NEC brushes off petition from LI
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday brushed off concerns over a petition written by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and supported by UK-based Liberal International (LI). ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-brushes-petition-li
PM proposes free medical treatment for foreign workers
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the Kingdom should begin providing free medical treatment to foreign workers in order to kick start reciprocal treatment for migrants working abroad. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644128/pm-proposes-free-medical-treatment-for-foreign-workers/
Employee allegedly hit at protest
A protest over attendance bonuses among workers at a factory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterday morning, after the factory owner’s driver allegedly assaulted a worker. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employee-allegedly-hit-protest
U.S.' Denver Art Museum returns looted 10th century sculpture to Cambodia
The U.S.’s Denver Art Museum on Monday officially returned a 10th century sandstone sculpture taken from a Cambodian temple during civil-war era to Cambodia. ...
Xinhua Team
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/28/c_135229738.htm
Nearly 30 Cambodians arrested in Thailand
Twenty-eight Cambodian nationals were arrested last week by Thai authorities for illegally crossing the border into Khlong Yai district, according to a Bangkok Post story on Saturday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24434/nearly-30-cambodians-arrested-in-thailand/
PM inks sub-decree to control mining sector
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed into effect a sub-decree that aims to create a clear licensing and exploration framework for the Kingdom’s nascent mining industry. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-inks-sub-decree-control-mining-sector
Student questioned over Facebook comment
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment-94349/
Incoming ambassador swears in 64 Peace Corps volunteers
The US’s incoming ambassador, William Heidt, made his first Cambodian appearance in public Friday, at a swearing in ceremony for Peace Corps volunteers. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/incoming-ambassador-swears-in-64-peace-corps-volunteers/2979071.html
Phnom Penh may add eleven new communes
Phnom Penh Municipal Hall plans to create 11 new communes in five districts in the capital to improve social service management, Deputy Municipal Governor Eang Ony said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-may-add-eleven-new-communes
Another former capitol employee arrested for passing out fliers
A former Capitol Bus Company employee was charged with defamation on Saturday after he was arrested in Battambang for handing out leaflets asking people to boycott the company. ...
Lay Samean and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-former-capitol-employee-arrested-passing-out-fliers
Islamic Microfinance could save farmers from high interest rates
As businesses and banks prepare for the 11th World Islamic Economic Forum in Malaysia on November 3, some Islamic microfinance businesses are considering bringing interest-free loans to Cambodia. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15591/islamic-microfinance-could-save-farmers-from-high-interest-rates/
Compensation sought for attacked MPs
A lawyer for two opposition lawmakers brutally beaten outside parliament late last month has filed a complaint to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court demanding $50,000 in compensation. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-sought-attacked-mps
Revenue surges 40 percent at water supplier
Revenue for the state-owed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) surged more than 40 percent last year from 2014, according to a preliminary report released last week. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20582/revenue-surges-40-percent-at-water-supplier/
Large US bomb found in pond
Divers from the Cambodian Mine Action Center have recovered a 500-pound bomb dropped from US planes on to Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36792/large-us-bomb-found-in-pond/
Travel Mart to showcase tourism
Cambodia hopes to attract some 200 international companies to participate in the first Cambodia Travel Mart (CTM) event to be held in November this year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39749/travel-mart-to-showcase-tourism/
Two new rice seeds to be introduced to farmers
Two new rice seeds – Japonica and Indica – would be introduced to Cambodian farmers in order to diversify the markets for Cambodian rice, according to a local media report. ...
Ou Sokha
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108845
Takeo marijuana plantation set alight
Police in Takeo province burned more than 6,300 marijuana plants on Saturday. Authorities discovered the illegal marijuana plantation in Kirivong district after villagers tipped off local police. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096482/takeo-marijuana-plantation-set-alight/
Church underpins Cambodia-Vietnam ties
For decades, political and economic upheaval in Southeast Asia separated ethnic Vietnamese communities in the United States from those in Asia, as their lives followed radically divergent trajectories. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/church-underpins-cambodia-vietnam-ties
Elephant electrocuted by high-tension line in herd’s path
An elephant was electrocuted by a high-power electric line early on Wednesday in a village in Preah Sihanouk province frequented by the animals, according to provincial authorities. ...
Ouch Sony and Danielle Keeton-olsen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/elephant-electrocuted-by-high-tension-line-in-herds-path-126924/
Criticisms mount at UN session
States, United Nations officials and civil society representatives continued to heap criticism on Cambodia’s approach to civil and political rights at the UN Human Rights Council yesterday. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/criticisms-mount-un-session