NEC’s communication breakdown: 4 groups
The National Election Committee has created a pair of new commissions, with one aimed at keeping relevant stakeholders informed of the reformed body’s activities and another coordinating electoral activities with Provincial Election Committees. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/necs-communication-breakdown-4-groups
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/
Minister alleges effort to sully EdC’s reputation
Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem on Monday hit back at detractors following a spike in energy prices, claiming the criticism was an attempt to destroy the credibility of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-alleges-effort-to-sully-edcs-reputation-88156/
ILO launching new garment newsletter
The International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday will launch a news bulletin focusing on Cambodia’s garment and shoe sector, aimed at providing data for Cambodian policymakers during annual minimum wage talks. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-launching-new-garment-newsletter
Experts tell Laos, VN, Cambodia to study border issues
Delegates from Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos discussed the ASEAN Economic Community’s effects on transnational natural resources at an annual international conference on cross-border economic co-operation. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/273671/experts-tell-laos-vn-cambodia-to-study-border-issues.html
Immigration police arrests 30 illegal Vietnamese
The Immigration police from the Ministry of Interior arrested 30 Vietnamese nationals today for alleged illegal work at a workplace in Chbar Ampove Khan’s Prek Pra commune. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/immigration-police-arrests-30-illegal-vietnamese-8794
Local logistics firms struggle to survive as global players circle market
The Kingdom’s logistics sector is becoming increasingly crowded, with small- to medium-sized players racing for a share of the growing market while struggling at the same time to reach international quality standards. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14901/local-logistics-firms-struggle-to-survive-as-global-players-circle-market/
Unpaid workers ready to ‘burn down factory’
More than 150 garment workers at the Tien Tien factory in Kandal province have threatened to burn down their workplace after its Chinese owner disappeared without paying them almost a month ago. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unpaid-workers-ready-burn-down-factory
Toyota assembly plant in Phnom Penh to be launched next year
Toyota assembly plant at Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone will be inaugurated in 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359265/toyota-assembly-plant-in-phnom-penh-to-be-launched-next-year/
Hun Sen Says CPP Largess Will End If Election is Lost
Less than five months from the national elections, Prime Minister Huns Sen yesterday warned the public that his ruling CPP party would stop making charitable donations towards infrastructure and national development if the party is not re-elected. Speaking at the inauguration of a Chinese-funded expansion of ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-cpp-largess-will-end-if-election-is-lost-12645/
Rail gets rice exports on move
For the first time since a railway rehabilitation project was launched in 2006, Cambodian rice is now being transported from Phnom Penh to the Sihanoukville port along the country’s southern line for export, operators Toll said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Phnom Penh cargo loading station, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rail-gets-rice-exports-move
Australia Admits Cambodia Postponed Military Cooperation
Cambodia has delayed two of its military cooperation programs with Australia, the Australian Defense Department said Thursday, after it emerged this week that U.S.-backed programs had also been postponed following the July 28 national election. Dave Gordge, first secretary and deputy head of mission at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australia-admits-cambodia-postponed-military-cooperation-39885/
Parties Agree to Let UN Observe Election Investigation
The CPP and opposition CNRP agreed during a meeting at the National Assembly on Friday that the U.N. can observe an investigation into irregularities in last month’s national election, but continued to disagree that the National Election Committee (NEC) lead the investigation. After the two parties ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/parties-agree-to-let-un-observe-election-investigation-39056/
Flooding’s toll still growing
Nearly 2,000 families have been evacuated from their homes and thousands of hectares of crops flooded in the wake of continuing rains and the opening of dams in Vietnam and Thailand. at least two people have died since Friday in the flooding, which has affected at ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding%E2%80%99s-toll-still-growing
Protesters Stop Try Pheap Tractor From Clearing Land in Preah Vihear
More than 100 people on Thursday protested and stopped a bulldozer belonging to businessman Try Pheap from clearing their land next to a rubber plantation he owns in Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district, villagers and local officials said. Oeun Sitha said he was among more than 100 ...
Cambodia to Sign Accord on Maids to Malaysia
The Cambodian and Malaysian governments will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) within three months that will restart the business of sending Cambodian domestic workers to the country after a two-year moratorium, a Labor Ministry official said Friday. After meeting with representatives from the Malaysian Home ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-sign-accord-on-maids-to-malaysia-46491/
Rainsy ‘Twisting Facts’: Vietnamese embassy
The Vietnamese embassy fired back yesterday at opposition party leader Sam Rainsy’s claim that Vietnamese companies granted economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest are turning the area into a Vietnamese “colony”. On Wednesday, Rainsy visited the forest and claimed that CRCK, a Vietnamese firm granted ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-%E2%80%98twisting-facts%E2%80%99-vietnamese-embassy