Thim Rachna
The Cambodia Daily
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Environmental Products Attempt to Break Market Boundaries
From his childhood years helping family care for fostered animals, Sokh Chivorn → Read More
Toddler Found Allegedly Murdered in Kampot
A 3-year-old boy was allegedly suffocated by his uncle on Wednesday morning in Kampot province’s Angkor Chey district, a police official said on Thursday. → Read More
Container Markets Cashing in on Latest Consumer Trends
When Srey Chanthorn’s company came up with the idea of launching a container market in Phnom Penh, based on a successful concept in Bangkok, he knew within days of opening that it was going to be very lucrative. → Read More
Exam Reform Subtracts Poor From Equation
SAMRAONG TONG District, Kompong Speu - The education minister’s message for students finishing high school has been heard loud and clear since the reform of the national completion exam four years ago: Merit will buy you a pass grade—not money. → Read More
Garment Factory, Workers Ink Deal After Protesters Run Over
A factory manager accused of driving into a crowd of protesting workers has been fired as part of a deal reached between the Phnom Penh factory and workers over the protesters’ demands, a union said on Tuesday. → Read More
Police Back Factory Manager Who Ran Over Protesting Workers
The manager of a garment factory in Phnom Penh drove his car into a crowd of protesting workers on Saturday afternoon, according to a union official, though a police official said the manager had been surrounded and was only trying to turn away. → Read More
Cambodian Team Qualifies for Global Technology Contest
With just 12 weeks of coding and business training under their belts, a team of five girls from a center in Phnom Penh that provides education for economically disadvantaged students will fly to the U.S. today to compete in a global technology contest in Silicon Valley, California. → Read More
Volunteer Cleanups to Receive Boost From Website, Contest
The Tourism Ministry will introduce a website and contest—currently dubbed Mr. Clean City—later this month to better coordinate volunteer cleanup projects, but organizers worry the waste they collect won’t reach a proper disposal site. → Read More
Four Men Arrested for Poipet Fake Money Scam
Four men, including a Frenchman and a Cameroonian, were arrested in Poipet City for attempting to take cash from a man with the promise of duplicating the notes, police said. → Read More
Young Business Leaders Recognized in Entrepreneur Awards
Five entrepreneurs in industries ranging from banking technology to dentistry were recognized for their leadership and innovation in a competition on Saturday. → Read More
Physics Students Win Big at Asean Science Comp
Six Cambodian physics students collectively won 14 medals, including one gold, at an Asean science competition in Hanoi last week, competing alongside China, Taiwan, South Korea and Switzerland, according to the Education Ministry. → Read More
Over 30 Chinese Nationals Arrested in Latest VoIP Scam Crackdown
Thirty-one Chinese nationals were arrested in three districts of Phnom Penh on Monday in the latest police crackdown on alleged fraudsters accused of operating a scam using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), according to a police report supplied by an immigration official. → Read More
Two Men Arrested for Ministry Official’s Murder
Two Pursat men suspected in the murder of a Land Management Ministry official last month were arrested on Wednesday in the province’s Phnom Kravanh district, while three suspects remain at large, police officials said. → Read More
Plans for Another ‘Hun Sen High School’ Renaming Canceled
A provincial governor’s request to rename a Siem Reap City high school after Prime Minister Hun Sen has been abandoned, according to an official and the school—a decision some have speculated was influenced by online criticism of the suggested change. → Read More
Preparations Officially Begin for Delayed 2019 Population Census
Seventy-five government officials officially kicked off preparations for the 2019 population census on Tuesday when they fanned out across 24 provinces and the capital to divide up the country into 120-household blocks. → Read More
Trash Is the Attraction in Bar, Hotel Featuring Street Art
On his way home from work in Siem Reap province several years ago, Riem Monisilong started choking and wheezing from a neighbor’s garbage fire. That was the last straw for the 35-year-old artist, who goes by Silong. → Read More
Temples Recognized as Cambodia’s Third World Heritage Site
Sambor Prei Kuk—a collective of about 50 pre-Angkorian temples in Kompong Thom province—was approved on Saturday as Cambodia’s third World Heritage site, making way for increased conservation and its promotion as a remote tourist attraction. → Read More
Ancient Buddha Statue Discovered by Farmer
A Siem Reap province farmer tilling soil for a new crop found a Bayon-style sandstone statue of the Buddha that was crafted in the 12th or 13th century, an official said on Thursday. → Read More