Preah Sihanouk province poised to generate power from recycled waste
Chinese-owned Li Yu Heng Cambodia Construction expressed its plan to invest in using recycled waste to generate power for consumption in Preah Sihanouk province. The plan was hatched due to the rising demand for electricity as business and investment activities are growing in the province. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-sihanouk-province-poised-generate-power-recycled-waste
In Poipet, Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Protest Police Abuse
More than 35 motorcycle taxi drivers protested in front of military police headquarters in Poipet City yesterday, calling for military police to protect them from an immigration police officer who has allegedly been shocking them with an electric baton, police and protesters said. Proem Sareom, one of the drivers protesting ...
High court appeal for Boeung Kak 13
Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial in May and released last month had appealed their guilty convictions to the Supreme Court, their lawyer said yesterday. “They told us they are completely dissatisfied with the verdict of the Appeal Court, which maintained the ...
Police Detain Man Seeking Justice for Sonando
A 75-year-old man living near the former site of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake was detained by police on Thursday after he was found collecting thumbprints from villagers for a petition calling for the release of jailed independent radio station owner Mam Sonando, villagers said ...
President Obama Expected to Attend Summit in Phnom Penh
A senior White House official has again indicated that U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to attend the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh in November. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell reiterated Mr. Obama’s plans to attend the ...
Cambodia's World Heritage Angkor Wat attracts 2.06 mln foreigners in 2012
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, received 2.06 million foreign visitors last year, up 28 percent compared to 1.61 million in a year earlier, a tourism report said Tuesday. The temple greeted 339,530 South Koreans last year, up 23 percent year-on-year; ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-01/15/c_132103894.htm
New Battambang Passport Office Caters to Migrant Workers
The government announced Monday that it will open a new passport office in the northwest province of Battambang, the first such office outside Phnom Penh. In a statement, posted to the Ministry of Interior website, the ministry said that the new passport office will serve people ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-battambang-passport-office-caters-to-migrant-workers-28788/
Ministry: election won’t hurt tourist numbers
While tourism in Cambodia has historically slowed in advance of general elections, tourism leaders in the government and private sector have said they expect this year’s July elections to have little impact on tourist arrivals. Tourism numbers dipped by 10.9 per cent for the 2003 ...
A New Royalist Party Would Have Little Hope, Analysts Say
Cambodian political analysts say a new royalist party would have little hope of success. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who once led Cambodia’s dominant post-war political party, Funcinpec, told VOA Khmer on Monday he plans to launch a new royalist party for commune elections later this year and ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/a-new-royalist-party-would-have-little-hope-analysts-say/1859956.html
Opposition will not join the parliament until a new election: Sam Rainsy
The Opposition leader reaffirmed that the Cambodia National Rescue Party would not join the National Assembly until there is an agreement on new election. “We will not join the Assembly until there is an agreement on the holding of a new election,” Sam Rainsy said in ...
The Cambodia Herlad
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDgyOWM1YjMwMTQ
Sokha ‘snubs China for US’
CAMBODIA National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha pledged his party’s foreign policy allegiance to the United States over China in no uncertain terms to top officials in Washington, last week, according to a summary of his meetings posted online. A document released by the US-based ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-%E2%80%98snubs-china-us%E2%80%99
Sam Rainsy to write a letter to Hun Sen
Sam Rainsy is preparing a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen to seek negotiation between the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), an opposition official told The Cambodia Herald on Wednesday. The political deadlock in Cambodia has been lasting for ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NzExZmM1MTNiNWU
Cambodian ruling party sweeps elections for municipal, provincial, district councilors
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen swept 2,543 out of the country’s 3,333 seats in the 2nd elections for municipal, provincial, and district councilors on Sunday, according to the preliminary results issued by the CPP. The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/18/c_133342997.htm
Cambodia ranks 14th in prevalence of ‘slavery': index
More than 155,000 people in Cambodia are living as modern “slaves”, according to a global index released this week. The Global Slavery Index 2014, released on Monday by Australia-based NGO Walk Free Foundation (WFF), ranks Cambodia 14th out of 167 countries for the prevalence of slavery, ...
Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-ranks-14th-prevalence-%E2%80%98slavery-index
Cambodian King hails Vietnam’s supports during President Sang’s visit
The Cambodia people never forget the invaluable supports Vietnam had given to Cambodia and will continue enhancing ties between the two countries, King Norodom Sihamoni told visiting President Truong Tan Sang Tuesday. Sang met with the Cambodian King right after his arrival in Phnom Penh on ...
Local silk production nearly extinct
Cambodia’s natural silk industry is on the verge of extinction due to the widespread use of pesticides that have severely damaged the health of silkworms, leading producers to rely on imported synthetic fibers to meet demand, experts say. Men Sinoeun, executive director of the Artisan’s Association ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/local-silk-production-nearly-extinct-74350/
Cambodian unlicensed doctor faces charges of causing mass HIV infections in village
Cambodian police on Sunday sent a village medical practitioner to court to face the charges of causing mass HIV infections after over 100 people in a remote village were infected with the virus, a local police officer said. “The unlicensed doctor confessed that he had ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141221/cambodian-unlicensed-doctor-faces-charges-causing-mass-hiv-i
Shortfalls noted for women in politics
At a celebration of International Women’s Day yesterday, Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) vice president Kem Sokha said women play key roles in the Kingdom’s development, but noted that women in his own party still lack total equality. About 200 people came to LyLa restaurant in ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/shortfalls-noted-women-politics
US announces new Ambassador to Cambodia
The United States has announced nomination of new Ambassador to Cambodia to replace William E. Todd who has been serving the position since 2012, according to the White House. According to the statement, William A. Heidt currently serves as Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/us-announces-new-ambassador-to-cambodia-8404
Rainsy lauds late Chea Sim
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday praised former ruling party president Chea Sim, who died on Monday, calling him a national hero and comparing his patriotic ideals to those of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk. Speaking to reporters after paying his respects at the former Senate ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-lauds-late-chea-sim