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Ratanakiri provincial hall in July 2017. (Chorn Chanren/VOD)

Ratanakiri Community Says Revoked Concession Still Operates

Indigenous Jarai and Tampoun communities in Ratanakiri are urging authorities to return nearly 1,000 hectares of land from a rubber plantation that they say continues to operate on a revoked part of a concession.

Kampong Thom provincial military police chief Hang Thol in August 2021, in a photo from the Kampong Thom provincial military police Facebook page.

Deputy Village Chief Killed in Online Gambling Sting

Eleven Kampong Thom military police officers have been detained for an investigation into the death of a deputy village chief that occurred during a crackdown at an alleged online lottery cafe, said the provincial military police commander. 

Children are given non-phone activities to do at the Chambak community child-care center in Kampong Speu in June 2022. (Saroeun Phallika/VOD)

Kampong Speu Child-Care Center Gives Garment Workers Relief

Just a fraction of the country’s garment factories, predominantly staffed by women, have a child-care center. With reduced fees, healthy meals and a strict no-phone policy, a Kampong Speu child-care center is trying to fill the gap and ease the burden on working women.