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Tuning Out Trouble
Armed only with the tools for musical composition, addicted teens in remote Ratanakkiri create songs—and perhaps a future without drugs → Read More
With Waters to Rise, Ministry Tires of Families’ Concerns
Disdain and pain flooded a meeting on Thursday between government officials and families whose villages are set to be submerged by a dam’s reservoir. → Read More
As Timber Thins, Kratie Province Turns to Fish
koh khnhe, Kratie Province - Half the houses in this village are deserted. Pale dust from the dirt road coats staircases falling into disrepair. Scraps of wood beneath them weather. Tractors used to cart timber are slowly rusting. → Read More
Green Date-Grower in Cambodia Eyes Indonesian Market
There are 700 species of dates in the world, according to Leng Mong Neath, a real estate broker and would-be date farmer. Of these, only about 20 bear edible fruit. And of these 20 edible species, only two can grow in Cambodia. → Read More
Chinese Man Nabbed With Rhino Horn
A search of the luggage of a 31-year-old Chinese man arriving in Phnom Penh uncovered more than 4 kg of rhinoceros horns that a wildlife NGO valued at more than $400,000 on the Chinese market, where it is coveted as a status symbol, officials said. → Read More
US Citizen Arrested Over Violent Bar Fight in Sihanoukville
A U.S. national was arrested in Sihanoukville on Thursday morning for severely beating an Israeli tourist on Wednesday night, according to police. → Read More
Ratanakkiri Running Out of Water Amid Worst Drought in Years
With a severe drought choking the northeast, it’s only a matter of weeks before many residents of Ratanakkiri province run dry, according to villagers, local officials and organizations working in the province. → Read More