Crowded capital ‘badly needs more satellite cities’
The Cambodian Construction Association yesterday urged authorities to plan and develop more satellite cities as the population in the capital increases rapidly, straining services and infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23473/crowded-capital----badly-needs-more-satellite-cities---/
Cambodia, Macao ink tourism pact
The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Macao to boost the Kingdom’s tourism industry and train personnel in the sector. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25554/cambodia--macao-ink-tourism-pact/
Ministries eye budget bumps for next year
The Ministry of Economy and Finance finished month-long consultations with key ministries on Thursday in preparation for the drafting of Cambodia’s budget for 2017. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-eye-budget-bumps-next-year
Cross-border highways vital for bilateral trade
Cambodia and Thailand are keen to be better connected by cross-border highways to boost bilateral economic growth, said an official in the Thai Embassy yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38643/cross-border-highways-vital-for-bilateral-trade/
One dead, seven hurt after lightning strikes
A fisherman and his brother were struck by lightning on Sunday – one of them fatally – while six others were injured in storms, local police said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-dead-seven-hurt-after-lightning-strikes
New airport to be constructed next year
Royal Government of Cambodia’s plan to construct an international airport in Siem Reap province will be carried out next year, according to local media report. ...
Phal Sophanith
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=107909
NGOs demand ID cards for Kampuchea Krom
Three local NGOs are to request a meeting with the Interior Minister to discuss the granting of ID cards to Kampuchea Krom people living in Cambodia. ...
Zahron Sokry
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080577/ngos-demand-id-cards-kampuchea-krom/
Land grab families given deadline
Nearly 300 families accused of grabbing state land to build huts near a canal in Kandal province have been given three days to dismantle the structures. ...
Zahron Sokry
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080988/land-grab-families-given-deadline/
Region backs safe food strategy
Agriculture ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on Friday endorsed a five-year strategy and action plan to build a region-wide food safety system. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082183/region-backs-safe-food-strategy/
Free healthcare plan gets underway
The Labour Ministry and the Health Ministry have vowed to work together to bring free, efficient healthcare to workers in both the informal and formal sectors. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083668/free-healthcare-plan-gets-underway/
Garment workers told to curb wage rise demands
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told garment workers not to demand an excessive increase in the minimum wage, otherwise factories could move to more affordable countries. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083771/garment-workers-told-curb-wage-rise-demands/
Eight villagers fall ill after chemical bomb exposure
Another chemical bomb was discovered in Svay Rieng province’s Korki commune yesterday, as officials worked to remove two others from a local school and pagoda. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084894/five-villagers-fall-ill-chemical-bomb-exposure/
Sokha questioned on family’s private lives
Jailed former opposition leader Kem Sokha was questioned by a judge in prison yesterday, according to his lawyers, who classified the questioning as “aggressive” and “inappropriate”. ...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokha-questioned-familys-private-lives
EU Calls for Cambodia Sanctions
The European parliament has voted to consider suspending Cambodia’s preferential “Everything But Arms” trade access to the European Union in response to the country’s authoritarian backslide. ...
David Boyle
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/eu-calls-for-cambodia-sanctions/4165063.html
Timber graft case snares officers
More than 10 police and military officers in Mondulkiri province have been summoned for questioning over a big corruption case involving illegal timber exports to Vietnam. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36585/timber-graft-case-snares-officers/
Farmer unearths 28 bombs
A farmer in Oddar Meanchey province discovered a cache of unexploded bombs on Saturday while excavating part of his land to create a pond for irrigation. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39894/farmer-unearths-28-bombs/
Ten tonnes of rare wood seized
Police have arrested three people and seized ten tonnes of thnong wood from a truck near the Thai border in Preah Vihear province. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39890/ten-tonnes-of-rare-wood-seized/
Prison’s out for water festival
Out of 600 prisoners at Kampong Thom prison 18 may have their sentences reduced by six to 12 months for the upcoming Water Festival in November. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079922/prisons-water-festival/
Pressure kept on for land dispute solutions
An inter-ministerial joint working group yesterday said it would continue its work on resolving land disputes for 540 families battling sugarcane companies in four provinces. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085582/pressure-kept-land-dispute-solutions/
More than 2,300 foreigners deported
The government’s crackdown on illegal immigrants has resulted in more than 2,300 being deported and barred permanently from the kingdom so far this year. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097266/2300-foreigners-deported/
