — abandoned by Chinese investors — have become eyesores. More on this from Hul Reaksmey in Sihanoukville.
The pandemic ended a real estate boom and the market’s recovery is weak, causing concerns over financing problems in the heavily indebted sector.
Prime Minister Hun Sen rejects suggestions that any foreign troops would be stationed there, saying the base is part of Cambodia's right to defend its territory
Other items likely to come before ASEAN foreign ministers include revisiting China's claims in South China Seas and Myanmar's military junta
“Tensions and controversy will arise, especially with regard to Russia's presence at the meeting, as the West is opposed to Russia's presence,” Chheang Vannarith told VOA Khmer on Friday. “It’s hard to reach a consensus because it already has two blocs.”
Publisher of Cambodia Today says license is revoked after officials pressured him to drop report on mismanagement
Washington had cited corruption related to the Ream Naval Base, a geopolitical flashpoint, as the US worries it may become a Chinese military outpost.
Satellite images show new buildings amid long-simmering concerns that Ream base expansion is for Chinese military use, which the Cambodian government denies .
The case involves Mean Pich Rita, a presenter on “My TV” and a local tycoon Heng Sier, who is the director of Heng Sreng Hong Construction Import and Export and CamboPura Glass company.
Residents in red zones are prohibited from leaving their homes except in medical emergencies.
The statement, which included 45 rights groups and community organizations, highlighted how at least 22 journalists were either attacked or threatened with violence while in the field in 2020.
The Cambodian government extended a 14-day lockdown by another week until May 5 and imposed a three-color zone system to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The warning is in response to several photos and videos posted on Facebook showing police using wooden sticks to beat people.
Phnom Penh residents are facing food shortages and financial strife as the capital and Takhmau city complete a week of the country’s two-week lockdown.
Mao Ayuth was also a secretary of state at the Information Ministry.
The police arrested 21,566 people linked to 10,461 drug-related crimes in 2020, up from 20,490 people arrested in 2019, according to National Police statistics.
The new curfew will be in place from April 1 to April 14 between 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Suy Sophan, 65, passed away on March 29 due to liver cancer.
Activists have been pushing the government to allow groups like the Prey Lang Community Network, which ran forest patrols till last year, to monitor illegal logging activities in the protected area.
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