Civic groups in Cambodia working in social development are urging the authorities to immediately close gambling facilities, which are taking away the daily incomes of simple people and high-ranking officials alike. Seng Theary, executive director of the Center for Social Development, called gambling a social virus that leads to theft, domestic violence and increased poverty. [...]
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Hun Sen Mourns Passing of Scholar
December 24th, 2008 
Cambodian News Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday expressed regret over the passing of Keng Vansak, the man who invented the Khmer typewriter and was hailed as a Cambodian scholar. Keng Vansak died last week in a hospital in Paris of lung failure, at 84. “There is much regret that he passed away,†Hun Sen told a [...]
China Launches Radio Service
December 16th, 2008 Cambodian News The government of China opened a radio service in Phnom Penh on Thursday, with plans to broadcast 18 hours a day in three languages. China-Cambodia Friendship Radio will broadcast programs in Khmer, Chinese and English, from 6 am to midnight each day on FM96.5. It’s opening marked 50 years of cooperation between the two countries [...]
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No Comments »CAMBODIA: Children miss out on school because of corruption
December 5th, 2008 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH, 5 December 2008 (IRIN) – When Sok Sopheap could not pay his daily bribe, his secondary school teacher refused to let him attend class. The teacher demanded he stand for an hour by the door until the class finished. “It was humiliating, but it happens a lot to students,” said the 19-year-old son [...]