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A woman uses a baby powder in Phnom Penh, August 24, 2022. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Asbestos was discovered in baby powder, raising health concerns among parents and consumers

25 Aug 2022 1:45 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

A government investigation announced a recall on 12 brands of talcum powder sold in Cambodia after finding them to contain traces of asbestos — a mineral carcinogen that can be extremely harmful to human health.

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Asbestos was discovered in baby powder, raising health concerns among parents and consumers

25 Aug 2022 1:45 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Mey Ponlok uses a typewriter for the blind. Photo taken on August 16, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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Cambodian universities are failing students with disabilities

23 Aug 2022 10:36 AM|
Seoung Nimol|

Students with disabilities still struggle at Cambodia’s private universities, which are failing to meet their needs, and the country does not have any specialized colleges for the disabled despite the government’s National Strategic Plan on Disability – which aims to make access to education easier for people living with disabilities.

A meeting to resolve the issue between Lieutenant Colonel Yoeung Sae and Sou Senghak, which was attended by other officers and Samarakot journalists, was held on August 22, 2022. Photo supplied

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Preah Vihear journalist assaulted by military commander

22 Aug 2022 10:46 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

A journalist in Preah Vihear province says he was beaten up by an army commander after he accidentally witnessed what he suspected to be the illegal transportation of timber.

Tho Oeun and his family live in a dilapidated house after their economic situation deteriorated following the loss of their land. Photo taken on May 17, 2022. Supplied by CFCC

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Twenty-one Kratie families lost farmland to social concession

17 Aug 2022 2:59 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Twenty-one families involved in a years-long land dispute in Kratie province’s Chhlong district, say they are struggling to make ends meet after losing their farmland and have received no compensation from the government.

A view of houses in Prek Thei village that collapsed into the creek in Kandal Province’s Takhmao city, August 4, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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Villagers in Kandal seek assistance following riverbank collapse

11 Aug 2022 4:48 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

A collapsed riverbank has severely affected 12 families in Kandal province’s Takhmao city, and dozens more living nearby are worried about further collapse.

Families from Kilometer 6, Tuol Sangke 1 commune, Russei Keo district, meet with officials about their resettlement plots, July 29, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Land plots awarded to hundreds of families living along derelict train line

30 Jul 2022 2:25 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Russei Keo district officials announced the relocation of 320 families living along an abandoned railway, prompting dozens of residents further down the tracks to gather at City Hall and demand a similar settlement.

Members of the Daun Ov community of Choeung Ek village gather at City Hall to ask for land titles, July 27, 2022. Photo Supplied

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Daun Ov community in Choeung Ek pleads for land titles

28 Jul 2022 10:23 AM|
Seoung Nimol|

About 40 people from the Daun Ov community, representing some 84 families in Choeung Ek village in Dangkor district, gathered Wednesday at Phnom Penh City Hall to urge authorities to issue long-awaited land titles to the community as a nearby development project moves forward.

Students from Kampong Prak Primary School row home after class. Photo taken July 12, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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In Pursat’s floating villages, no nearby secondary school means little chance at seventh grade

25 Jul 2022 2:55 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Pursat Province’s Krakor district: Chea Reaksmey, 13, has managed to make it to sixth grade on the Tonle Sap lake. At Kampong Prak Primary School, she’s an excellent student — one who dreams of becoming a teacher. But with the nearest secondary school on the mainland, far from her floating home, she has little hope of furthering her education.

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Asbestos was discovered in baby powder, raising health concerns among parents and consumers

Asbestos was discovered in baby powder, raising health concerns among parents and consumers

Cambodian universities are failing students with disabilities

Preah Vihear journalist assaulted by military commander

Twenty-one Kratie families lost farmland to social concession

Villagers in Kandal seek assistance following riverbank collapse

Land plots awarded to hundreds of families living along derelict train line

Daun Ov community in Choeung Ek pleads for land titles

In Pursat’s floating villages, no nearby secondary school means little chance at seventh grade

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