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Khmer Times Publisher Accused of Sexual Harassment

A former reporter at the Khmer Times has accused its publisher of sexual harassment, saying she resigned from the newspaper and returned to her home country to get away from repeat propositions of money for sex.

A man checks the news on his smartphone. (Heng Vichet/VOD)

Amid Media Clampdown, Rural Cambodians Turn to the Internet

PREY KABAS DISTRICT, Takeo province — In September 2017, the Cambodian government shut down a number of independent radio news programs across the country, including VOD, Radio Free Asia (RFA) and the Voice of America (VOA), by claiming that they were being broadcast without the proper F.M. licenses.

A man hold phone using Tnaot App. Image: Sun Sokhen

Fractions of Cents Offered to Readers of News App

A mobile app is promising cash rewards for users who read the news — an estimated $0.0015 per article — but one observer has raised concerns over the potential privacy implications of the company’s unclear business model.

The Challenges of Independent Media in 2017

Opinion: The Year After a Media Crackdown

Freedom of expression in Cambodia is not, in fact, free. That’s according to Freedom House’s Freedom in the World Report, under which Cambodia’s scores have stagnated — 5.5 for freedoms, 6 for political rights and 5 for civil liberties — for four straight years from 2016 to 2019.