PHNOM PENH, March 4 (Xinhua) — U.S. altogether provided 5.6 million U.S. dollars of aid to Cambodia in 2008, Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily on Wednesday quoted a senior official as saying. The amount of U.S. aid for Cambodia…
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An update on Khvien school ~ a brief report
The year so far: Happy reports from R________ and V___________ who are doing well in their studies in English at High School and University respectively. Both are Khvien students who have the goal of becoming teachers themselves and so benefit their…
Retired king of Cambodia says battle with cancer going well
PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) — Retired king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk has reported that his battle with cancer is going well, said English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily on Tuesday. His treatment in Beijing, China, has successfully reduced the…
Thai Truck Driver Kills a Man in Siem Reap
Siem Reap Province: A 45-year-old man died immediately in a traffic accident after truck containing land hit him strongly in the back on Tuesday in Prei Chrok village, Puok district’s Prei Chrok commune. According to Puok district traffic police, the…
Storm in Siem Reap injures 14 and damages over 400 homes
Officials scrambling to come up with sufficient aid for affected families A STORM that brought heavy rain and high winds to Siem Reap’s Puok district Friday evening injured 14 people and destroyed or severely damaged more than 100 homes,…
“Super” malaria threat on Thai-Cambodia border
LONDON (Reuters) – The fight against malaria could be undermined by the emergence on the Thai-Cambodian border of strains that are resistant to the most potent type of drug, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Artemisinin, a compound extracted…
Thought for the day
“Without education children have no hope of breaking out of the poverty cycle.” – Bonnie Lepelaar (Director, Sunshine Centre for Children, Phnom Penh, Cambodia) http://www.sunshinecentrecambodia.org/
Siem Reap looks to lake for relief of groundwater supplies
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — Authorities in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province have announced plans to pump water from the Tonle Sap Lake in order to supplement the province’s supplies as water shortages continue to tighten their grip on the…
Drought might have collapsed Cambodian Angkor city
In this June 7, 2006 file photo, morning clouds hang over the towers of the legendary Angkor Wat temple, north of Siem Reap provincial town, Cambodia. A prolonged and intense drought may have contributed to the…
Cambodian art: Past to present
By Miranda Leitsinger CNN Hong Kong, China (CNN) — Bamboo, woven into the shape of human stomachs. Red, sky blue and orange pencil shavings glued onto a large canvas form a woman’s traditional hair clip. A collage of magazine…