Deadline Passes but Angkor Vendors Are Not Moving Out
About 57 food and souvenir stalls directly next to Angkor Wat temple have not left their sites as an official deadline passed.
Ngay Nai Sep 16, 5:47 pm
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About 57 food and souvenir stalls directly next to Angkor Wat temple have not left their sites as an official deadline passed.
A flood-protection project is 70% complete around the site of major Phnom Penh flooding for the past two years, as residents around the Prek Tnaut river remain watchful over the season’s severe rains while water levels creep up.
Ahead of minimum wage negotiations on Tuesday, union leaders say they are still aiming for a $21 increase for garment workers, though employers are lobbying for no increase in part due to regional competition.
A deputy village chief has come to the aid of families affected by flooding in Banteay Meanchey’s Malai district, as rains lashed the area and inundated crops and homes.
National Road 3 linking Kampot to Preah Sihanouk has become a strip of deeply rutted red mud, a danger for residents and a headache for transport authorities who say the unstable ground likely cannot receive full repairs till 2024.
Just before lunchtime Wednesday, a security guard fired his gun at a colleague inside CIMB bank in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak I, shooting the colleague’s leg before fleeing the scene on his motorbike.
The mother of a 20-year-old who died by suicide on Monday denied a report that he had gone to politician Khem Veasna’s farm fearing the end of the world.
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