Land feuds get top-level airing
Fifteen national and international organizations representing 38 civil society groups met with the National Assembly’s first commission yesterday to discuss eight major land dispute cases in an effort to find a solution for those affected. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35763/land-feuds-get-top-level-airing/
Activists reject tv boss’s apology for rape remark
Activists rejected an apology on Monday from a prominent television news host for remarks he made that a rapist and murderer should have kept his victim alive to “keep her for using again,” saying he was not genuinely sorry. ...
Julia-grace Sanders and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-reject-tv-bosss-apology-for-rape-remark-133628/
Garment workers will return, still seek resolution
More than 800 workers from Su Tong Fang factory in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district will end their two-week protest and return to work on Thursday after reaching an agreement with their bosses, their union representative said yesterday. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051456148/National-news/mixed-fortunes-for-strikers.html
Two officials arrested on corruption charges
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) arrested two border officials from on corruption charges. A source said that Sok Hak and Em Sophat were arrested last week after they asked a Hochi Minh-Phnom Penh buses to pay USD 250. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTQ1ZjRlODdmMjE
Cambodian PM, opposition leader to jointly inaugurate New Year festival at Angkor heritage site
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy will for the first time jointly inaugurate the Angkor Sankranta festival, which will be held on April 14-16 in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap City to celebrate Khmer New Year. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Ohz72O
Kem Sokha to honor Phnom Penh court summons
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he would honor his summons to appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning to answer questions about the opposition party’s protests in 2013 and 2014. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-to-honor-phnom-penh-court-summons-81613/
Cambodian opposition lawmakers lead supporters to revisit disputed border with Vietnam
Cambodian opposition lawmakers Real Camerin and Um Sam An led over 1,000 supporters Sunday to revisit disputed Cambodia-Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province, where they had scuffled with Vietnamese villagers last month. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=293340
NEC expects to register over 300,000 new voters in 2020 list
The National Election Committee (NEC) has estimated there will be over 300,000 new registrants, and 123,251 names removed from its voter list this year. ...
Kuch Nithatevy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50765618/nec-expects-to-register-over-300000-new-voters-in-2020-list/
Cambodia, Singapore strengthen intellectual property collaboration
Cambodia and Singapore have convened a meeting to further boost bilateral collaboration on the intellectual property sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750830/cambodia-singapore-strengthen-intellectual-property-collaboration/
Border committee visits northern border posts
Secretary of state of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Long Visalo led a working group to a disputed area of the border with Vietnam in Tbong Khmum province yesterday, officials said. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13549/border-committee-visits-northern-border-posts/
Funcinpec enters fray
Members of a party unable to garner a single seat in the National Assembly at July’s national election will hold undersecretaries of state positions in at least 28 different government ministries. In an interview yesterday, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan told the post that the ...
Meas Sokchea, P.3
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
Official asks to extend Pchum Ben
A civil society official has asked the National Election Committee (NEC) to cooperate with the Labor Ministry to give public servants, private sector employees, garment workers and migrant workers five more days off after the Phcum Ben festival for voter registration. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28105/official-asks-to-extend-pchum-ben/
124 candidates vying for top posts in NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday wrapped up its 10-day call for applications for top administrative positions with 124 forms submitted, the agency said in a statement, with one secretary- general and four deputies set to be selected. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/124-candidates-vying-for-top-posts-in-nec-104011/
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Cambodian compatriots from 4 countries in New York
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday evening met with Cambodian compatriots from around the United State, Canada, France and Germany at New York, according to a post on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official facebook page. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-met-with-cambodian-compatriots-from-4-countries-in-new-york-8986
Foreign affairs bureau chief charged with embezzlement
A Foreign Affairs Ministry official arrested by anti-corruption authorities last week for taking bribes to process documents for a foreign company has been charged with embezzlement and sent to prison to await trial, officials said on Monday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-affairs-bureau-chief-charged-with-embezzlement-110867/
Cintri says it is owed up to $20M by Phnom Penh residents
Phnom Penh’s much-maligned waste-collection firm Cintri yesterday used a meeting with City Hall to ask for help in collecting between $10 million and $20 million in unpaid fees it says it’s owed by residents in the capital. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cintri-says-it-owed-20m-phnom-penh-residents
High demand for Chinese speakers
Chinese language skills are in growing demand from companies looking to hire in Cambodia’s job market as China’s influence in the Kingdom is increasingly felt both in the business and tourism sectors, online job portal Everjobs said yesterday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/high-demand-chinese-speakers
Main parties cut into each other’s traditional strongholds
The ruling CPP is losing votes in remote provinces while making up ground on the opposition CNRP in Phnom Penh and surrounding areas, according to election data showing the two major parties cutting into each other’s leads in traditional strongholds. ...
Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/main-parties-cut-others-traditional-strongholds-131132/
Sewage canal poised for facelift
Phnom Penh municipal authorities plan to restore the Stung Meanchey sewage canal, a rubbish-filled eyesore where residents face flooding, foul smells and health fears. City Hall said the canal will be developed without the need to evict or relocate residents. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39899/sewage-canal-poised-for-facelift/
India health sector aims to bring in Cambodian patients
Indian companies in the pharmaceutical and health care sector are seeking to enhance their footprint in the Kingdom by extending beyond pharmaceutical trade through state financing that could establish a direct link to bring Cambodian medical tourists to the subcontinent. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india-health-sector-aims-bring-cambodian-patients