PM calls constitution’s border map clause ‘mistake’
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday the framers of the 1993 Constitution made a mistake by specifying that the map developed by the French colonial authorities would be the only one legally valid for border demarcation. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-calls-constitutions-border-map-clause%E2%80%88mistake-88697/
Lawmakers’ letter prompts ire in NA
The National Assembly’s legal council is considering action against opposition lawmaker Un Sam An after he accused Assembly President Heng Samrin of failing to respect the constitution, according to a ruling party lawmaker. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/lawmakers-letter-prompts-ire-na
Education ministry failing students, lawmaker says
The Education Ministry is failing students by not doing enough to improve schools before graduates face tougher competition from their Asean peers, the head of the National Assembly’s education commission, Yem Ponhearith, told Khmer Times. ...
Va Sonyka and Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13506/education-ministry-failing-students--lawmaker-says/
CPP senators approve NGO law as hundreds protest
As hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Senate Friday morning, 44 ruling party senators voiced their support for the controversial NGO law before approving it unanimously and sending it on to the Constitutional Council. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-senators-approve-ngo-law-as-hundreds-protest-89448/
No deal for jailed 'insurrection' activists: Cambodia PM
Cambodia’s strongman premier Monday brushed off recent criticism over a string of lengthy jail sentences handed to opposition activists, adding that there would be no political deal for their release. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/635980/no-deal-for-jailed-insurrection-activists-cambodia-pm
Grassroots democracy party to hold its inaugural congress
The Grassroots Democracy Party, the creation of political analyst and “Khmer for Khmer” advocacy group founder Kem Ley, will hold its inaugural congress on Sunday and register as a party on Monday, Mr. Ley said Tuesday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/grassroots-democracy-party-to-hold-its-inaugural-congress-89838/
Mobile voice messages a hit with new moms
Dr. Thearith helps thousands of women in Kampong Chhnang province care for their babies. He provides them with advice about how to breastfeed, how to keep their infants from contracting malaria, and how to avoid infections. ...
Srey Kumneth and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13850/mobile-voice-messages-a-hit-with-new-moms/
Cambodians take to the web to make internet law suggestions
Hundreds of Cambodian internet users have made their feelings unknown on their government’s controversial plants to regulate the country’s internet, after a local civil society group invited public comment online. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodians-take-to-the-web-to-make-internet-law-suggestions/2888283.html
Beer promoters to demonstrate over unpaid firing
A group of beer promoters plan to stage a demonstration Wednesday to demand payment for eight women who were fired by a beer company owned by a ruling party senator. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/beer-promoters-to-demonstrate-over-upaid-firing/2900558.html
Chinese firm eyes eco-tourism in Kingdom
Chinese company Ratelong Inc has plans to build a rice research facility and set up an eco-tourism business in Mondulkiri, after the proposal was welcomed by the minister of commerce earlier this week. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-eyes-eco-tourism-kingdom
Girls returned from begging in Thailand
Eight young girls were placed in the care of the Social Affairs Ministry on Thursday after Thai authorities found them begging and selling flowers in Thailand and sent them back to Cambodia, according to the ministry. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/girls-returned-from-begging-in-thailand-91658/
National exam monitors to double this year
More than 5,600 people have volunteered to monitor the national high school examination next week, an Anti-Corruption Unit official said Wednesday, more than double the number of observers who supervised the test last year. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-exam-monitors-to-double-this-year-92117/
Groups urge UN to address situation in Cambodia
A group of 12 international and local human rights organizations sent a letter to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday urging it to support a resolution addressing “the deteriorating human rights situation in Cambodia.” ...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-urge-un-to-address-situation-in-cambodia-92325/
Military police officers arrested for blocking forestry officials
Forestry Administration officials detained two military police officers and a third man on Tuesday for attempting to stop them from transporting a haul of illegally logged wood to their headquarters in Kratie City, officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-officers-arrested-for-blocking-forestry-officials-92360/
Six released after arrest for illegally logging Thai rosewood
Police on Sunday released six Cambodian men who were arrested in Oddar Meanchey province the night before with a load of rosewood they had logged in Thailand and carried back across the border, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-released-after-arrest-for-illegally-logging-thai-rosewood-92382/
Prime Minister Hun Sen: We need unity for strengthening the economy
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for the Royal Government officials in charge of hospitality service to pay high attention to fasten procedure and work effectively with private sectors to improve the country’s economy. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen:-we-need-unity-for-strengthening-the-economy-8876
People power 'needed to sustain forests'
Asia has a unique opportunity to fight climate change and lift many more people out of poverty if it invests more in the communities living in its forests, experts said. ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/People-power-needed-to-sustain-forests-30267420.html
Police arrest 22 Chinese nationals over voip scam
Twenty-two Chinese nationals were arrested at a rented villa in Svay Rieng City on Saturday on suspicion of extorting money from people overseas using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, technology, police said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-22-chinese-nationals-over-voip-scam-92921/
Cabinet ministers endorse two key documents
The Cambodian cabinet plenary session was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Hun Sen, at the Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, this morning, the State News Agency-AKP’s report. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cabinet-ministers-endorse-two-key-documents-8922
Illegal timber seized from cashew plantation
Forestry administration officers went to seize slabs of illegally logged timber from a cashew plantation in Thala Bori Vat district, Stung Treng on August 10. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914546/illegal-timber-seized-from-cashew-plantation/