Chea Sim’s bodyguards to return to brigades
Late CPP President Chea sim’s personal bodyguard unit will be disbanded following the cremation of his body on Friday and its members returned to their former police departments and military brigades, officials said Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chea-sims-bodyguards-to-return-to-brigades-85629/
CNRP’s Sokha calls for NGO legislation delay
Deputy opposition leader Kem sokha yesterday weighed in on debates over the controversial draft NGO law, calling for its adoption to be postponed. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-sokha-calls-ngo-legislation-delay
CNRP demands new border committee, treaty’s cancellation
Following weeks of trips to disputed sites along the country’s border with Vietnam, the opposition CNRP issued an official statement on Thursday demanding that the government overhaul its border commission, cancel a 2005 border treaty and bring a case against Vietnam to international court. Long a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-demands-new-border-committee-treatys-cancellation-86724/
Weak institutions hurting Cambodia’s growth, analyst says
Cambodia has undergone some reform to improve its institutions, but analysts say a lack of leadership is preventing deeper change. strong political institutions are required for continued economic growth, but the capacity of Cambodia’s state institutions remains weak. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/weak-institutions-hurting-cambodia-growth-analyst-says/2843134.html
Prey Speu faces MP’s probe over ‘violations’
The Por Sen Chey Social AffairS Centre, better known aS Prey Speu, iS facing a probe over alleged human rightS violationS, an oppoSition party lawmaker Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-speu-faces-mps-probe-over-violations
Japan becomes China’s business rival in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun sen returned Monday from a weekend in Japan that included a day-trip 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo to Yamaguchi Prefecture, home base of Prime Minister shinzo Abe. ss='cambodia-color'>...
James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12948/japan-becomes-china---s-business-rival-in-cambodia/
Union chief’s new calling: factory land broker
As Free Trade Union officials were putting together a list of demands for striking workers at a factory in Kompong speu province on Tuesday, the union’s president, Chea Mony, was in Kampot province inspecting a plot of land for a Chinese firm looking to set ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-chiefs-new-calling-factory-land-broker-87638/
UN responds to Hun Sen’s map request
The UN has responded to a request from Prime Minister Hun sen for a pre-Khmer Rouge era map that he hopes will help resolve border disputes with Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-responds-to-hun-sen-map-request/2866459.html
PM calls constitution’s border map clause ‘mistake’
Prime Minister Hun sen said Thursday the framers of the 1993 Constitution made a mistake by specifying that the map developed by the French colonial authorities would be the only one legally valid for border demarcation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-calls-constitutions-border-map-clause%E2%80%88mistake-88697/
China’s woes a mixed bag for Cambodia
China’s tumbling stock market may impact tourism to Cambodia, but it is not likely to reduce Chinese investment in the Kingdom, analysts and executives say. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13787/china---s-woes-a-mixed-bag-for-cambodia/
Drivers demand OT wages from tycoon’s firm
Nearly 60 drivers employed by the Royal Cambodian Limousine service—a subsidiary of tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group that transports foreign delegates and other VIPs visiting the country—have agreed to return to work today after two days of striking failed to net them unpaid overtime wages. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/drivers-demand-ot-wages-from-tycoons-firm-89856/
After S’ville governor ousted, replacement vows safety
Seemingly ending hiS ambitionS for the province&rSquo;S top job, Sihanoukville&rSquo;S city governor will next week be out of provincial politicS altogether, amid criticiSmS of hiS performance by Deputy Prime MiniSter Sar Kheng. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/after-sville-governer-ousted-substitute-vows-safety
Ministry claims NGO’s land dispute numbers misleading
The Ministry of Land Management has again accused rights group Licadho of spreading false data that shows that the number of families embroiled in new or intensifying land disputes jumped threefold last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-claims-ngos-land-dispute-numbers-misleading-90425/
Royal family opens country’s first geriatric unit
King Norodom Sihamoni, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath and Prime MiniSter Hun Sen on ThurSday preSided over the inauguration of Cambodia&rSquo;S firSt geriatric center at the Khmer-Soviet FriendShip HoSpital in Phnom Penh. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/royal-family-opens-countrys-first-geriatric-unit-91109/
Clock ticking on city’s waste crisis: reports
The government could be forced to shell out more than $120 million [≈ Finance industry 2011 political donations] to build new landfills over the next decade unless it invests in preventing Phnom Penh’s current site from reaching capacity, according to a pair of new reports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/clock-ticking-citys-waste-crisis-reports
PM orders senator’s arrest over Facebook post
Prime Minister Hun sen on Thursday ordered the arrest of opposition senator Hong sok Hour for “treason” over a fake treaty the senator posted to Facebook that purported to show Heng samrin, as Cambodia’s head of state in 1979, pledging to dissolve the border between ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-orders-senators-arrest-over-facebook-post-91638/
Senator arrested, charged on Hun Sen’s orders
Following orders from Prime Minister Hun sen, opposition senator Hong sok Hour was arrested and charged with forgery and incitement over the weekend for posting an apparently fake treaty with Vietnam to Facebook. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senator-arrested-charged-on-hun-sens-orders-91784/
A fishy situation in Cambodia’s biggest lake
“Turn the lights off soon, or people will see us,” the young fisherman said in a muted voice that was barely audible, even in the pre-dawn quiet. The fact that fishermen are resorting to sneaking into the lake’s protected areas speaks of an alarming ss='cambodia-color'>...
News24 Staff
http://www.news24.com/Green/News/A-fishy-situation-in-Cambodias-biggest-lake-20150817
Gov’t officials to discuss senator’s arrest
Officials from the Council of Ministers and the Justice Ministry will meet today to discuss the arrest of former opposition senator Hong sok Hour. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14645/gov---t-officials-to-discuss-senator---s-arrest/
French will soon send Cambodia’s requested-maps
Deputy Prime Minister, minister for foreign affairs Hor Namhong said, French will soon send the Cambodia’s requested-maps.The France will soon be send next week or next two week the maps requested by government to Cambodia, he underlined. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/french-will-soon-send-cambodia%E2%80%99s-requested-maps-8893