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Prek Takong villagers gather at the Ministry of Interior to follow up their petition to remove a village chief, March 3, 2025. (CamboJA/Sovann Sreypich)

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Prek Takong Villagers Reiterate Call for Village Chief’s Removal, Investigation Amid Allegations of Neglect

4 Mar 2025 4:08 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Some 50 villagers from Prek Takong 1 gathered again at the Ministry of Interior on Monday to follow up their petition filed last month to demand the removal of their village chief who has ignored drug and online gambling issues in the village. The residents of Prek Takong also want the higher authority to open an investigation on the village chief.

A woman drives past a house from which a family member tested positive for Omicron variant in the Meanchey district of Phnom Penh. CamboJA / Panha Chhorpoan

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Authorities on alert as Omicron variant spreads into community

10 Jan 2022 10:07 PM|

As public health officials continue to find new community transmission cases of the more-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, the prime minister is urging provincial authorities to speed up their booster…

An IT worker uses his computer at an office in Phnom Penh, Picture taken 22, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Despite Increased Enrollments Cambodia Lags Behind in STEM

25 Dec 2021 9:32 AM|

More Cambodian university students are doing degrees in computer science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), data shows, but the country still remains underprepared to compete in the 4th…

A general view of the rice paddy fields on the Tonle Sap lake at Samraong Sen village in Kampong Chhnang province. Picture taken December 20, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Confiscation of flooded forest lands hit thousands of locals along the Tonle Sap

23 Dec 2021 8:28 PM|

“We do not oppose the government’s measure to protect the flooded forestland, but the government should allocate some land for people because we have farmed the land for a long…

Garment workers travel on a truck in Kampong Speu’s Kong Pisei district. Picture taken on October 2, 2021. Cambodia/ Pring Samrang

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Project aims to improve transportation for garment workers

18 Dec 2021 11:37 AM|

In a bid to cut back on deadly traffic incidents, a project is aiming to replace often-perilous truck transports for garment workers with buses and other safety interventions.

A member of a health organization provide consultation to TB patients in the Loeuk Dek district of Kandal province, July 20, 2021. Photo supplied.

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For families of TB patients, vital preventive treatment can be a burden

10 Dec 2021 9:38 AM|

Though COVID-19 has seized the world’s attention for nearly two years now, another, more familiar respiratory disease has lingered as one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases.

An image showing the clearing of flooded forests along the Tonle Sap Lake posted on the Ministry of Land Management's Facebook page.

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Government crackdown comes after ten years of illegal Tonle Sap encroachment, say observers

1 Dec 2021 8:51 PM|

Long Sochet, a member of a fishing community in Pursat province’s Kandieng district along the banks of the Tonle Sap Lake, has applauded the government’s crackdown on the destruction of…

Health services organization officials meet at a pagoda with current and former tuberculosis patients, as well as others with contact with the disease, to form a community group to combat the disease. Photo taken on September 14, 2021. Photo Supplied

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Former TB patients describe their experiences as fight to end the disease continues

30 Nov 2021 9:00 PM|

“Villagers and neighbors also discriminated against my family because they were afraid to be infected with tuberculosis from me,” Lida said.

Students leaving class at Chea Sim Boeung Keng Kang high school in Phnom Penh, Picture taken October 22, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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With grade 12 exam date set, students furiously studying

25 Nov 2021 8:39 AM|

After encountering plenty of hardship and uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, grade 12 students have begun preparing for the year-end final exams, which have been set for December 27.

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