Officials struggling to fix dam as floods continue
Source: Phnom Penh Post |Wed, 19 October 2016, by Khouth Sophak Chakrya A woman makes her way through the flooded grounds of a pagoda earlier this week in Phnom Penh’s Spean Thma commune. Pha Lina The...
View ArticleFlood advances across Dangkor
Source: Phnom Penh Post |Thu, 20 October 2016, by Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Joey Chua Xue Ting Security guards walk over a makeshift footpath on Phnom Penh’s Chamka Doung road yesterday after flood...
View ArticleQuestions renew over attack at Wat Phnom
Source: Phnom Penh Post Boeung Kak land-rights activist Nget Khun arrives at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for questioning. Pha Lina Prominent Boeung Kak activist Nget Khun was questioned in...
View ArticleEx-Capitol Bus drivers to resume their protest
Source: Phnom Penh Post Union leader Ath Thorn speaks at press conference yesterday in Phnom Penh where former Capitol bus drivers said they would continue to protest. Pha Lina Fired Capitol bus...
View ArticleActivists still await probe over Siem Reap shooting
Source: Phnom Penh Post Police labels indicate the location of bullet holes on the home of Siem Reap land activist Chan Rith following a shooting last month. Photo supplied An alleged shooting into the...
View ArticleStudy links toilet usage, height
Source: Phnom Penh Post People unload building materials from a trailer in Kampong Cham during the construction of a latrine in 2012 as part of a campaign to eliminate open defecation. Plan...
View ArticleWhite Building plans laid out by ministry
Source: Phnom Penh Post Traffic passes Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building earlier this year. Hong Menea Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara told representatives of residents of Phnom Penh’s White...
View ArticleDetentions extended for officials in ‘bribery’ case
Source: Phnom Penh Post Election official and former Adhoc staffer Ny Chakrya is escorted out of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday after his hearing. Niem Chheng The four officials from local...
View ArticleRosewood, first-grade timber seized in busts
Source: Phnom Penh Post Authorities sort through confiscated rosewood in Kampong Chhnang province on Wednesday. Photo supplied Nearly 500 pieces of illegal first-grade timber were seized in a series of...
View ArticleChroy Changvar locals reject city’s ultimatum
Source: Phnom Penh Post Residents of Chroy Changvar district protest in Phnom Penh yesterday morning at the site of an OCIC development project. Touch Sokha About 40 Chroy Changvar peninsula residents...
View ArticleFlooded schools miss first classes in capital
Source: Phnom Penh Post People make their way along a flooded street on the outskirts of Phnom Penh last month after heavy rain caused flooding. Heng Chivoan Three schools in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor...
View ArticleBodyguard Unit trio released one year after MP beatings
Source: Phnom Penh Post Mao Hoeung (right) and Chhay Sarith (centre) exit a prisoner transport earlier this year at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Pha Lina A little over a year since they brutally...
View ArticlePrey Lang community seeks selfies for a cause
Source: Phnom Penh Post Seeking to capitalise on Cambodians’ embrace of social media, the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) will launch a selfie-taking campaign this month to build awareness about...
View ArticleMinister slams UN rep over alleged ‘prejudice’
Source: Phnom Penh Post OHCHR Cambodia representative Wan-Hea Lee speaks last month in Phnom Penh during a public forum on the Paris Peace Accords. Photo supplied Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon slammed...
View ArticleNew JICA-funded traffic lights going up around city
Source: Phnom Penh Post Workers install a new traffic light on Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay last week. Eli Lillis Phnom Penh’s traffic lights will by mid-2017 no longer feature the presently ubiquitous...
View ArticleFunding a priority at COP22 climate conference
Source: Phnom Penh Post King Norodom Sihamoni delivers a speech at the UN climate talks (COP21) in Paris last year, where he called for adaptation and mitigation financing for the Kingdom to meet its...
View ArticleMinister to chair White Building committee
Source: Phnom Penh Post A young boy walks past power meters at the White Building in Phnom Penh earlier this year. Hong Menea A committee with Land Management Minister Chea Sophara at its helm was...
View ArticleTonne of rosewood seized in Takhmao
Source: Phnom Penh Post People unload roseswood from a truck that was abandoned by its occupants in Takhmao earlier this week after a brief chase by authorities. Photo supplied Police in Kandal’s...
View ArticleApsara officials arrested over felled tree
Source: Phnom Penh Post Pieces of a rosewood tree are unloaded at a Siem Reap pagoda yesterday after the Apsara Authority felled it earlier in the week. Photo supplied Two high-ranking Apsara Authority...
View ArticleMinistry plans wildlife corridors to boost Cambodia’s biodiversity
Source: Phnom Penh Post Banteng graze on forest foliage in the Kingdom’s Eastern Plains. The Ministry of Environment is planning the creation of conservation corridors to link protected areas in an...
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