The ‘Eco-School’ programme is being expanded into indigenous minority communities through nine primary schools, with the goal of increasing children’s participation in “clean” and “green” activities — including waste management, tree planting and biodiversity conservation. This programme has been implemented under the Keo Seima REDD+ Project in Mondulkiri province since January 2022, in collaboration with partner organisations. It is now run through nine primary schools within the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. The educational activities run through the programme focuses on waste management, composting, environmental and forest education, and raising awareness of wildlife protection. The participating schools are Pu Trom Thmey,…
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At least 25 people died in traffic accidents during the first six days of November, including 13 deaths that occurred over the three days of the Water Festival. On Friday, November 7, Touch Sokhak, deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, stated that from November 1 to November 6 — a period that included the three-day Royal Water Festival — traffic accidents claimed 25 lives, while more than 50 others were injured, some of them seriously. The spokesperson described these numbers as “a deeply concerning sign once again for the month of November”. During the three days of the Water…
Cambodian and Thai demining teams are set to review a trial demining area within a priority zone along the border between Banteay Meanchey province and the neighbouring Thai province of Sa Kaeo. Today, November 7, the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Coordinating Task Force (JCTF) instructed the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the Thai Mine Action Center (TMAC) to arrange a technical meeting to assess the pilot area. The zone will span Banteay Meanchey’s Ou Bei Choan commune, in Ou Chrov district, and Sa Kaeo province’s Nonmak Moon commune, in Khok Song district. The plans are in accordance with a decision made…
Michael Laub is somewhere between Brussels and Cambodia when we connect via video call and the first thing he wants you to know is that he’s not a European theatre academic. Nor is he another art-house darling mining Southeast Asia for exotic material. Not even, despite four decades of critical acclaim and retrospectives, particularly interested in being taken seriously. “People often confuse me for an academic,” he says, “but basically, I have a punk sensibility.” It’s a telling opening from the 72-year-old Belgian director and choreographer, whose work has been labelled “post-dramatic theatre” for decades by critics and scholars. He’s…
More than 1,600 former minefields, covering a total area of about 121 square kilometres in Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin provinces, have been returned to local communities for safe use since 2020 — with nearly 80 per cent of the land now being cultivated for agriculture, according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). The cleared land was presented from 2020 through 2025 through the Performance Monitoring System (PMS) — a mechanism designed to collect information and socio-economic data on how mine-cleared land is used by beneficiary communities. The CMAA explained that the data collection was conducted…
The Ministry of Environment has reported that it prevented the discharge of more than 15,890,000 cubic metres of untreated wastewater from January to October of this year. Among the total, approximately two million cubic metres was stopped in October alone. Ministry spokesperson Khvay Atitya stated that the prevention of the discharge of untreated wastewater to avoid environmental pollution was carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Natural Resources Code of Cambodia. As of October 2025, a total of 61 enterprises, companies and factories have signed environmental protection agreements. Among them, 48 have installed automated monitoring equipment and data management…
Tep Asnarith, spokesperson for the Ministry of Information, has reiterated the government’s opposition to impunity and claimed that the practices of ethical and professional journalism are widely promoted in the Kingdom. He shared his comments on November 2, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Asnarith highlighted that a recent ministry-run survey on the “state of media freedom in Cambodia in 2025” showed an improved space for practicing journalism, with over 86% of the journalists surveyed asserting that they have full freedom to practice their profession safely, without harassment and with an easy environment to gather information…
An additional 34 camera traps are being installed within the Lomphat REDD+ Project area, to expand the scope of biodiversity and wildlife monitoring in the project area. The installation is being carried out by a NatureLife Cambodia (NLC) team, in cooperation with the Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary under the Ministry of Environment, with the aim of gaining a clearer understanding of the diversity and presence of key wildlife species in the area. Bou Vorsak, NLC director, said that the purpose of installing the cameras is to monitor important flagship species and assess how the REDD+ project is impacting biodiversity. “The objective…
The General Secretariat of the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) has suspended the gambling licences of four Preah Sihanouk casinos that have close links to the US- and UK-embargoed Jin Bei Group. On November 2, the National Police shuttered the four premises, shortly after the same measures were taken against a casino in Svay Rieng province. The secretariat named the four casinos as the Jin Bei Group casino, operated by the Jin Bei Group Co., Ltd., the Jin Bei casino operated under license of Cambodian Heng Sin Real Estate Co., Ltd; G.C. Casino operated under G.C. Media Co.,…
The Kratie Mekong Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge, valued at $114 million, will officially be officially opened to the public on April 1, 2026, according to Phan Rim, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. He shared the welcome announcement on Monday, November 3. Rim explained that the construction team is currently completing road markings and installing lighting systems, and expects to complete the work by Khmer New Year 2026. The completion of all connecting feeder roads is also expected to be available for use by the April deadline. The overall project includes the Kratie Mekong Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge, its…