Hun Sen warn to remove Kem Sokha from his post as deputy president of National Assembly
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened to remove opposition leader from his post in the National Assembly. lass='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-warn-to-remove-kem-sokha-from-his-post-as-deputy-president-of-national-assembly-7786
Nephew of Hun Sen is made one-star general
Prime Minister Hun Sen has promoted his wayward nephew Hun Chea to brigadier general in the National Police, despite a less than sterling reputation as an upholder of law and order. Chea was promoted to the role under a Royal Decree published by the Council of lass='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/nephew-hun-sen-made-one-star-general
NA commission member visits K Chhnang KDC site
After promising in September to quickly resolve a years-long land dispute involving villagers and the politically connected development company KDC International, a member of the National Assembly’s human rights commission visited affected families in Kampong Chhnang province yesterday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-commission-member-visits-k-chhnang-kdc-site
Mothers could see pardons
In an unanticipated act of leniency yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen established a new committee to deliver pardons to mothers jailed with their children, according to several attendees of the conference where the announcement was made. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mothers-could-see-pardons
Controversial election laws to be passed without amendments
National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said Wednesday that bipartisan support for the country’s two new election laws would ensure they are passed with little debate by the parliament today, despite substantial public concern about their content. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-election-laws-to-be-passed-without-amendments-80084/
Storm in NW levels 53 homes
More than 50 houses were left in shambles after a storm tore through Banteay Meanchey province on Tuesday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/storm-nw-levels-53-homes
Cambodia's GDP per capita to hit 1,130 USD in 2014: PM
Cambodia’s GDP per capita is expected to reach 1,130 U.S. dollars this year, an estimated increase of 8 percent from 1,043 U.S. dollars last year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=235977
Gasoline price should be down to 4,500 Riel per liter: Sam Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday said that price of gasoline in Cambodia should be decreased to 4,500 Riel per liter as price of crude oil at international market has been sharply dropping since early 2014. lass='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gasoline-price-should-be-down-to-4500-riel-per-liter:-sam-rainsy-7565
NGOs urge UN states to set climate targets
Citing Cambodia’s vulnerability to climate change, civil society groups have called for global responses to the issue as the United Nations prepares for its annual climate change convention in lima, Peru. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Shane Worrell
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-urge-un-states-set-climate-targets
Cambodia investigates village's high HIV rate
Cambodian health officials are investigating an alarmingly high rate of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a remote village. At least 82 people have tested positive for HIV in Rokar, Battambang province, which has a population of 2,000 people. Officials said they suspected a lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-investigates-high-hiv-rate-remote-village/2561848.html
Cambodian parliament chief satisfied with ties with China
Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, said Friday that he was pleased with the good relations between Cambodia and China, which he believes would benefit both countries. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-01/02/c_133892779.htm
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. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-disaster-deaths-decline
New NEC chairman praises ‘good example’ of predecessors
Upon officially taking the helm of the country’s revamped National Election Committee on Monday, Sik Bunhok promised to follow in the footsteps of the outgoing committee members, most of whom were widely lambasted as tools of the ruling CPP. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-nec-chairman-praises-good-example-of-predecessors-81986/
Opposition TV station to launch this year
Cambodia’s first opposition-aligned television station will begin broadcasting around the country by the year’s end, with a group of investors close to the CNRP now raising the $3 million needed to launch operations, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-tv-station-to-launch-this-year-82116/
Rainstorm slams into 800 homes, injuring 8
At least eight people were confirmed injured after storms battered four provinces across Cambodia on Tuesday, leaving almost 800 houses destroyed or badly damaged. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainstorm-slams-800-homes-injuring-8
NEC says Japan, EU to aid election reforms
A spokesman for the newly reconstituted National Election Committee (NEC) said Friday that Japan and the European Union (E.U.) have agreed to send experts to Cambodia next month to look for ways to improve the country’s flawed voter lists and to better educate voters. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-says-japan-eu-to-aid-election-reforms-82659/
ASEAN set to become Asia’s next low-cost manufacturing powerhouse
ASEAN is poised to become Asia’s next low-cost manufacturing powerhouse as wages in China’s Pearl River Delta (PRD) factory belt continue to creep up, said an economist. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Malaymail Online News Staff
http://bit.ly/1dKKOCm
ASEAN countries extend foreigners’ leasehold periods
Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are taking steps to extend leasehold periods granted for foreign individual or companies for land in a bid to boost investment. The Thai government recently approved 99-year leases for state land for industrial and commercial use lass='cambodia-color'>...
Gulf Times News Staff
http://bit.ly/1SXnPEe
Vietnamese soldiers ‘threaten to kill’ Cambodians monitoring disputed border
A group of opposition officials and indigenous villagers from northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province claimed Thursday that guards from Vietnam threatened to shoot and kill them as they inspected disputed border territory, in the latest land squabble between the two neighboring nations. lass='cambodia-color'>...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1KPNrQG
Cambodian parliament passes draft law on disaster management
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Monday adopted a draft law on disaster management, aiming to effectively control any natural or man-made disasters through preparedness, mitigation, and timely response. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12092/cambodian-parliament-passes-draft-law-on-disaster-management/