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Soft drinks and food stalls are set up along the fence and entrance of a primary school in Phnom Penh on December 12, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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MoEYS Bans Sale and Advertisement of Energy and Sweetened Drinks In and Around Schools

13 Dec 2024 5:17 PM|
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The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) issued a directive on December 10, 2024, prohibiting the consumption, distribution, display, sale and advertising of all types of energy drinks in and around public and private general education institutions and technical institutions.

Authorities with a group of Chinese nationals rescued after a boa, posted to the Preah Sihanouk provincial administration’s Facebook page on September 23, 2022.

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One Dead, 21 Missing, 19 Rescued After Boat Sinks off Sihanoukville

23 Sep 2022 6:58 PM|

A woman was found dead and a man found alive in the waters off the coast of Sihanoukville Friday, a day after a boat carrying 41 Chinese nationals sank near Koh Tang island, Preah Sihanouk provincial officials said.

The lions roundabout in August 2022 in Sihanoukville, where authorities in mid-September busted a compound for alleged illegal gambling, confinement, torture, human trafficking and other crimes. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Firm Investigated for Illegal Gambling, Trafficking Given Casino License

23 Sep 2022 6:32 PM|

Days after police raided a company’s Sihanoukville compound, arresting 27 foreigners and stating that illegal gambling, human trafficking and other crimes were perpetrated there, the nation’s gambling commission granted the same firm a casino license.

A man collects fish at the Tonle Sap river bank in Phnom Penh, September 9, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Fishers Struggle With Declining Fish Catch, Citing Irregular Water Levels

22 Sep 2022 11:38 AM|

Fishers, NGOs, and the government say individual fish catch on the Tonle Sap is low again this year. But while a government official said that is primarily due to population growth and illegal fishing, researchers and community members say the culprit is the extremely irregular water levels caused by upstream hydropower dams.

Officials and industry and union representatives vote on the new monthly minimum wage for garment workers, $200 a month beginning in 2023, on September 21, 2022 in Phnom Penh. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Garment Sector Minimum Wage to Rise to $200 a Month in 2023

21 Sep 2022 11:27 AM|

The minimum wage for workers in Cambodia’s billion-dollar garment sector will rise to $200 a month next year, a $6 raise that unions said was insufficient while employers raised concerns about profits and regional competitiveness.

Beer banners are seen along a street in central Phnom Penh, September 7, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Cambodia’s growing alcohol industry raises concerns, as liquor law remains stalled

8 Sep 2022 9:18 AM|

It appears that Cambodia’s a country that likes its alcohol. Two new beer producers have emerged in the last two years alone and everywhere you look there are billboards advertising beer and other beverages.

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

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New Tests Find No Asbestos in Baby Powder Brands

6 Sep 2022 6:12 PM|

The Cambodian government is allowing imports of 12 brands of baby powder to resume after temporarily suspending them when they were found to contain traces of asbestos.

A woman looks at news on her laptop in Phnom Penh, September 6, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Trainee teachers to study media and information literacy

6 Sep 2022 3:12 PM|

Soeur Pisey, 19, is in her third year of studying to be a primary school teacher at Phnom Penh Teacher Education College, and will soon return to her hometown in Preah Sihanouk to teach, yet she has never studied media literacy.

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

25 Aug 2022 1:45 PM|

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.