Local police claimed soldiers were on holiday, not shooting at patrollers in a Kampong Speu community forest, as residents allege they were again targeted by soldiers last week.
A Health Ministry official has raised concerns about the lack of nurseries inside garment factories, warning that infants could lack proper nutrition if they are not breastfed for six months.
Environmentalists are calling for more action to protect the Cardamom Mountains National Parks and Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary, which they say are suffering illegal logging on a daily basis.
Hundreds of workers protested outside a Phnom Penh garment factory alleging insufficient compensation for more than 1,000 workers who were laid off.
This week marked another week of villager protests across the country asserting rights in land disputes that follow similar patterns of smallholders facing off with larger business interests.
A former Banteay Meanchey provincial police officer has been arrested and sent to court after filing a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit accusing the provincial police chief of corruption and threatening behavior.
A video report alleging a Battambang timber factory was illegally processing luxury wood has landed a local journalist in court.
Hundreds of people across three provinces and Phnom Penh gathered for protest this week, seeking official intervention for their respective challenges.
The Cambodian Navy wants 120 hectares of land near the Ream naval base back from a prominent business tycoon, who claims that he legally purchased the land from a military official.
The residents say they’re occupying land taken from them about a decade ago by sugarcane plantations run by CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat.
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