Kampong Cham tourist site planned
More than 5,000 sugar palm trees will be planted at an ancient historical site in Kampong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district in an effort to turn the area into a tourist attraction. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102520/kampong-cham-tourist-site-planned/
CNRP complaint: Poll station moved from CPP domain
The National Election Committee has moved a Kandal province polling station at the request of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, who complained it was located in an area heavily occupied by Cambodian People’s Party supporters. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-complaint-poll-station-moved-cpp-domain
Still detained: No answer on bail in Juhui case
An attorney for five people arrested after a violent protest at a Kampong Cham shoe factory said yesterday he is waiting for the court to issue a decision on a bail request he filed on Friday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/still-detained-no-answer-bail-juhui-case
Garment factory’s concessions end strike
About 1,000 workers at a Takeo province garment factory who have been on strike since Monday are due to return to work today after negotiations between union representatives and the factory wrapped up successfully Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/garment-factorys-concessions-end-strike-76061/
Rubber cheque bounces electric company boss
The owner of a private electricity firm in Kratie province was convicted at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for paying $70,000 owed to a senior police officer and “land businessman” with a cheque that bounced. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-cheque-bounces-electric-company-boss
Customs official’s son quizzed on night club shooting
The son of a high-ranking customs official suspected in a nightclub shooting that left one man injured was questioned at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday but has yet to be charged, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-officials-son-quizzed-on-nightclub%E2%80%88shooting-79863/
Tires torched by angry Chroy Changva families
Angry locals burned tires on the Chroy Changva peninsula Friday to protest the building of a road through their village, which is at the center of a land dispute with the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC). ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tires-torched-by-angry-chroy-changva-families-81404/
Risk of hearing loss increasing: experts
Increasing exposure to damaging sound levels in recreational areas and the unsafe use of personal audio devices are putting Cambodians, especially teenagers and young adults, at a high risk of hearing loss, health experts said yesterday. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/risk-hearing-loss-increasing-experts
Principal accused of budget theft
Teachers at Koki Som secondary school in Svay Rieng’s Svay Tiep district yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate the school’s principal, who, they claim, embezzled thousands of dollars from the school budget. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/principal-accused-budget-theft
Customs official’s son involved in club shooting
The son of a high-ranking customs official was involved in a shooting incident at the Rock nightclub in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district early Sunday morning that left one man injured, according to police. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-officials-son-involved-in-club-shooting-79842/
Over 30 houses damaged in Siem Reap storms
At least 30 houses were damaged due to heavy rainstorm yesterday in Siem Reap province, but no one were killed in the accident, an official said today. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IPmBUP
EU to raise climate change awareness in Kingdom
The European Union in Cambodia held a panel discussion about climate change on Wednesday in coordination with a United Nations-led global climate change conference to be held in Paris at the end of the year. ...
Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12369/eu-to-raise-climate-change-awareness-in-kingdom/
KNLF ‘terrorists’ in court for ‘treason’
Ten members of the blacklisted Khmer National Liberation Front were tried yesterday at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on treason charges brought on by allegations they had distributed anti-Vietnamese propaganda ahead of a demonstration last year. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/knlf-terrorists-court-treason
Cambodia faces uphill struggle to reform its orphanages
A visit to the temples of Angkor Wat, followed by a stop at an orphanage, are part of the travel experience for many of the more than four million tourists who come to Cambodia every year. ...
Astrid Zweynert
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13290/cambodia-faces-uphill-struggle-to-reform-its-orphanages/
New Education ministry ban comes under fire
The backlash began Wednesday against a new Education Ministry directive that bans political activities and unauthorized associations at academic institutions, with the country’s largest teachers’ union and various youth groups accusing the government of hypocrisy. ...
Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-education-ministry-ban-comes-under-fire-91534/
Police arrest 22 Chinese nationals over voip scam
Twenty-two Chinese nationals were arrested at a rented villa in Svay Rieng City on Saturday on suspicion of extorting money from people overseas using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, technology, police said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-22-chinese-nationals-over-voip-scam-92921/
Cabinet ministers endorse two key documents
The Cambodian cabinet plenary session was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Hun Sen, at the Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, this morning, the State News Agency-AKP’s report. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cabinet-ministers-endorse-two-key-documents-8922
Hundreds pray for release of unionists
Hundreds of workers from the Agile Sweater factory in Kampong Speu province gathered in front of the provincial court yesterday, praying for authorities to release five unionists arrested at the factory on Tuesday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-pray-release-unionists
CMA: Loan restructures increasing
Restructured loans at member institutions of the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) totalled about $1.5 billion as of April, according to the organisation. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50859588/cma-loan-restructures-increasing/
Investigation into human trafficking to Cambodia continues: Government officials
Government officials reported on the issue of Vietnamese being tricked into working illegally in Cambodia at the Government’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on September 6. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146555/investigation-into-human-trafficking-to-cambodia-continues-government-officials/