Phnom Penh Post - Six hurt in land mine explosion in plantation
At least six workers from a rubber plantation were injured when their truck ran over a landmine on Tuesday in Banteay Meanchey province’s Svay Chek district. Provincial police commissioner Kheng Sum said that the truck struck an old anti-tank mine around 4:00pm. All six men were taken to the provincial hospital, where the injuries ranged from minor to serious.
Archeologists find ancient phallic statueAn archeological team has found a metre-long tipless stone linga (penis) of the Hindu deity Shiva in the foundations of a temple in Kratie province’s historical Samphu Borak area, a former capital of the pre-Angkor Empire Chenla period. Thuy Chanthourn, the deputy director of
China steel company relocates to Cambodia Chinese state-owned iron and steel company China Baowu Steel Group Corp Ltd has unveiled plans to relocate its blast furnaces from Xinjiang Autonomous Region in the northwest of China to Cambodia, which will be the first overseas Baowu production plant, a Reuters report on Wednesday
Chinese push up Sihanoukville property pricesThe presence of Chinese investors and tourists in Sihanoukville continued to push real estate transactions and increase prices in the city, with major construction activities underway, say property insiders. Previously, local property insiders predicted that real estate transactions in Preah Sihanouk province would begin to
Gov’t unconcerned by Kem Sokha ‘release’ bill tabled in US SenateThe government was unconcerned by a bill put to the US Senate last week that demands the “release” of Kem Sokha, the president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), its spokesman told The Post on Wednesday. The bill also calls for the