Women’s Rights activists stage flash mob to raise awareness
A group of activists staged a flash mob in Phnom Penh’s Wat Botom park Thursday evening, performing the Madison and the cha-cha-cha to bring attention to women’s rights in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Sunday. ...
Sek Odom and Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-activists-stage-flash-mob-to-raise-awareness-79215/
NGOs slam Cambodian political parties over workshop on electoral reform draft law
Representatives of more than 60 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and an electoral reform group on Monday boycotted a national workshop held Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on the electoral reform draft law, saying they did not have enough time to review the documents. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-boycott-workshop-on-electoral-reform-03092015171323.html
Court questions General charged in corruption case
A military general charged in connection with a high-profile corruption scandal at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which led to the removal of its top judge last month, on Tuesday denied the allegations against him after being questioned at the court. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-general-charged-in-corruption-case-79472/
Land, insecurity linked: report
Rampant land grabs, economic land concessions and a disastrous land-titling program have fostered an environment of insecurity for Cambodia’s most marginalised citizens, according to a new report, which argues that the Kingdom needs to rethink its current business-centric development model. ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-insecurity-linked-report
Parties unite to pass strict tobacco control law
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP made a rare show of fraternity Wednesday morning in unanimously passing the country’s first tobacco control law—which bans sales to minors, smoking in public and most advertising—in a bid to combat related illnesses. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-unite-to-pass-strict-tobacco-control-law-81703/
CNRP’s Sovannara on trial
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court today is scheduled to hear the trial of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party activist Meach Sovannara, who was charged with leading a violent “insurrection” after an opposition demonstration turned violent last July. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://bit.ly/1cOQ72R
Opposition TV station to launch this year
Cambodia’s first opposition-aligned television station will begin broadcasting around the country by the year’s end, with a group of investors close to the CNRP now raising the $3 million needed to launch operations, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-tv-station-to-launch-this-year-82116/
Traffic accidents, fatalities down this new year
Thirty-seven people died in 112 road accidents during last week’s Khmer New Year holiday, typically the busiest time of year on the country’s roads as people make their way to and from their home provinces to be with family. ...
Eighth villager dies in HIV-stricken Roka commune
An 89-year-old woman who was among the more than 240 villagers to test positive for HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune died Monday, bringing the total number of deaths since the outbreak was first detected in December to eight. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eighth-villager-dies-in-hiv-stricken-roka-commune-82219/
Australia makes video pitch for Cambodia to asylum seekers
The Australian immigration minister on Wednesday made a blunt videotaped pitch to asylum seekers detained on the Pacific island of Nauru to accept a resettlement offer while stressing they should forget about ever moving to Australia. ...
Steve Herman
http://bit.ly/1K7a67U
Amid slow sales, some Aeon tenants leave mall
Less than 10 months after the $200-million Aeon Mall opened its doors to Phnom Penh’s consumers, at least seven tenants at Cambodia’s largest shopping center have shuttered their businesses, complaining of disappointing foot traffic, construction disturbances and overly thrifty patrons. ...
Anthony Jensen and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/amid-slow-sales-some-aeon-tenants-leave-mall-82423/
ASEAN, EU may resume free-trade talks: report
ASEAN and the European Union (EU) are set to explore the possible resumption of talks on a free-trade agreement (FTA) after the ASEAN Economic Community comes into effect this year, Malaysia’s Bernama news agency reported Sunday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1bv0CYh
CPP lays out plan to woo Cambodians overseas
In a recent letter to its overseas party branches, the ruling CPP lays out a plan to counter the bad press it gets abroad and beef up its support among the Cambodian diaspora, currently a key source of funds for the opposition. ...
Mech Dara and Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lays-out-plan-to-woo-cambodians-overseas-84786/
Countries step up response
The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea has sparked international alarm, and about 25,000 people have cancelled trips to the country between June 5 and 7, the Korean Tourism Organisation said. ...
Today News Staff
http://bit.ly/1G8OV4h
UNESCO to push both adult literacy and preschool education
Months away from the end of a 15-year plan to improve education in the country, officials announced Wednesday that Cambodia still needs to make strides to meet adult literacy benchmarks and set new priorities focusing on the country’s youngest students. ...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unesco-to-push-both-adult-literacy-and-preschool-education-85370/
Vietnamese spy spotted at CNRP forum
A Vietnamese police officer wearing civilian clothes and a Cambodian police cap was briefly apprehended by attendees of a public forum hosted by the opposition CNRP in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district on Wednesday, according to a lawmaker and local official. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-spy-spotted-at-cnrp-forum-85444/
EU representative says community foresters can help against global warming
The European Union ambassador on Wednesday called on the Cambodian government to help combat climate change, foremost by reducing red tape for communities who want to form groups to protect what remains of the country’s forests. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/eu-rep-says-community-forresters-can-help-against-global-warming/2827806.html
Ex-Top cop says he was forced to flee prison
Hang Vuthy, the one-time right-hand man of jailed former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov, told the municipal court Wednesday that he was forced to escape from Prey Sar prison in 2007, as his retrial over the jailbreak got underway. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-top-cop-says-he-was-forced-to-flee-prison-86494/
Sihanoukville international airport prepares for take off
Long overlooked, Cambodia’s third international airport is undergoing a major upgrade, big enough to firmly place it on Southeast Asia’s tourism map. By the end of next year, it is be ready to handle 10,000 air passengers a week. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12592/sihanoukville-international-airport-prepares-for-take-off/
200 clinics closed in 2015: Dept
The Phnom Penh Municipal Health Department has closed more than 200 illegal dental clinics in the capital in the first six months of the year, and has filed complaints against their owners to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, health officials said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/200-clinics-closed-2015-dept