The Culture Ministry has asked the National Police to stifle a new video by rapper Kea Sokun that calls for justice over authorities shooting and killing at least four workers in a 2014 crackdown on a protest at Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard.
Cambodian authorities began the demolition of a Poipet casino that was destroyed in a massive fire last week, with a provincial spokesperson confirming there are no bodies left in the buildings.
A Poipet resident’s family are still hopeful they can locate her after she went missing last week when a border casino burned down in a massive blaze.
Cambodian authorities have confirmed at least 25 dead at a Poipet casino fire that started late Wednesday night, as family members of those missing make their way to the border town hoping for good news.
Deep-seated issues around gender and ethnic discrimination flared up throughout the year, both in strife and in acts of courage.
At least 19 bodies have been pulled from a Poipet city casino, including Cambodian, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese workers — and the death toll could double, provincial authorities said Thursday afternoon.
For more than a year now since his release from jail, Sokun has been trying to raise awareness on social issues — toeing the line between rebellious social commentary and avoiding offense.
More than a quarter of high school seniors failed their final examinations in results posted across Phnom Penh and Kandal campuses on Thursday.
The demolition of three living quarters for monks at Phnom Penh’s Wat Ounalom — to build a mausoleum for the country’s chief monk — continued this week even after the Culture Ministry said they were national heritage sites.
A grenade was wired to a detonator, hidden in a cake and placed on the roadside this morning outside NagaWorld casino — then picked up by a street cleaner who moved it onto a grassy road median, where it exploded two hours later.
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