The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Conscription not for everyone” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Conscription not for everyone” plus 9 more


Conscription not for everyone

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120907_06In less  than a week, 18-year-old Heng Tina, who has just finished his high-school exam, will take another test that determines whether he'll get a scholarship to go to technical school.

Bra factory strikers look to ministry for support

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120907_05bAbout 300 workers entered their sixth day of strikes yesterday at a bra factory in the capital, which manufactures lingerie supplied to Victoria's Secret and Valentino.

Leng torched drug stockpile

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday continued to hear the appeal of former anti-drug figures Moek Dara and Chea Leng for the 12th and 13th cases of the 25 criminal case convictions for which they each received a life sentence from Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court in 2011.

Expat drug traffickers get 25-year sentences

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

An Indian and a Lao man were handed down 25-year prison sentences for trafficking just under one kilogram of methamphetamines in August last year.

Family values and the elderly

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

In traditional Asian culture, when children are young, parents look after them, and when parents are old, their children look after them. Children are taught to respect the elders, stay with them and care for them as they get old.

Angkor Wat receives $250k for preservation

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120907_03Temple conservation projects are thriving as Angkor Wat nears its 20th anniversary of its listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site later this year.

Kingdom and Qatar to form labour watchdog

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Cambodia's next step in allowing workers such as maids and builders to travel to Qatar will be to create a committee with the Arab state to ensure their safety is protected.

‘Loggers’ thwarted: Trespassers arrested on Thai border

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Oddar Meanchey provincial police are searching for logging ringleaders who led 46 Cambodians on thwarted missions to illegally log timber along the Thai border.

Pedophile denies sex assault in hotel room

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120907_04An elderly Swiss national with a history of pedophilia charges was accused in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy.

Courts tools in fight against dissent: NGOs

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Cambodia's courts were being used as weapons in the government's quest to silence land protesters, right groups claimed yesterday.

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