China firm proposes expressway for capital
A Chinese company has presented an ambitious plan to build an expressway over Phnom Penh in an effort to relieve traffic congestion. ...
May Kunmakara
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/china-firm-proposes-expressway-capital
Rights groups fear ‘blacklist’ for anti-Vietnam protesters
Local rights workers say they fear ongoing protests by the Khmer Krom minority in front of the Vietnamese Embassy could be putting demonstrators at risk of a blacklisting. ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-groups-fear-blacklist-for-anti-vietnam-protesters/2520349.html
Injuries as locals clash with UDG
Three villagers suffered minor injuries yesterday after they clashed with security guards for a Chinese-owned company with which they are ensnared in a long-running land dispute. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/injuries-locals-clash-udg
Natural disaster deaths decline
Last year saw a 70 per cent drop in fatalities caused by natural disasters compared with 2013, the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-disaster-deaths-decline
Mining firms still working despite ban
Four mining companies digging stone in Banteay Meanchey province that are purportedly owned by a military commander and other officers have carried on mining despite a government ban. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mining-firms-still-working-despite-ban
Recruiter, aggrieved recruits strike a deal
During negotiations yesterday, allegedly defrauded workers in Kampong Thom and a recruitment agency hammered out a deal that saw limited compensation delivered to the aggrieved would-be migrants. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/recruiter-aggrieved-recruits-strike-deal
Vocational skills to join high school curriculum
Vocational skills are due to be added to the state curriculum next year in an attempt to improve graduates’ job prospects, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron has said. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/vocational-skills-join-high-school-curriculum
Mam Sonando blames Union for protests at Beehive
The owner of an independent radio station engulfed in a bitter dispute with a number of his employees blamed the conflict on a prominent union leader on Friday. ...
Ben Sokhean and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mam-sonando-blames-union-for-protests-at-beehive-79799/
Authorities dismiss reports of dead Montagnards as rumor
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province on Tuesday said local residents were probably lying about having recently come across the partially buried body of a Montagnard asylum seeker from Vietnam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-dismiss-reports-of-dead-montagnards-as-rumor-81609/
NEC to test automated voter registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) of Cambodia will test a computerized voter registration system in August or September of this year, according to a statement from the NEC. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/11921/nec-to-test-automated-voter-registration/
Mam Sonando to re-establish a political party
Mam Sonando, director of Beehive radio will re-establish his Beehive Democratic Society party for the 6th legislature mandate in 2018. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1J4fOuj
Koreans deny running internet phone scam
A group of 10 South Korean nationals accused of operating an Internet phone scam in Phnom Penh denied the charges during their trial Thursday at the municipal court. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koreans-deny-running-internet-phone-scam-87815/
Striking garment workers march to ministry
About 100 striking workers from a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday delivered a letter to the Ministry of Labour, asking for intervention in their industrial dispute. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/striking-garment-workers-march-ministry
Youths rush into social and enviromental activism
Young Cambodians are becoming increasingly engaged in social issues, with many university students volunteering for causes they consider important for national development, student leaders and youth organizers say. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13336/youths-rush-into-social-and-enviromental-activism/
Linking overland routes with China
Thailand has to improve transport, especially high-speed rail links and establish infrastructure that will ensure tourism prospers in a quality environment. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2015/07/linking-overland-routes-with-china/
Street vendors fight to stay on street
Life as a street vendor begins as early as 4 o’clock every morning. As soon as dawn breaks, business hours begin for vendors in Kilometer 4 Market. ...
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13461/street-vendors-fight-to-stay-on-street/
Authorities issue eviction order of historic ‘White Building’
Phnom Penh authorities have issued a notice to evict residents of a run-down historical building in the middle of the city. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/authorities-issue-eviction-order-of-historic-white-building/2870470.html
Six maids back from Malaysia
Six Cambodian domestic workers were repatriated yesterday after spending three months in Malaysia where they were promised work by a broker but given only tourist visas. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-maids-back-malaysia
Koh Kong authorities detain protesters, rights workers, journalists
Police in Koh Kong province on Wednesday detained at least 17 people, who had been protesting the detention of three environmental activists. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/koh-kong-authorities-detain-protesters-rights-workers-journalists/2942251.html
Cambodia abolishes need for PCR tests obtained 72 hours prior to arrival and Rapid Tests on arrival
Cambodia has abolished the need for a PCR negative test obtained 72 hours before arrival in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042844/cambodia-abolishes-need-for-pcr-tests-obtained-72-hours-prior-to-arrival-and-rapid-tests-on-arrival/