After rapid construction in recent years transformed the coastal city, and more than 200 vendors’ stalls on public beaches were demolished in January, the future of Sihanoukville’s beach tourism is still unclear.
Downstream Mekong countries, including Cambodia, have asked Laos to take a deeper look at the environmental impacts of a planned large-scale hydropower dam that academics and activists say will maim the mainstream Mekong River, which is already showing signs of severe damage.
Salt has been a staple of Cambodia’s coastal economy for a thousand years, but changing weather patterns and rising sea levels — attributed to global warming and the fluctuations in seasons that result — are making the future of the industry less certain.
Climate change is already hitting Cambodia’s provinces in subtle and sporadic ways, disrupting the country’s agriculture and electricity.
Accounts from pig raisers in Kandal province and warnings from health experts suggest African swine fever outbreaks may have outpaced official reports, raising concerns about the speed of response.
O’REANG DISTRICT, Mondulkiri province — With guards standing by, threatening to quash any potential protest, an excavator dug closer to the Bunong communal burial grounds,
More than 200 Montagnard refugees fled the Vietnamese Highlands four years ago hoping to find safety in Cambodia. Today, only 28 remain, still detained in
Four Montagnard ethnic minority asylum seekers were sent back to Vietnam by Cambodian officials on Friday, leaving nearly 30 others remaining in stateless limbo in Phnom Penh.
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