The Bunong and Lao people place spiritual significance on the forests and ancestral burial grounds which will be flooded when the dam goes online.
ក្រសួងការបរទេសសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក បានធ្វើសន្និសីទសារព័ត៌មានអំពីស្ថានភាពតានតឹងនេះ នៅរសៀលថ្ងៃពុធ ទី២៣ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ ម៉ោងនៅសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក។
U.S. Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that he was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision to close the NDI.
The announcement on Wednesday comes amid a broad crackdown on non-governmental groups and critical media outlets ahead of a crucial general election next year, rights groups have said.
The paper was handed a $6 million tax bill earlier this month and given until September 4 to pay or face closure, the seizure of its assets and suspension of its license to operate.
A State Department spokesperson said Washington was in talks with the government in the hope it would approach the disputes “in a fair fashion”.
In the report, CNN interviewed three Cambodian nationals of Vietnamese ethnicity who were identified as Cambodian in the report, prompting the criticism from the government.
The Cambodia Daily told VOA Khmer in an email that the tax bill was not based on an audit of the company’s accounts and was politically motivated.
According to the Ministry of Rural Development, more than 630,000 wells have been drilled across the country.
The $168 monthly minimum wage is a $15 increase in the wage paid to the hundreds of thousands of garment workers this year.
According to official figures, the committee has confiscated some 200 tons of fake products.
U.N. Rights envoy Rhona Smith expressed her support for Vanny’s cause, adding that the U.N. had written several letters to the government and was awaiting a response.
Human rights observers, however, say that while Hun Sen’s more than 30-year grip on Cambodia may seem unshakable, his rule cannot last forever.
Meas Rithy claimed he “had no bad intentions” when he made the comments and was “just joking” and “educating women”.
Cambodian girls, as young as 11 and 12, make a mobile phone app to fight poverty.
President Moon Jae-in avoided potential areas of disagreement with the U.S. during press conference to mark his first 100 days in office.
While private tutoring has been available for many years, online learning has only recently started to take off with the spread of cheap technology.
Roung Kon aims to document and promote the glory days of Cambodia’s silver screen.
The Boeung Kak activists also submitted a petition to Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s rights envoy to Cambodia, who is in the country on a fact-finding mission.
Many took to social media following the announcement to suggest that the move was a pre-election strategy on the part of Hun Sen to win votes and boost his popularity.
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