In blow for immunity, lawmaker arrested
Demolishing the constitutional protection forbidding the arrest of lawmakers without National Assembly consent, police apprehended opposition lawmaker Um Sam An early Monday morning in Siem Reap City over his advocacy against Vietnamese border intrusions. ...
Aun Pheap and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-blow-for-immunity-lawmaker-arrested-111206/
Cambodian agriculture ideas planted in Seoul
The ASEAN-Korea Centre has hosted a seminar to promote investment in Cambodia’s agricultural industry. Co-organized with the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the “investment and Business Environment Seminar on Cambodia” was held at Hotel Shilla in Seoul on June 29. About 70 Koreans attended. ...
Rachel Lee
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/07/176_208500.html
Timber seized in three separate raids
Authorities seized more than 30 cubic metres of luxury timber and roughly 1,000 kilograms of illegal rosewood in separate raids in three provinces over the weekend. Chea Hean, head of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization, said he and Pursat environmental officials confiscated and burned ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seized-three-separate-raids
Trash piling up in temple town
Residents of Wat Damnak village, just one kilometer from Pub Street, still resort to burning their rubbish when trash collection is slow. ...
Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15459/trash-piling-up-in-temple-town/
Authorities seize logs in K Speu
Over 100 logs of luxury timber from Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu province were seized by authorities in Chbar Mon town on Tuesday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-seize-logs-k-speu
Cambodia in drive to attract investment
Cambodia has decided to establish a special economic zone in Preah Sihanouk province in an attempt to attract investment and develop its economy as the ASEAN Economic Community forms by the end of this year, reports Vietnam News Agency (VNA). ...
The Herald News Staff
http://www.herald.co.zw/cambodia-in-drive-to-attract-investment/
Angry truckers deliver petitions in capital
Dozens of military police were deployed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as about 80 truck drivers rallied outside the General Department of Customs and Excise demanding tax breaks and for right-hand drive vehicles to be legalized, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angry-truckers-deliver-petitions-in-capital-98650/
Three confess in National Assembly beatings
Three of the alleged attackers in last week’s savage gang-bashing of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly turned themselves in and confessed yesterday, the government announced late last evening.in a statement, interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak listed the suspects as Chay Sarith, 33, and ...
Taing Vida, Chhay Channyda and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-confess-national-assembly-beatings
Myanmar opposition victory resonates in Cambodia
Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday lauded the success of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar’s historic election, an outcome he said will help pave the way for his party’s own electoral victory.in a post on his Facebook page, Cambodia National ...
Alice Cuddy and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/myanmar-opposition-victory-resonates-cambodia
In Myanmar election, lessons for Cambodia
A Cambodian election observer in Myanmar says the country’s process holds lessons for Cambodia. Yet the NLD and the ruling junta have tried to resolve their differences, leading up to the opposition’s election victory, said Koul Panha, who has been in Myanmar since Nov. 3, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-myanmar-election-lessons-for-cambodia/3053436.html
Massage workers strike in Siem Reap
More than 70 workers from a Korean-owned massage centre in the tourist hub of Siem Reap protested in front of their workplace yesterday, demanding a basic wage of $177 per month and a $100 yearly health bonus.Workers from the Alaska Massage Center have been on ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/massage-workers-strike-siem-reap
‘Policymakers still stuck in comfort zone’
As the global economy faces a challenging growth environment, developed and least developed countries are increasingly competing for export markets to spur growth, with many – like Cambodia – aiming to diversify markets as well as products. Cambodia has relied primarily on exports of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18178/---policymakers-still-stuck-in-comfort-zone---/
Australian fugitive arrested in Phnom Penh
An Australian fugitive wanted by Thai authorities for the murder of a former Hells Angels member was arrested in Phnom Penh on Thursday and is being held by immigration police, officials said Friday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-fugitive-arrested-in-phnom-penh-102145/
118 women rescued abroad in 2015
In 2015, the MInistry of Foreign Affairs rescued 118 Cambodian women trapped In ChIna and Malaysia, mInistry spokesman Chum Sounry said yesterday. Eighty brides from ChIna that were deceived by a broker and handed over to ChInese men, as well as 38 maids from Malaysia, ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18715/118-women-rescued-abroad-in-2015/
Mekong diversion under way in Thailand
The Thai government’s planned diversion of billions of cubic metres of water from the Mekong River, described last week by a Thai Ministry of Water Resources representative as being as far as two years away, has already begun. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-diversion-under-way-thailand
Microfinance growth slows in final quarter
Growth in the country’s expanding microfinance sector slowed slightly in the last quarter of 2015, but both loans and deposits finished the year about 45 percent higher than at the end of 2014, according to figures from the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/microfinance-growth-slows-in-final-quarter-107138/
Thai Kbank to launch in Cambodia
Kasikornbank, Thailand’s fourth-largest bank by assets, has received a licence to open its first branch in Cambodia, a bank executive said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-kbank-launch-cambodia
Cambodia aims higher in manufacturing sector
After decades of solid growth driven by its garment industry, Cambodia is seeking to shift its economy into more sophisticated light manufacturing, such as electronics and auto-parts. Most of these manufacturers are Japanese and they are slowly coming online in Cambodia’s special economic zones, aiming ...
Daniel De Carteret, Chan Muyhong
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-aims-higher-in-manufacturing-sector/3184557.html
Reported rape cases up in 2015
Reported rape cases increased by 12 percent last year compared to 2014, despite an overall drop in crime in 2015, according to an interior Ministry report released on Tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reported-rape-cases-up-in-2015-108884/
Drug busts up in 2015: ministry
The Interior MInistry yesterday called for BeijIng’s cooperation In tacklIng a rIng of ChInese methamphetamIne traffickers operatIng In Cambodia, one day after an annual Interior MInistry report announced that the number of drug busts In 2015 had more than doubled compared to 2014. ...
Kong Meta and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-busts-2015-ministry