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Chaktomuk Primary School in Phnom Penh, which ran a Modern Learning Center, had to stop the program after Prime Minister Hun Manet abolished it. Photo taken on February 27 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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PM Cancels Modern Learning Center Program to Rid “Double-Standards” in Public Schools

27 Feb 2025 4:26 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Prime Minister Hun Manet announced the abolition of the Modern Learning Center (MLC) because of the lack of state management stemming from two standards of learning in schools.

Billboards advertising alcohol seen along main roads as commuters cross the Chamkarmon intersection in Phnom Penh, October 29, 2021. (Kann Vicheika/VOA Khmer)

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Advertising Buoys Alcohol Consumption, Concerning Some in Cambodia

17 Nov 2021 4:58 PM|

On every TV station, in every magazine, and on the billboards plastering Cambodia's road, seemingly nothing is advertised as ubiquitously as alcohol.

People carry their belongings out of their flooded home in Dangkor district’s Kongnoy commune in Phnom Penh, Picture taken October 26, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Dangkor residents urge government to address worsening floods

9 Nov 2021 9:23 AM|

As they repair their homes after about a week of inundation late last month, residents of Phnom Penh’s southern Dangkor district are urging the government to address the area’s increasingly…

Gasoline prices displayed at a gas station in Phnom Penh, November 4, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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High price of gasoline hits low-income informal workers hard

5 Nov 2021 4:48 PM|

Sitting on his motorcycle on the side of the road in Phnom Penh, 57-year-old moto taxi driver Moul Yi doesn’t dare to drive around in search of customers as he…

A girl lifts her brother for a temperature check before entering class in Phnom Penh. November 1, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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PM Hun Sen announces national reopening after nearly two years of pandemic woes

1 Nov 2021 9:19 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Monday morning a “new normal” for Cambodia, including an official reopening of all economic sectors, though it remains to be seen how quickly the economy…

Kak Sovann Chhay's mother Prum Chantha waves to her son as he is taken away in a prison van in front of the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh after his hearing, September 29, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Phnom Penh court sentences 16-year-old boy with autism to eight months

1 Nov 2021 7:37 PM|

The 16-year-old son of a member of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has been convicted of incitement and insulting public officials in a private Telegram group and through…

People carry their belongings out of their flooded home in Dangkor district's Kongnoy commune in Phnom Penh, October 26, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Worsening floods drive Dangkor residents from their homes

27 Oct 2021 9:19 PM|

Families living in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have been forced to leave their homes after the Prek Tnaot river overflowed. Authorities have also said that the 7 Makara Dam in…

A blind man sings on a street for money in Phnom Penh, Picture taken September 21, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Disabled singers struggle to earn a living amid the pandemic

23 Oct 2021 2:29 PM|

Some people with disabilities who earn a living by singing in public said they are struggling amid the pandemic, with fewer would-be customers on the streets.