Vietnamese man arrested for smuggling ivory, tiger claws haul
A Vietnamese national was charged with smuggling animal parts Tuesday after he was caught with 43 kg of ivory at Siem Reap International Airport on Sunday night, officials said. ...
Kem Sokha removed as assembly vice president
Ruling party lawmakers removed deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha as first vice president of the National Assembly on Friday morning in a legally dubious vote that was boycotted by the CNRP. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-removed-as-assembly-vice-president-98833/
Thailand, China launch railway project
Thailand and China launched a railway project here Saturday, marking the beginning of bilateral cooperation to develop Thailand’s first standard-gauge double-track railway line. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18868/thailand--china-launch-railway-project/
Life miserable, help us: Montagnard refugees
Eight ethnic Jarai Montagnard Christians who fled alleged persecution in Vietnam and sought refuge in Cambodia are living in poor conditions, one of the refugees told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19259/life-miserable--help-us--montagnard-refugees/
Vendors at capital market balk at massive rent hike
A dramatic hike in rent by the landlord of Phnom Penh’s Dey Thmey Boeung Kropeu Market saw 60 vendors turn out in protest at the site yesterday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-capital-market-balk-massive-rent-hike
Over ninety poisoned by noodles; vendor shut down
More than 90 people had been hospitalized in Takeo province as of Tuesday evening after eating tainted noodles during a Buddhist ceremony at a pagoda on Monday, officials said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ninety-poisoned-noodles-vendor-shut-108624/
Acleda Bank net profit, assets grow in 1H16
Acleda Bank, Cambodia’s largest financial institution, experienced sturdy year-on-year growth during the first half of the year, according to figures from its latest audited financial statement. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-bank-net-profit-assets-grow-1h16
ASEAN peacekeeping meeting concludes in Cambodia
This week, senior peacekeepers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Phnom Penh for the 3rd ASEAN Peacekeeping Centers Network Meeting. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/asean-peacekeeping-meeting-concludes-in-cambodia/
Locals told to move from waterfall site
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have told residents around the Kbal Chhay waterfalls to leave the area or risk being ejected, amid concern over pollution of the popular tourist attraction. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-told-move-waterfall-site
Prime minister defends traffic law, slams sister
Prime Minister Hun Sen hit back at critics of the new traffic law on Tuesday, singling out his own sister for what he said were unnecessarily negative Facebook posts. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-defends-traffic-law-slams-sister-104511/
Committee wraps up trade union law talks
The bipartisan committee tasked with examining the Kingdom’s controversial draft trade union law wrapped up its activities yesterday, ultimately making few of the substantive changes that unions demanded. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/committee-wraps-trade-union-law-talks
Mangoes exported to Europe in a first for kingdom
Mong Reththy, known as the king of agriculture in Cambodia for his role running the large Mong Reththy Group, aims to expand the Kingdom’s mango market to Europe. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23468/mangoes-exported-to-europe-in-a-first-for-kingdom/
Battambang man dies in old gold-mining pit
Conflicting versions of events emerged yesterday after a Battambang man was found dead in a disused gold-mining pit in the province’s Phnom Proek district. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-man-dies-old-gold-mining-pit
Cambodia-Laos trade
Laos has asked Cambodia to increase trade and investment in its northern neighbor as bilateral trade between the two countries is small and has plenty of room to expand. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26568/cambodia-laos-trade/
Rubber exports stable
While international rubber prices rebounded late last year, Cambodia’s exports in 2016, however, remained relatively unchanged compared with 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34466/rubber-exports-stable/
Fire guts Siem Reap market
Siem Reap provincial authorities have created a committee to investigate a fire that consumed most of a market early yesterday morning but did not cause any deaths or injuries. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36078/fire-guts-siem-reap-market/
BigPhone now in Cambodia
Mobile World Investment (MWG), one of the largest mobile phone and electronics distribution chains in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, has opened its first overseas store in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39837/pigphone-now-in-cambodia/
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/