Three children injured after playing with UXO
Three children were seriously injured on Friday afternoon after a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO) they found near their homes in Kompong Speu province detonated when they tried to make it into a cowbell, local officials said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-children-injured-after-playing-with-uxo-94861/
Gov’t U-turn on Montagnard refugees
In a seeming about-face, the government has backed away from its looming deadline to deport more than 100 Montagnards currently seeking asylum in Cambodia, instead pledging to “expedite” the process of assessing their refugee status. ...
Daniel de Carteret and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-u-turn-montagnard-refugees
Adhoc to lead company forestry license review
In a move to crack down on future illegal logging, the government has created a special Commission, led by human rights group Adhoc, which will review and cancel any licenses of companies that violate forestry laws. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20362/adhoc-to-lead-company-forestry-license-review/
ADB plans to provide 880 million USD financing to Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to provide financing totally about 880 million US dollars to Cambodia for 2016 – 2018. According to a press release from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which was released yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://bit.ly/1PjBn8G
Official to address Vietnamese land allegation
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that he will appoint a government official to answer questions in the National Assembly about economic land concessions (ELC) allegedly granted to members of the Vietnamese military in Rattanakiri province. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24875/official-to-address-vietnamese-land-allegation/
New water pumping station is ‘70% done’
Workers are labouring day and night to build a new pumping station at the Boeung Trabek reservoir to relieve the capital’s flood risk ahead of the rainy season, city authorities said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-water-pumping-station-70-done
Thousands deported from Thailand
Nearly 26,000 undocumented Cambodian workers were deported by Thai authorities through border checkpoints, primarily Poipet and other secondary border crossings in Banteay Meanchey province, in the first six months of this year, an official said. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27819/thousands-deported-from-thailand/
Schoolroom slap gets three months
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a father who slapped a high school student across the face in a fit of rage to one year in prison, reduced to three months, with the rest suspended. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schoolroom-slap-gets-three-months
Interior Minister orders provincial governors to report over land along border rent to neighboring countries
Deputy Prime Minister, minister for Ministry of Interior Sar Kheng ordered all provincial governors to collect information over the matter that Cambodian farmers have rented farmland to neighboring villagers to do farming. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/interior-minister-orders-provincial-governors-to-report-over-land-along-border-rent-to-neighboring-countries-9033
Jailed senator to appeal search order
The Court of Appeal will on Monday hear opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour’s request to overturn a municipal court decision to seize his computer to reinvestigate the forged border treaty that landed him in prison in August. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jailed-senator-to-appeal-search-order-101361/
Nagacorp could bid on Cyprus casino licence
Nagacorp Ltd, the parent company of NagaWorld, Cambodia’s biggest casino, is expected to bid on a licence to operate the first casino resort in Cyprus, according to a media report from the Mediterranean island. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-could-bid-cyprus-casino-licence
Angry truckers protest and block national road 2 and 3
Several groups of angry truckers this morning stage protest and block the National Road 2 and 3 in Dangkao and Por Senchey districts, causing terrible traffic jams along the two national roads. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/angry-truckers-protest-and-block-national-road-2-and-3-9117
Expect even stronger investment flows from EU, US in 2016: economists
Several new trade pacts will help Vietnam attract more foreign investors next year as the country will become more open and better connected to some of the world’s largest markets, economists say. ...
Nearly 150 garment, footwear factories in Cambodia close down in 2015
Nearly 150 garment and footwear factories in Cambodia have shut down this year, while more than 50 new ones opened, local media reported on Monday, citing a report of the Commerce Ministry. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6711677/2015/12/27/nearly-150-garment-footwear-factories-cambodia-close-down-2015
Fumes blamed as 20 garment workers faint
Twenty female garment workers at Evergreen Apparel factory in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district fainted yesterday because of toilet fumes funnelled through the ventilation system, though heat stress and heavy workloads were also possible factors. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fumes-blamed-20-garment-workers-faint
US army looks to store field hospital in Cambodia
The U.S. Army is looking to store a mobile emergency field hospital in Cambodia to be used in the case of a regional disaster, a defense industry news website reported last week. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-army-looks-to-store-field-hospital-in-cambodia-110166/
PM requests additional $10 million from South Korea
Prime Minister Hun Sen asked his South Korean counterpart, President Park Geun Hye, to grant an additional $10 million yesterday for the second stage of the National Road 21 construction in Kandal province’s Saang district. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23300/pm-requests-additional--10-million-from-south-korea/
Land dispute ‘task force’ to be established in Ratanakkiri
Senior Minister in charge of Special Missions Ly Thuch announced yesterday that a land dispute resolution task force will be created for Ratanakkiri province, although observers said the move was coming too late. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-dispute-task-force-be-established-ratanakkiri
Larryta buys new fords
As demand for pan-Cambodian transport increases, transport company Larryta Car Rental Express announced yesterday that it was increasing its fleet of minibuses by another 12 after signing an agreement with Ford Transit importer, RMA Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28510/larryta-buys-new-fords/
Kampong Speu locals protest in long-running dispute
Several hundred villagers protested outside the Kampong Speu Provincial Hall yesterday, demanding the return of thousands lost to economic land concessions (ELCs) in a years-old land dispute with a Chinese company and a prominent tycoon. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-locals-protest-long-running-dispute