Indigenous communities say speculators have accelerated illegal land sales and Covid-19 restrictions are preventing members from patrolling the protected area.
After a year in prison on an incitement conviction for his music, 22-year-old rapper Kea Sokun was released from a Siem Reap prison on Friday and returned home with no regrets about his songs or his refusal to apologize for the lyrics in court.
Crimes are up 18 percent in the first eight months of the year in Banteay Meanchey as drunkenness, violence and theft have risen with Covid-19 hitting hard in the Thai-border province, the provincial police chief said.
The Agriculture Ministry has launched a lumpy skin disease vaccination campaign for cattle starting with priority provinces after more than 30,000 animals have contracted the disease, an official said.
Two Facebook broadcasters were detained overnight after filming inside the gates of a villa where they variously alleged that 100 foreigners who entered the country
Two more former officials of the outlawed opposition party have been pardoned from their ban on political activities.
The Cambodia Democracy Act of 2021 was introduced this week and considered by the committee on Wednesday.
A social media uproar ensued after a Kun Khmer boxer lifted and slammed his opponent onto the mat, with hundreds of people commenting on the perceived foul play, including Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Touch Vibol, executive director of the Student Movement for Democracy (SMD), said in a statement this week that critics had been twisting the group’s words using abusive language, curses and insults.
Though a killer was tried and sentenced to life in prison in 2017, Bou Rachana, wife of slain political analyst Kem Ley, says she is still in pain, raising their children alone in Australia, and has no faith in receiving true justice.
Starting Monday, vaccinated arrivals from abroad will only have to quarantine for seven days, with even shorter times for some groups, a document issued by the Health Minister says.
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