Archive for January, 2010

Coronary artery disease to affect cambodia

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Coronary artery disease results from a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western societies and has cause one out of every five deaths in the US since 2002. Coronary artery disease is caused by build-up of fatty materiel [...]

Armed clash between Cambodia and Thai troops

Monday, January 25th, 2010

The armed confrontation occurred the earlier Sunday between Cambodian and Thai soldier near the two bordering countries disputed area, Preah Vihear temple. The troop clash was caused by the misunderstanding. The both soldiers returned to their bases in order to wait for the official meeting between the both countries. Col Thanet Wongcha-um, chief of staff [...]

Cambodia facing lack of human resource

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Professor David Johathan Gross, Nobel Laureate fro Physics in 2004, said that the main thing the Cambodia is facing is the lack of human resource for the country’s development, reported VOA Khmer. According to the interview with VOA Khmer during his visit to Siem Reap, prof. Gross said that “It’s a major problem – human [...]

Elderly man raped 3 minors

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Battambang province military police arrested 67-year-man on December 30, 2009 at Krolor district by accusing him of raping three young girls, aged ranging from 10,11, and 14, at his home by giving a petty money to them in order to keep this secret from their parents. According to Krolor district’s military police, a man who [...]

UN Human Rights Envoy arrived in Cambodia

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Camboida visited officially during 2 weeks to determine the priority in the field of human rights in order to establish a plan to help support the improvement of the human rights situation and the reform of the National Assembly and the judiciary in Cambodia, including [...]

Vietnam owned mobile phone tested new 3G network

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Viettel, Vietnam-owned mobile phone service provider, got started its business in Cambodia at the end of 2008, being popular amongst mobile users. The company plans to install 1,500 3G stations in the first quarter, according to the Phnom Penh Post. Nguyen Duy Tho was quoted by the Post as saying that “currently, we are testing [...]

Police destroyed pirated discs

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

On Tuesday, police torched an estimated 400,000 pirated CDs, VCDs and DVD confiscated since March in a ceremony held in front of Phnom Penh’s Wat Phnom. Most of counterfeit discs have been seized from vendors around Phnom Penh. “All the pirated CDs, and DVDs were confiscated from DVD-pirating places in Phnom Penh and Kandal province, [...]