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Chief monk Mai Phalla, center, emerges after a meeting with the provincial department of religions on Sunday. (CRN News live24h)

Vow of Silence After Clash Erupts Over Local Monk

A contract pledging quiet has been signed by a bitterly divided community that saw hundreds of residents clash over allegations that the local monk chief pocketed the pagoda’s money.

Nuon Channy, a monk at a Takeo pagoda, is being accused of assaulting a young monk Wednesday morning. (Kampong Speu Monk Committee)

Plate-Throwing Monk Charged With Violence

A defrocked senior monk who hit a 14-year-old monk in the head with a plate was charged with intentional violence and put in jail for pretrial detention, according to Takeo authorities. 

A teacher shows the students an electric razor. (Sampov Loun High School's Facebook)

PM Says Teachers Shouldn’t Shave Students’ Hair in School

Prime Minister Hun Sen called for proper conduct in implementing school rules Thursday, reacting to a social media controversy over haircuts performed at a Battambang high school in which two teachers were criticized for shaving boys’ hair inside the classroom.

A teacher at a Battambang high school shaves a student's hair on Monday 23, 2023. (Sampov Loun High School's Facebook)

Battambang School Receives Heavy Criticism For Shaving Students’ Hair

A high school in Battambang’s Sampov Loun district came under social media fire after posting nearly 100 photos online of two teachers shaving boys’ hair during the school day, which the school said was needed for “discipline” but critics said constituted harassment.

The front facade of Golden Sorya Mall before it was closed. (William Russell)

The Rise and Fall of Phnom Penh’s Pub Street

The Golden Sorya Mall, which billed itself as Phnom Penh’s Pub Street, has finally been taken down after over a decade of being a famous part of the seedier side of the city’s nightlife.