Landmine casualties drop by 25 percent
The number of casualties from landmines last year dropped by a quarter compared with the year before, the first time the number of deaths or injuries have been less than 100, the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34546/landmine-casualties-drop-by-25-percent/
Three big US wartime bombs found in Kandal
Police in Kandal province and officials from the Cambodian Mine Action Center have found three live bombs beneath a resident’s rice field in Kandal Stung district. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36071/three-big-us-wartime--bombs-found-in-kandal/
Mekong bridge construction gets underway
A bridge being constructed over the Mekong River will connect the provinces of Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum once completed. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/mekong-bridge-construction-gets-underway
Rocket haul unearthed in Siem Reap market
Construction crews building a container market in Siem Reap province have discovered nearly 40 105 mm rockets while excavating land in Svay Dangkum commune. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077927/rocket-haul-unearthed-siem-reap-market/
Should Western countries impose sanctions on Cambodia?
Cambodian politics reached a new boiling point with the arrest of the opposition leader last week. Kem Sokha was handcuffed in the middle of the night in his house and accused of “treason” by the government. ...
Chhoeun Kongkea
http://www.atimes.com/western-countries-impose-sanctions-cambodia/
War era bomb found in Kampong Speu
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre on Saturday recovered a 500-pound bomb in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Srouch district. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084020/war-era-bomb-found-kampong-speu/
CMAC clears 30 pieces of ordnance
Thirty pieces of unexploded ordnance were found and collected by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday in Pursat province after they were discovered by a villager at a construction site. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-clears-30-pieces-ordnance
Prime minister confirms construction of new airports
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the kingdom will soon be serviced by two new international airports, confirming the construction of new airfields in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Mr Hun Sen’s announcement comes days after the Council of Ministers formally approved on Friday ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102797/prime-minister-confirms-construction-of-new-airports/
Working conditions improving in garment factories: ILO
A report released Tuesday by Better Factories Cambodia (BFC), a programme of the International Labour Organisation, found that compliance in the garment industry with working conditions regulations has improved substantially in the last four year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103908/working-conditions-improving-in-garment-factories-ilo/
Two briefly held in Koh Kong after pot patch discovered
Two men were arrested and temporarily detained on Monday in Koh Kong province after authorities discovered 34 marijuana plants being grown illegally in the gardens in front of their homes, police said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-briefly-held-koh-kong-after-pot-patch-discovered
Rosewood, first-grade timber seized in busts
Nearly 500 pieces of illegal first-grade timber were seized in a series of busts conducted by police across three different provinces this week. ...
Mech Dara and Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosewood-first-grade-timber-seized-busts
Farmer injured in mine explosion
A farmer from Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampel district was injured on Saturday when his excavator hit an anti-tank mine. District police chief Hom Phearum said that 23-year-old Khum Raksmey was seriously wounded, but did not describe the extent of his injuries. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35076/farmer-injured-in-mine-explosion/
Kampong Speu pond digging unearths 350kg bomb
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday retrieved and neutralised a massive M117 bomb from Kampong Speu province’s Prek Kmeng commune, and safely detonated four smaller bombs found in Preah Sihanouk province on the same day. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-pond-digging-unearths-350kg-bomb
Mekong bridge construction gets underway
A bridge being constructed over the Mekong River will connect the provinces of Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum once completed.Nou Vannak, director of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s technical department, told Post Property that construction works had recently started, however no official announcement ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/mekong-bridge-construction-gets-underway
