More funding for people with disabilities
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is increasing funding to support a rehabilitation and prosthetics project for people with disabilities in Cambodia. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13296/more-funding-for-people-with-disabilities/
Fears grow over Kampot crime
Kampot expats met with municipal authorities and police officials this week to discuss their growing fears over theft and robbery in the picturesque riverside community. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13324/fears-grow-over-kampot-crime/
New standard? Singapore lends hand for electrics
Cambodia will implement new standards for its electricity system – modelled after Singapore – in order to reduce the risk of electrical fires, officials said. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-standard-singapore-lends-hand-electrics
Sex workers risk their lives with home abortions, study finds
Fear of social reprisal may be causing Phnom Penh’s sex workers to seek abortions in the privacy of unregistered private clinics or at home. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14218/sex-workers-risk-their-lives-with-home-abortions--study-finds/
Opposition eyeing plot of land for TV station
The Cambodian National Rescue Party has started negotiations to buy land in Kandal’s Kien Svay district for its television station Sun TV. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-eyeing-plot-land-tv-station
CNRP threatens to censure Kheng over Vietnamese migrants
The opposition yesterday threatened to censure Interior Minister Sar Kheng, accusing the government of not being honest about the number of Vietnamese in the country. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15212/cnrp-threatens-to-censure-kheng-over-vietnamese-migrants/
Foreign investors
Things you should know about Cambodia before investingCambodia has performed well on foreign direct investment (FDI) so far, three times better than predicted, which scored 3.6, becoming the top 25 in the world.1 The FDI reached an all-time high of 14.1% in 2012 and nearly ...
Legislation floated: Managing disasters on UN agenda
The Cambodian government floated the possibility of legislation to help clarify the roles of different actors involved in disaster management yesterday, the UN humanitarian chief said. ...
Authorities to relocate Tonle Sap Vietnamese
Kampong Chhnang provincial authorities plan to relocate around 1,000 Vietnamese people living on the Tonle Sap river in Kampong Chhnang town next Monday. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-relocate-tonle-sap-vietnamese
Officials inspect water services
Officials on Friday inspected clogged water treatment facilities in Preah Sihanouk province following complaints that Sihanoukville’s growing rubbish problem is affecting water services. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540411/officials-inspect-water-services/
Meet Cambodia’s first 'real estate personality of the year'
Having managed various businesses in Cambodia for more than two decades now, Rithy Sear has earned a reputation for being ambitious, and rightly so. ...
Property Report Team
http://www.property-report.com/meet-rithi-sear-cambodias-first-real-estate-personality-of-the-year/
Boys killed after grenade launcher explodes
Three boys were killed in Oddar Meanchey province on Friday after a grenade launcher they were playing with exploded, officials said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boys-killed-after-grenade-launcher-explodes-112296/
UN body takes issue with stance on disabled rights
A UN spokesperson has rejected a government reading of a UN convention used to justify banning people with disabilities from performing in the streets. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-body-takes-issue-stance-disabled-rights
Unlicensed Battambang goldmine shut down again, officials say
An unlicensed goldmine in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district has been shut down again, officials and an investigator with rights-group Adhoc said. ...
UXO’s found at land clearing site
An excavator driver and his supervisor had a shock when they found Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) while marking land for clearing works in Kampot province. ...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17291/uxo---s-found-at-land-clearing-site/
PM calls for crackdown on gambling
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for a crackdown on gambling during a speech to mark the beginning of the new academic year in Kampot province. ...
Ven Rathavong and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17380/pm-calls-for-crackdown-on-gambling/
Thai insurer planning to enter Cambodia
Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL) is planning to expand to the Cambodian market early next year, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18942/thai-insurer-planning-to-enter-cambodia/
Cambodian military to train Vietnamese peacekeepers
Vietnamese officials have requested Cambodian peacekeepers help train Vietnamese forces in preparation for additional training the Vietnamese military will receive from the United Nations. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21915/cambodian-military-to-train-vietnamese-peacekeepers/
Cambodia to close Mekong River Commission office
Cambodia has announced it will shutter the office of the inter-governmental Mekong River Commission in Phnom Penh, relocating its functions to neighboring Laos. ...
Ith Sothoeuth
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-to-close-mekong-river-commission-office/3457356.html
Cambodia seeks deeper defence ties with Vietnam
The time-honoured amity between Vietnamese and Cambodian armies and peoples is expected to thrive in the years to come. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/141549/cambodia-seeks-deeper-defence-ties-with-vietnam.html