Huge road construction projects along the border with Thailand are allowing thousands of Cambodians to seek homes and farmland in newly accessible areas and the road projects are breathing new life into a part of the country previously cut-off from development, the course of the road runs next to the notorious K5 mine belt.


Nearly two million mines were laid in the area between the late 70s and early 90s by Vietnamese and then Cambodian forces, aiming to push the Khmer Rouge out of the country and thousands of Cambodians have been killed or maimed in the years that have followed.


Using a variety of sensors, including ground-penetrating radar, they have unearthed more than 100 anti-personnel mines at the project at Chub Koki in just the last four months and in the rocky border terrain in neighboring Banteay Meanchey province, there is a similar situation.


The recognition of the threat posed by anti-tank mines is now increasing deeper inside the country as the use of agricultural machinery grows and anti-tank mines laid by the Khmer Rouge are being triggered by tractors and ploughs and there have been 135 accidents involving anti-tank mines in the last five years.



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