Lightning kills 47 in six months
Forty-seven people were killed by lightning in the first six months of the year, down from 60 in the same period last year, according to a report from the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39689/lightning-kills-47-in-six-months/
Overseas voting amendments sent to Assembly Committee
The National Assembly’s permanent committee on Monday approved further study of amendments to Cambodia’s election law that would allow more than 1 million migrant workers to vote from outside the country’s borders. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/38590
PM sees red over embassy post
Prime Minister Hun Sen took the US Embassy to task yesterday for posting an image of a red herring on its Facebook page while it pointed to American contributions to saving temples and protecting forests. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082542/pm-sees-red-embassy-post/
Clean water shortage at Sesan
Even as floodwaters pour into their villages and encroach upon their resettlement sites, villagers displaced by the controversial Lower Sesan II Dam in Stung Treng province say they are now facing shortages of potable water. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-shortage-sesan
Khmer Krom warned not to join Rainsy’s new movement
The head of a Khmer Krom advocacy association yesterday issued a statement urging his followers not to join ex-opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s newly minted Cambodia National Rescue Movement, claiming it will provoke violence. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/khmer-krom-warned-not-join-rainsys-new-movement
Gaming Asia opens new club
Entertainment Gaming Asia will open up it’s second Dreamworld Club in Cambodia in the Thai-Cambodia border town of Poipet, in Banteay Meanchey province, according to a media release from the US-listed company on Monday. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042565219/Business/gaming-asia-opens-new-club.html
Police still mum on protesters
The whereabouts of 23 people arrested last week during a crackdown on demonstrations in Por Sen Chey district remained unknown yesterday, with prison officials and police refusing to divulge the information to family members and rights groups. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-still-mum-protesters
Cambodia Rice Exporters say hackers are compromising websites, account info
The Cambodian Rice Exporters would like to alert the rice community that some of the nation’s rice exporters’ websites and e-mail addresses have been attacked and compromised by hackers. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/cambodia-rice-exporters-say-hackers-are-compromising-websites-account-info
Sihanoukville villagers block road in land dispute protest
About 300 villagers from 10 communities in Preah Sihanouk province blocked a road in front of the provincial hall for more than two hours Monday demanding intervention in their land disputes. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-villagers-block-road-in-land-dispute-protest-69764/
Hun Sen to meet Thai PM, Australian FM in Italy
Prime Minister Hun Sen will hold separate bilateral talks with Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on the sideline of the 10th Asia-Europe meeting. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-to-meet-thai-pm-australian-fm-in-italy-7493
Cambodian FM presents ASEAN's latest development to foreign diplomats
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday presented the result of the 25th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar to foreign diplomats to Cambodia, aiming at disseminating the ASEAN’s latest news to Cambodia’s friendly countries, a spokesman said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/26/c_133815787.htm
Electricity price to be down from here on: Hun Sen confirms
During a meeting with Lord James Sasson, Executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings, at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace, on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed that the electricity price in Cambodia will be down from now on. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/electricity-price-to-be-down-from-here-on:-hun-sen-confirms-8184
Delivery firms expand operations
Kerry Worldbridge Logistics Ltd, a joint venture between Hong Kong-listed Kerry Logistic Network Limited and Worldbridge International Group (WIG), last week acquired the majority share of Cambodia Express Group, a local door-to-door logistics firm. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/delivery-firms-expand-operations
Ten-year sentences follow 1kg meth bust
Five men were sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for selling nearly 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine to undercover police officers in the capital’s Tuol Kork district last April. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http:/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ten-year-sentences-follow-1kg-meth-bust
Reporters banned from covering meeting between Hor Namhong and US Ambassador
On Thursday, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, while Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with US Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd, reporters and photographers were banned from covering the meeting without any explanation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/reporters-banned-from-covering-meeting-between-hor-namhong-and-us-ambassador-8214
Laos president to visit Cambodia next week
Laos President Choummaly Sayasone will pay a state visit to Cambodia on Feb. 26 and 27 to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation, a news statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on said on Friday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=269307
Battambang residents protest over land redistribution plans
About 70 villagers representing hundreds of families living in Battambang City’s Prek Preah Sdech commune protested outside the provincial hall Tuesday over fears that local authorities intend to evict them to make way for military families. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/battambang-residents-protest-over-land-redistribution-plans-79474/
Court charges man for fishing with grenade
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a 25-year-old man with illegal fishing after he allegedly used a grenade to kill fish in a protected stretch of the Mekong River in Thala Barivat district. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-man-for-fishing-with-grenade-79986/
NGO positive NA wants to tackle corruption
Transparency International Cambodia yesterday presented findings of a recent scathing report on corruption to the newly formed parliamentary anti-corruption commission. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/ngo-positive-na-wants-tackle-corruption
Cambodian PM urges students to enhance abilities as ASEAN community nears
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday appealed to students to study hard to develop their own abilities to compete in regional job markets as the ASEAN will turn into a community by the end of 2015. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/01/c_133759246.htm