Ministry says arsenic levels in rice 'no problem'
The Ministry of Agriculture has played down the results of a study that found high levels of arsenic in some samples of locally grown rice. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-arsenic-levels-rice-no-problem
Senior CNRP officials meet with Rainsy in Manila
About 20 members of the opposition party’s permanent committee traveled to Manila on Saturday night for a two-day conference with CNRP President Sam Rainsy, who remains in exile, party spokesman Yem Ponhearith said on Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senior-cnrp-officials-meet-with-rainsy-in-manila-109839/
Japan gives $181 million in loan and aid
Japan agreed to provide Cambodia with a $181 million loan yesterday to help the renovation of National Road 5 linking Phnom Penh to Poipet, to help expand the Japanese Bridge and to assist in demining operations throughout the Kingdom. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23025/japan-gives--181-million-in-loan-and-aid/
Jimei Intl Cambodia plan likely in Sihanoukville: analyst
The ‘entertainment resort’ that Hong Kong-listed casino junket investor Jimei international Entertainment Group Ltd wants to develop in Cambodia is likely to be located in the coastal resort town of Sihanoukville (pictured), on the Gulf of Thailand, says Union Gaming Securities Asia Ltd. ...
Newsdesk
http://www.ggrasia.com/jimei-intl-cambodia-plan-likely-in-sihanoukville-analyst/
Another search for VN soldiers’ remains in Cambodia
Military Zone 9 said it was co-operating with Cambodian localities in searching for the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died during wars in Cambodia. ...
Viet Nam News Team
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/294553/another-search-for-vn-soldiers-remains-in-cambodia.html
South Korean consul to open in Siem Reap
A South Korean consul will open in Siem Reap by May to provide services for Korean citizens visiting Cambodia and for those wishing to visit South Korea. Siem Reap is home to the ancient temples of Angkor and large numbers of South Koreans visit the city ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23535/south-korean-consul-to-open-in-siem-reap/
Justice minister denies shares in shadowy offshore firm
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana had a stake in a shadowy offshore company in the British Virgin Islands, according to data made public on Sunday in what is being called the largest leak of secret documents in history. ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/justice-minister-denies-shares-in-offshore-firm-110852/
Tigers to be reintroduced to Cambodia in 2019
Eight tigers will be released into the Cambodian wild in an unprecedented plan projected to cost between $20 and $50 million, the Ministry of Agriculture and WWF-Cambodia announced at an event in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tigers-to-be-reintroduced-to-cambodia-in-2019-110954/
All citizens enlisted in crackdown on illegal logging
After setting up the National Anti-Deforestation Committee (NADC) in an attempt to show that the government was trying to stop illegal logging, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on all citizens to join the battle, saying people even had the right to make citizen arrests ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24392/all-citizens-enlisted-in-crackdown-on-illegal-logging/
Power out for 24 hours in Stung Treng
Power went out for more than a full day in Stung Treng province starting on Monday afternoon due to a storm in Laos, officials said yesterday, only worsening the situation for residents coping with scorching temperatures. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/power-out-for-24-hours-in-stung-treng-112128/
Vietnam to host annual trade fair in October
Vietnam will host its seventh annual trade fair in Cambodia during the second week of October of this year, the Department of Economics in the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense (MOD) announced in Ho Chi Minh City last week. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-host-annual-trade-fair-october
Draft of whistleblower law due in July: ACU
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will unveil the first draft of its long-awaited whistleblower protection law next month, according to minutes of a May 30 meeting between the ACU and the National Council Against Corruption published on the unit’s website, but observers are not holding their ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-whistleblower-law-due-july-acu
Chinese, Taiwanese arrested in internet-phone fraud case
Twenty-seven Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested during a raid on a villa in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district on Monday on suspicion of operating an internet-phone scam, officials said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-taiwanese-arrested-in-internet-phone-fraud-case-114080/
Maid tells of abuse faced in Saudi Arabia
After two weeks stuck inside an immigration office in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, a Cambodian domestic worker returned to Phnom Penh yesterday without assistance from the Cambodian government – on a plane ticket she says was paid for by Saudi immigration police. ...
Vandy Muong and Audrey Wilson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-tells-abuse-faced-saudi-arabia
Traffic accidents down in first half of year
Nearly 1,000 people have died in traffic accidents in the first six months of 2016 according to a National Committee for Road Safety report released today. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27027/traffic-accidents-down-in-first-half-of-year/
Mine deaths up between Jan, June in Cambodia
Twenty people have been killed in Cambodia by mines or other explosive remnants of war in the first six months of the year, up from 11 deaths in the same period last year. ...
Lauren Crothers
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/mine-deaths-up-between-jan-june-in-cambodia/616741
Garment truck crashes in Kompong Speu; 39 injured
A truck packed with garment workers traveling to factories in Kompong Speu province overturned on Wednesday while attempting to avoid another truck crossing the road, injuring 39 women, including a dozen who suffered broken arms and legs, officials said. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-truck-crashes-in-kompong-speu-39-injured-116263/
Kantha Bopha to get Angkor donations in February
Two dollars from the sale of every ticket to the Angkor temple complex will go to the Kantha Bopha hospitals in February 2017, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday. A letter sent to Dr. Beat Richner, the founder for the Kantha Bopha Children’s ...
San Bunsim and Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28217/kantha-bopha-to-get-angkor-donations-in-february/
Woman back home after forced marriage in Malaysia
A woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia was repatriated to Cambodia late last week after years of abuse at the hands of her employers, including a forced marriage. ...
Sen David and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/woman-back-home-after-forced-marriage-malaysia
Reptile caper in the bag for border cops
A car filled with a slithering menagerie of reptiles destined to be sold at market in Vietnam was seized by Cambodia-Vietnam border officials in Kandal province on Wednesday night, according to Koh Thom district police. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reptile-caper-bag-border-cops