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This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network where Gerald Flynn was a fellow. *Names have been changed to protect sources who said they feared reprisals from the authorities. KOH KONG, Cambodia — “I think there’s a 30% chance we’ll have trouble with the police,” said Ly Chandaravuth, an environmental activist with […]

Despite Cambodia’s improved infrastructure, election materials still need to be delivered by air, water and tractor to certain provinces and regions, said officials from the National Election Committee (NEC).

Cambodia took a significant step towards ensuring safety and peace within its borders as competent authorities destroyed remnants of over 200 landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) on June 4.

Local public-listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) reported an overall decline in business performance in the first quarter of the year – ended March 31 – stemming from regional and global economic slowdown.

The National Center for Parasitology and Entomology Programme (NCPEP) reported yesterday, in almost five months of this year, there has been 2,666 cases of dengue fever with five deaths.

On International Children's Day, June 1, King Norodom Sihamoni granted Cambodian citizenship to Margaret Elizabeth Jane Eno, the founder of M’Lop Tapang, an NGO which has supported the most vulnerable of the Kingdom’s children for the past 20 years.

Good news for wildlife lovers. A pod of more than 50 saltwater dolphins was found swimming off the coast of Kep province in Cambodia. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries made the announcement last week.

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has requested that alarms be installed at pedestrian crossings, in order to assist blind people cross busy roads. At present, no such system exists in the Kingdom.

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training calls on enterprise owners with foreign employees to apply for work permits and workbooks. The call came during inspections of foreign employees’ work status on-site, as stated in its May 31 letter.

Anti-Cyber Crime Department (ACCD) director Sok Nithya said that many cases of high-tech crimes are happening online in the form of frauds and scams. He noted that recently, the majority of online fraud cases are perpetrated through Telegram channels.