The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Forest community and military loggers face off again” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Forest community and military loggers face off again” plus 9 more


Forest community and military loggers face off again

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120816_02bAfter a brief détente, a fight over the Prey Trolach community forest in Battambang province rages on.

Drug addiction fight forges new approach

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120816_01BANTEAY MEANCHEY: The province is on the front lines of a battle against drug addiction in Cambodia, with competing visions on the best way to fight it.

Millions needed for TB fight in Cambodia

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120816_02aAbout $20 million of funding per year would be required from donors and the government, said health officials.

PM Hun Sen's lengthy speech in print, digital form

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120816_03Fans of Prime Minister Hun Sen's five-hour, 20-minute address on the Vietnamese border issue last week are in luck.

Children trafficked to Thailand returned

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Nine Cambodian children were returned home from Thailand after a Thai NGO helped free them from forced begging and flower-selling.

NGOs rally support for summonsed worker

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Twenty NGOs released a statement defending charges against Adhoc head of monitoring Chan Soveth.

Jail sentence for pedophile suspended

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Charles Sohn, a Korean-Australian national who sexually assaulted two Cambodian girls aged 6 and 10, was released on time served and deported.

Crackdown on illegal logging seizes major haul

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Authorities in Stung Treng province have confiscated some 651 pieces of "luxury timber" from three communes in Se San district.

‘Ransomed’ workers return to Cambodia

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

Families of 17 Cambodians, allegedly held captive on a fishing boat in Thailand, paid "transportation" fee for their release.

New twist in Cambodian sugar firm saga

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

120816_05One of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong has made an eyebrow-raising offer.

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