Cambodian students take to the airwaves

By Sherman Cheung

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Jan 6 - IJS-Global.com - A group of second-year journalism students are working as a production house to make an one-hour television programme.
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Cambodia’s new helmet law: catch me if you can!

By Tiara Lin

Phnom Penh - Feb 5 - IJS-Global - When Cambodia’s new motorcycle helmet law took effect on the first day of the year, police nabbed more than 120 violators, the English-language Phnom Penh Post reported.

The law has had some effect: the newspaper quoted the deputy director of the Phnom Penh Traffic Police, El Narin, as saying an estimated 85 per cent of riders had complied.
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Digital skills offer a future for Cambodian landmine victim

By Sokunthy Heng

Phnom Penh - Jan 21 - IJS-Global - When Ly Pitaing lost his right leg to a landmine 20 years ago, he faced a bleak future in a poor, mainly agricultural country, ravished by decades of war.

But the former soldier, like many others who suffered serious injuries as a result of the conflict in Cambodia, now has hope — thanks to cyberspace.

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