Resident of HIV village dies at 76
Another HIV-positive resident of Battambang province’s Roka commune passed away this week, marking the latest fatality in a locale where hundreds have been infected with the virus. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/resident-hiv-village-dies-76
HRW: gov’t failing refugee convention obligations for Montagnards
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a report on the continuous persecution of Montagnards in Vietnam, condemning the Cambodian government for denying asylum to those fleeing into the Kingdom. ...
Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12626/hrw--gov---t-failing-refugee-convention-obligations-for-montagnards/
Police take delivery of new Riot control trucks
The National Police has purchased a pair of armored riot suppression trucks from South Korea that will be used against protesters and in cases of “terrorism,” officials said Monday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-take-delivery-of-new-riot-control-trucks-86886/
Police thwart gang fight during round-up
After receiving numerous complaints about violence and robberies outside a nightclub in Battambang City, police Thursday rounded up 25 suspected criminals, claiming to have prevented an imminent gang brawl. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-thwart-gang-fight-during-round-up-87806/
Phnom Penh court detains two CNRP’s activists over July 15’s violent protest
Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided to detain two activists of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in prison after finishing the questioning process. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/phnom-penh-court-detains-two-cnrp%E2%80%99s-activists-over-july-15%E2%80%99s-violent-protest-8793
Cambodia, Thailand to open new border crossings
Cambodia and Thailand are planning to open four new border crossings in four provinces as part of a move to increase trade between the two countries, officials said yesterday. ...
Igor Kossov and Ek Madra
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14631/cambodia--thailand-to-open-new-border-crossings/
UN border maps arrive next week
A series of maps held by the UN showing the Cambodian-Vietnamese borders will arrive here next week to help in the contentious process of settling the international boundaries. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14393/un-border-maps-arrive-next-week/
Laotian arrested for trafficking methamphetamine
Military police in Stung Treng province on Monday arrested a Laotian man with a half-kilogram of crystal methamphetamine he had smuggled into the country, an official said Tuesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/laotian-arrested-for-trafficking-methamphetamine-92013/
Official charged after man electrocuted by fence
A district official in Banteay Meanchey province was charged with manslaughter Sunday after his neighbor died when he touched an electric fence surrounding the official’s property, police said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-charged-after-man-electrocuted-by-fence-92356/
Cambodia reiterates commitment to uphold press freedom
The Ministry of Information has extended its congratulations and reaffirmed its commitment to continue to uphold the press freedom in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501066434/cambodia-reiterates-commitment-to-uphold-press-freedom/
NEC Admits 270,000 Names Were Duplicated on Voter List
Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC Secretary-General ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-admits-270000-names-were-duplicated-on-voter-list-44151/
Official Explanation for Canceled Water Festival Questioned
From the leadership of the opposition CNRP down to Phnom Penh’s street vendors, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s explanation for once again canceling the city’s annual Water Festival—recent flooding in the provinces—is being met with mounting skepticism. In a government decree on Sunday, Mr. Hun Sen said ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-explanation-for-canceled-water-festival-questioned-44565/
Ex-Finance Minister’s Sister Buys Up More Ethnic Jarai Lands
About 50 ethnic Jarai families in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district have sold their farmland and part of the forests their culture depends on to the sister of former Finance Minister Keat Chhon, rights group Adhoc said Monday. Last year, the ethnic minority Jarai in the district ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-finance-ministers-sister-buys-up-more-ethnic-jarai-lands-45093/
Factories Closed Until Safety Guaranteed
The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on Sunday said all of the country’s 400-plus garment factories will remain closed until the government and striking trade unions can guarantee the safety of the factories and all employees who want to work. The decision, outlined in an ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-closed-until-safety-guaranteed-49749/
Rainsy Amasses Support Ahead of Monday’s Rally
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday visited vendors in Phnom Penh’s Olympic and Russian markets and appealed to voters disgruntled by preliminary election results awarding a victory to the CPP to join a planned opposition rally at Freedom Park on Monday. As he toured both markets, ...
Khy Sovuthy and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-amasses-support-ahead-of-mondays-rally-40743/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rainsy-amasses-support-ahead-of-mondays-rally
Armed Security Doubled for Human Rights Day Rallies
The government will deploy double the usual number of armed security personnel on the streets of Phnom Penh on Tuesday to keep control of the large number of rallies planned in the city to celebrate International Human Rights Day, a military police official said Monday. “We ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-security-doubled-for-human-rights-day-rallies-48954/
Specter of Typhoon Approaching Raises Fears of More Floods
As monthlong flooding that has so far left 122 dead slowly subsides, officials and relief agencies were on Sunday concerned that a powerful typhoon approaching Vietnam may bring more heavy rain and the risk of more floods to provinces where tens of thousands of families ...
Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/specter-of-typhoon-approaching-raises-fears-of-more-floods-45003/
Petition Rally for Prisoners’ Release Ends Peacefully
A week after they began their campaign, activists and rights groups handed out the last of their petitions to embassies across Phnom Penh on Wednesday, hoping to solicit the help of foreign governments in securing the release of 23 men arrested earlier this month at ...
Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/petition-rally-for-prisoners-release-ends-peacefully-51135/
Press release of the Embassy of Japan on the Japanese government's grants provision to improve irrigation systems, maternal and child health and WASH, and youth capacity building
On 25 February 2020, the Embassy of Japan has issued a press release on the Japanese government’s grant for the construction of irrigation systems, improve maternal and child health and WASH, and capacity building of youth. The Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$890,471 ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Mekong villagers wary of Xayaburi dam
Fishermen bring their boats to shore, pack away their traps and hand over the day’s catch to their awaiting families on the banks of the Mekong River in Kratie province’s Chitra Borei district. “When my husband arrives home each day, we eat some of what he ...