Government to hire 4,500 police officers for national security
In a sub-decree released Wednesday, the Cambodian government said they need an additional 4,500 police officers to assist the Interior Ministry with “public order and national security” throughout the Kingdom. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21311/government-to-hire-4-500-police-officers-for-national-security/
CNRP senator makes case for bail at supreme court
Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, who has been in prison since August on incitement and fraud charges, had his request for bail on health grounds heard by the Supreme Court on Friday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109120-109120/
Angkor beer maker called out over Don Sahong dam
Environmental activists yesterday renewed their calls for Angkor Beer maker Cambrew to clarify its director’s relationship with the controversial Don Sahong dam currently under construction in southern Laos. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-beer-maker-called-out-over-don-sahong-dam
Fire officials to aid CPP village push
Twenty-four officials from the Interior Ministry’s fire department have been ordered to join the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s local working groups operating in Battambang province. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-officials-aid-cpp-village-push
Monkey business stopped at border
More than 40 monkeys were rescued by customs officials at the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Memot yesterday, according to Police Lieutenant Colonel Chuon Phally, the Deputy Commander at Tbong Khmom military camp. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24316/monkey-business-stopped-at-border/
Untreated cleft palate rates world's highest, says report
Cambodia has the highest rate of untreated cleft lip and palate in infants, out of more than 100 low- and middle-income countries, a new global study has found. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/untreated-cleft-palate-rates-worlds-highest-says-report
Cambodia-Laos MoU on GI
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Laos’ Ministry of Science and Technology last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the protection of trademarks and geographical indications (GI). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29639/cambodia-laos-mou-on-gi/
Rights NGO worker held over UDG protest
An NGO worker was detained on Friday after participating in a roadblock by Koh Kong province’s Poy Chorpun community to protest the activities of the Chinese firm Union Development Group (UDG). ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-ngo-worker-held-over-udg-protest
Cambodia keen to attract Iranian investors
Cambodia would welcome presence of Iranian investors in different fields of economic and industrial activities, the country’s new accredited ambassador to Iran, Pichkhun Panha said on Monday. ...
Tasnim News Staff
http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2015/12/21/949790/cambodia-keen-to-attract-iranian-investors
Authorities block observers as Svay Rieng factory protests continue
Observers and trade union representatives said they were blocked from monitoring protests in Svay Rieng province, where striking workers clashed with security forces once again on Tuesday morning. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/authorities-block-observers-as-svay-rieng-factory-protests-continue/3113652.html
Agricultural experts say Cambodia would benefit from organic certifications
Cambodian agricultural experts are suggesting a national standard for organic products.Cambodian farmers are increasingly growing organic rice and vegetables in some places, but there is no official certification available. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/agricultural-experts-say-cambodia-would-benefit-from-organic-certifications/3130402.html
Iranian couple from Nauru latest to leave Cambodia
An Iranian husband and wife are the latest refugees to return home after being resettled in Phnom Penh as part of an expensive deal between Cambodia and Australia, immigration officials said Monday. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/iranian-couple-from-nauru-latest-to-leave-cambodia-109551/
Tractors prove steady sellers
Tractor sales continued to grow last year, driven by a shortage of labour in the agricultural sector and farmer cooperatives increasingly pooling their resources to buy farm equipment to serve their members. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tractors-prove-steady-sellers
Holdouts reject new offer to leave dam site
More than 90 villagers in Stung Treng province on Tuesday rejected compensation packages for the land they will lose to the under-construction Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam, a local official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holdouts-reject-new-offer-to-leave-dam-site-110297/
ACU poised to investigate Sokha sex scandal
Cambodia’s anti-corruption body on Tuesday decided it had jurisdiction over corruption allegations against deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha for making lavish promises to a purported mistress in leaked audio recordings. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-poised-to-investigate-sokha-sex-scandal-110276/
Cambodia, China discuss South China Sea tensions
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday assured his newly appointed Cambodian counterpart, Prak Sokhonn, Beijing respected freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, despite the issue fuelling friction with Washington. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24115/cambodia--china-discuss-south-china-sea-tensions/
Railway link on track
Cambodia is committed to complete construction of the 6.5-kilometer cross-border railway linking Poipet city in Banteay Meanchey province to neighboring Thailand’s Sisophon province by the year’s end. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27096/railway-link-on-track/
Canadian bank soars after ABA investment
National Bank of Canada attributed its 5.5 per cent jump in fiscal third-quarter profit to its acquisition of Cambodia’s Advanced Bank of Asia Ltd. (ABA Bank) earlier this year. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/canadian-bank-soars-after-aba-investment
Promised Areng road will bring logging: org
Activists from environmental group Mother Nature yesterday cautioned that a proposed road pledged by Prime Minister Hun Sen for the Areng Valley could cause an increase in illegal logging and drug abuse. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/promised-areng-road-will-bring-logging-org
With flashy campaign, military seeks officers
Against the sound of heavy drumming and chanting, the commercial quickly flips from scenes of elephant-mounted Angkorian warriors to the present day—young military cadets jogging in formation, performing calisthenics and playing football. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-flashy-campaign-military-seeks-officers-93942/