NEC bids to learn from its mistakes
Preventing spoiled ballots and improving complaint resolution were top of the agenda when the National Election Committee met at the weekend to discuss ways to improve the commune polls. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065732/nec-bids-learn-mistakes/
Officials find logs hidden on riverbed
Some 124 logs of luxury timber were discovered on a riverbed on Sunday within Mondulkiri’s Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary some 500 metres from a military base, officials said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-find-logs-hidden-riverbed
CMAC divers remove US bomb in Kandal
A team of divers from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre recovered a large bomb dropped from US planes during the war in the 1970s in Kandal province yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101018/cmac-divers-remove-us-bomb-kandal/
Vietnam-bound ferrets rescued
Custom officials seized 35 live ferrets weighing about 80 kilograms in Kandal province after a group of smugglers prepared to transport them to Vietnam by boat, authorities said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31112/vietnam-bound-ferrets-rescued/
Prey lang activists ‘assaulted’ in Kratie
Three members of the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) were attacked in Kratie province on Thursday by men believed to be involved in illegal logging, PLCN activists said yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha and Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-activists-assaulted-kratie
Fishery management body planned
Cambodia and Laos have agreed to set up a joint fisheries management body by the end of 2018 and reaffirmed their commitment to improved fisheries management in border provinces. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34706/fishery-management-body-planned/
Hundreds in court as forest crime persists
Police tackled 615 forestry and wildlife crimes in the first half of the year, with 376 cases ending up in court and the remaining 239 leading to administrative fines. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073732/hundreds-court-forest-crime-persists/
Ancient ‘guardian’ unearthed in Siem Reap
An ancient statue was unearthed near the one-time imperial capital of Angkor Thom on Sunday by researchers studying an Angkor-era hospital nearby, the Apsara Authority announced yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ancient-guardian-unearthed-siem-reap
Work permits now required for long-term visa renewals
The Immigration Department yesterday confirmed that foreigners requesting long-term business visa extensions in the country are now required to submit a work permit proving their place of employment. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/work-permits-now-required-long-term-visa-renewals
Japanese logistics company plans expansion
Nippon Express, a Japanese company specialising in truck, rail and air transport services, is now eyeing an expansion of its operations in Cambodia, according to a recent government announcement. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090784/japanese-logistics-company-plans-expansion/
Eight timber trucks seized
A team of Pursat provincial and national military police seized eight trucks loaded with timber on National Road 55 in Kravanh district’s Samraong commune on Monday and yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099637/eight-timber-trucks-seized/
Grab rolls out motorbike service in capital
Singapore-based ride hailing app Grab has added motorbike taxis to its inventory in Phnom Penh, becoming the first app of its kind to offer the popular motodop service. ...
Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/grab-rolls-out-motorbike-service-capital
Ethnic villagers concerned over Areng Valley roadway
Ethnic Chorng villagers in Koh Kong province have raised concerns that a controversial 20-kilometre road under construction in the Areng Valley will threaten their traditional way of life. ...
Sen David and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-villagers-concerned-over-areng-valley-roadway
Local coffee sector gets a jolt
Several international and local coffee industry representatives gathered yesterday for the start of a three-day event promoting partnerships and franchising opportunities to satisfy Cambodia’s growing coffee cravings. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-coffee-sector-gets-jolt
Port IPO opens to subscribers
Subscription for the initial public offering of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) opened yesterday, with its underwriter predicting a strong investor response following an oversubscribed bookbuilding exercise late last month. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-ipo-opens-subscribers
Election monitor: Sample-based observation most effective
Transparency International has pledged a rapid assessment of potential irregularities in Sunday’s commune elections by sending 1,100 observers across Cambodia—including, if needed, by boat and helicopter. ...
Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-monitor-sample-based-observation-most-effective-130668/
New city buses
Phnom Penh municipal officials and Chinese Embassy representatives yesterday commemorated the handover of 98 Chinese buses and two cranes to the city yesterday at a ceremony on Koh Pich. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-city-buses
Sweden Donates $3.97M to Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The international side of the Khmer Rouge tribunal has had its financial woes briefly allayed by a $3.97 million pledge from Sweden to fund operations for the next two years. ...
Timber seized during bust
Mixed security forces led by Kratie province’s court prosecutor yesterday arrested six people in a huge illegal logging bust, confiscating more than 100 cubic metres of protected luxury-grade timber. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seized-during-bust
Protests in city, province keep going
Thousands of employees from two Taiwanese-owned factories continued striking for better working conditions yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-city-province-keep-going