The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Education ministry faces flak for closures” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Education ministry faces flak for closures” plus 9 more

Education ministry faces flak for closures

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120720_04b The Ministry of Health was not consulted during the decision to close all of Cambodia's primary schools and kindergartens in an bid to stymie the spread of EV71.

Royal party seeks to oust leader

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120720_02The upper echelon of Norodom Ranariddh's own party is publicly urging the leader to step down so officials can revive a moribund merger with Funcinpec.

Factory workers hold out for more

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120720_06Thousands of workers continue to rally for more bonuses and the reinstatement of sacked union representatives.

Indonesia plays peacemaker

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120720_01Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa describes visits as intensive "shuttle diplomacy" to restore ASEAN consensus on the South China Sea dispute.

Skin-whitening dangers

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

A social status debate about being tanned and fair-skinned.

Police seize luxury wood in house raid

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

About 2,000 kilograms of luxury timber worth tens of thousands of dollars and a Toyota Camry car were seized by authorities in Oddar Meanchey province.

World Bank raps dam study firm

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

The World Bank has blacklisted an arm of the company that carried out a much-criticised study into the Xayaburi hydro dam project.

Phnom Penh shootout kills three

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120720_04aA second victim of a shooting spree in the capital died at the Soviet-Khmer friendship hospital, taking the death toll to three.

Police post video message from Bo Xilai accomplice

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120720_05The police have uploaded a YouTube video showing the freshly released Frenchman giving a brief interview about his detainment in Cambodia.

Villagers fight for forest despite warning

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:01 PM PDT

Villagers from Svay Rieng province's Krasaing commune have vowed to continue their protests to preserve a patch of community forest earmarked for clearing.

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