Men confess to killing journalist
The three men arrested for the murder of 49-year-old journalist Taing Try in Kratie province on Sunday morning confessed to murdering the reporter after he threatened to tell authorities about their illegal logging activities, a police official said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-recount-killers-confession-in-slaying-of-journalist-69750/
Protest leader accuses Education System linked to Politics
Though the Ministry of Education is reforming its system which resulted in only 40 percents of the high school students across the country passed the exam this year, president of Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association Mr. Rong Chhun said that Cambodia education system is linked ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/protest-leader-accuses-education-system-linked-to-politics-7593
Workers say $128 per month is not enough to live on
Cambodian unions say they will not agree to a minimum wage proposed by the Cambodian government. Union leaders say the government’s proposed minimum wage of $128 per month will not be enough for workers to keep up with the rising cost of living in the country. ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/workers-say-128-per-month-is-not-enough-to-live-on/2529249.html
CPP blasted for promotions of military, police
At least 80 of the 306 new members of the CPP’s expanded central committee are members of the country’s military or security forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday in a statement, which says the promotions are meant to secure the loyalty of security forces. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-blasted-for-promotions-of-military-police-77421/
Hor Namhong to visit Kuwait to strengthen cooperation ties
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will lead a delegation to visit the State of Kuwait from 11-12 Feb. 2015 to further strengthen and expand bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said in a statement on ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hor-namhong-to-visit-kuwait-to-strengthen-cooperation-ties-8167
Labor minister says Unions have no reason to complain
Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng on Wednesday denied recent claims from a group of disgruntled unions that the government was making it nearly impossible to register branches at garment factories, and announced a new push to bring noncompliant factories in line with Cambodia’s labor laws. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-minister-says-unions-have-no-reason-to-complain-77843/
Prey Speu detention centre still going strong
Almost 450 people were rounded up from the capital’s streets last year and sent to the notorious Prey Speu social affairs centre, where in November a man died after being denied medical treatment, according to an annual report from Phnom Penh’s Social Affairs Department. ...
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prey-speu-detention-centre-still-going-strong
Brunei crown prince to visit Cambodia next week
Brunei Crown Prince Haji Al- Muhtadee Billah will pay an official visit to Cambodia from March 2 to 4 in order to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, according to a statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150225/brunei-crown-prince-visit-cambodia-next-week
Cambodia, Russia to sign 5 cooperation documents next week
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will lead a delegation to pay a working visit to Russia from March 2 to 4 in order to boost ties and cooperation, according to a news statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150227/cambodia-russia-sign-5-cooperation-documents-next-week
Nephew of general remains free after shooting
The Tbong Khmum Provincial Court has not issued an arrest warrant for the nephew of a senior Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) general despite police naming him as the suspect in the shooting of another man more than five months ago, according to officials and ...
Mech Dara and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nephew-of-general-remains-free-after-shooting-79145/
Jailed ex-monk questioned over third charge
A defrocked monk who was handed a one-year jail sentence for obstructing officials during a wave of arrests of activists and opposition figures in Phnom Penh last year was on Wednesday questioned over an additional charge of “joining a criminal association,” a human rights monitor ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jailed-ex-monk-questioned-over-third-charge-79147/
Police close orphanage over child sex claims
Police shut down the Our Home orphanage and school in Phnom Penh on Thursday, two days after child sex abuse allegations led to the arrest of its director—a former head of the anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), which carried out the investigation. ...
Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-close-orphanage-over-child-sex-claims-79194/
Top court denies bail for CNRP official, activist
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld previous decisions to deny bail to CNRP information department chief Meach Sovannara, who was jailed in November on insurrection charges relating to a July protest led by the opposition that erupted into a brawl between demonstrators and municipal security ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/top-court-denies-bail-for-cnrp-official-activist-79563/
Illegal migrants rounded up at Talat Thai
Police have arrested more than 500 illegal migrant workers at the huge Talat Thai market in Pathum Thani. Police said the illegal migrants would face legal action before being deported to their home countries. ...
Pongpat Wongyala
http://bit.ly/1NT1B0y
Koh Kong official orders brief suspension of sand dredging
After about 70 villagers and environmental activists spent the weekend trying to drive away sand-dredging barges they claimed were illegally operating off the coast of Koh Kong province, a local official said Monday that he had ordered a brief suspension of all dredging in the ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-official-orders-brief-suspension-of-sand-dredging-81994/
77 countries, 34 leaders to attend Asia-Africa conference commemoration
The Foreign Ministry says 34 heads of states and heads of governments, as well as representatives from 77 countries have confirmed their attendance at the 60th anniversary of the Asia Africa Conference, set to be held in Jakarta and Bandung from April 19 to April ...
The Jakarta Post News Staff
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/16/77-countries-34-leaders-attend-asia-africa-conference-commemoration.html
Agriculture decline to hit poor
The World Bank said last week that Cambodia will likely graduate to a lower-middle-income nation in 2015, on the back of sustained poverty alleviation, stable economic growth and progress made on reducing inequality between the rich and poor. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://bit.ly/1EiFYb3
IMF sees exports to US offsetting China slowdown
Cambodia’s economy is expected to benefit from a strong recovery in the US markets and the fall of global oil prices, driving its high growth trend, according to the International Monetary Fund’s projection for the Asia-Pacific region. ...
Kimsay Hor
http://bit.ly/1E0h3a5
Locals turn against activists
Locals in Koh Kong province have written to the provincial authorities urging them to expel activists from local NGO Mother Nature who have been conducting a campaign of direct action against sand dredging firms that the NGO accuses of breaking the law and damaging the ...
May Titthara and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-turn-against-activists
Cambodian activists, villagers petition lawmakers over Koh Kong sand dredging
A group of activists and villagers from southwestern Cambodia’s Koh Kong province petitioned outside the country’s parliament Thursday, calling on lawmakers to intervene against a sand dredging company they say is operating in the area without a license. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1KbKEOD