EU seeks negotiation on timber agreement
As Vietnam and Laos negotiate to enter a European Union trade agreement aimed at improving forestry governance, the EU – one of the world’s top timber importers – is urging Cambodia to join the scheme. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-seeks-negotiation-timber-agreement
Strike-leading union head arrested in Phnom Penh
The pugnacious leader of an independent workers union was arrested outside a garment factory on Phnom Penh’s industrial outskirts Tuesday morning for leading what police described as “illegal striking and an anarchic union.” ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/strike-leading-union-head-arrested-in-phnom-penh-77342/
Activists decry illegal loggers in Cambodia exporting charcoal to Thailand
Forest and community activists in a northwestern province in Cambodia have expressed concerns about illegal loggers who have started producing charcoal for export to Thailand,destroying protected areas of community forests in the process. ...
Hum Chamroeun
http://bit.ly/1bd7xFH
King Sihamoni approves two new election laws
King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the country’s two new election laws last week in an unpublicized action that entered the controversial pieces of legislation into legal force, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/king-sihamoni-approves-two-new-election-laws-81082/
Cham students evacuated from Yemen
Sixteen Cambodian students studying in war-torn Yemen were scheduled to fly out of Oman’s capital, Muscat, late Monday night and were expected to arrive in Phnom Penh at 3 p.m. Tuesday. ...
Chris Mueller and Chhorn Chansy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cham-students-evacuated-from-yemen-81978/
Activists seize timber
Activists in Prey Lang forest yesterday seized chainsaws and illegally felled timber from a group of loggers as they continued to “ordain” the woodland’s largest trees in an effort to stop further offences. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-seize-timber
Opposition party president to pay his condolence to Chea Sim
The main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party’s President Sam Rainsy will pay his condolence to former president of senate and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party tomorrow. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1cMLgPf
Cambodia imports Africa rats for demining work
Cambodia has imported 15 rats from Africa for the purpose of locating landmines and unexploded ordnance in the country, a senior landmine official told Kyodo News on Thursday. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/596864/cambodia-imports-africa-rats-for-demining-work
Bushmeat vendors let off with a warning in Ratanakkiri
Military police in Ratanakkiri province working with the NGO Wildlife Alliance confiscated 40 kg of bushmeat from two vendors at a Banlung City market Thursday morning but let the women go with a warning. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bushmeat-vendors-let-off-with-a-warning-in-ratanakkiri-85903/
Another Russian arrested over casino brawl
Police in Sihanoukville on Monday arrested Russian national Roman Dragomir, 39, for his alleged involvement in a violent brawl between two groups of foreigners at the Queenco Hotel & Casino in February, an official said. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-russian-arrested-over-casino-brawl-86218/
Cambodia asks for original maps from UN to verify border line with Vietnam
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday requested all original maps deposited at the United Nations to verify the authenticity of maps the government is using to demarcate border line with its neighboring countries. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12922/cambodia-asks-for-original-maps-from-un-to-verify-border-line-with-vietnam/
Prosecutor disputes verdict in murder-kidnapping case
In a rare show of discord inside the courts, a prosecutor at the Kandal Provincial Court on Tuesday lodged an appeal against verdicts handed down to two men involved in a kidnapping and murder. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prosecutor-disputes-verdict-in-murder-kidnapping-case-87535/
Working conditions in Cambodia's garment factories slightly improved: group
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has found a slight improvement in Cambodia’s garment factory working conditions, although issues of overtime and occupational safety and health continue, according to its latest report released on Wednesday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=291468
CNRP still raising funds for TV station
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has been trying to raise money in every way possible to support its new, CNRP-friendly TV station, which may begin broadcasting before the end of this year. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13245/cnrp-still-raising-funds-for-tv-station/
Prominent rights monitor questioned over defamation claims
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday began questioning a leading human rights campaigner who stands accused of defaming and attempting to coerce two judicial officials over a land dispute in Siem Reap province. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prominent-rights-monitor-questioned-over-defamation-claims-88153/
Chinese police start placing surveillance cameras
Chinese police began installing surveillance cameras on the streets of Phnom Penh on Tuesday, following a donation from Beijing to assist authorities in monitoring crime and traffic in the capital, an official said Wednesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-police-start-placing-surveillance-cameras-88535/
Boutique hotel rises in Daun Penh
A new boutique hotel – which could cost as much as $6 million – is rising in Daun Penh, aiming to attract international business tourists who want to be close to the heart of the city. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13368/boutique-hotel-rises-in-daun-penh/
Education Ministry to enforce more teaching hours
The Education Ministry plans to improve the quality of education in primary schools across the country by enforcing stricter protocols for teaching hours, said Education Minister Dr. Hang Chuon Naron on Thursday. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13600/education-ministry-to-enforce-more-teaching-hours/
Assasination plot under investigation
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision and refused to release on bail Lay Huong, the alleged mastermind of a plot to kill a government minister’s wife. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assasination-plot-under-investigation
Vietnam halts road work at Kampot border
Vietnam has stopped construction of a road near its border with Kampot province after Cambodian officials complained that the project was coming too close to the borderline, according to a provincial border police official. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-halts-road-work-at-kampot-border-89847/