Ousted lawmakers vacate seats
Forty-four lawmakers from three political parties lost their status yesterday in the newly-formed National Assembly after winning no seats in the July 29 national election. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50530799/ousted-lawmakers-vacate-seats/
CPP spokesman in court over defamation suit
The ruling CPP’s defamation case against prominent political analyst Ou Virak moved forward on Friday as The Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned party spokesman Sok Eysan. ...
Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-spokesman-in-court-over-defamation-suit-112293/
PM urges cooperation on climate problems
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday called for stronger cooperation in implementing the ASEAN-US Joint Statement on Climate Change, noting that the phenomenon is “obviously happening”. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-cooperation-climate-problems
EU funds increase by nearly 50 per cent
The European Union is increasing its development grants to Cambodia by almost 50 per cent in 2016 compared to The previous year, according to a Friday statement. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-funds-increase-nearly-50-cent
Spending big on new year overseas travel
With incomes and the middle class growing, Cambodians are spending even more this year on foreign trips for the Khmer New Year holiday, tour operators said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23688/spending-big-on-new-year-overseas-travel/
Measles not back in Cambodia, health minister says
Three weeks after the Health Ministry announced that measles had reappeared in Cambodia, a ministry official said Thursday that the highly contagious disease had in fact not been found. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/measles-not-back-in-cambodia-health-minister-says-98798/
Deadline set for Borei Keila
Phnom Penh authorities yesterday gave the remaining 15 families from the Borei Keila community one month to accept a settlement and end their long-running land dispute. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36223/deadline-set-for-borei-keila/
New campaign to educate Cambodians about June elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday launched a radio campaign to educate Cambodians about upcoming commune elections and to counter misinformation about The June 4 poll. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-campaign-educate-cambodians-about-june-elections
Train service relaunched between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville
The government was to resume rail services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville Friday in collaboration with Toll Royal Co, Richz Electronic Services and The Asian Development Bank, sources said. ...
Cambodia deports over 500 illegal immigrants in past 6 months
Cambodia has over the last six months deported more than 500 foreigners from 21 countries for illegally entering or staying in the country, according to a report seen Thursday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/141023/cambodia-deports-over-500-illegal-immigrants-past-6-mo
CITS to open Cambodia's first non-airport duty-free shop
China International Travel Service Group (CITS) will open a duty-free shop (DFS) in Cambodia next month, the first non-airport DFS in the country, it announced on Sunday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=252924
Activist monk summoned over alleged attack
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned activist monk Keo Somaly, for questioning over an alleged attack on a fellow monk at The city’s Wat Neakavorn last month. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-monk-summoned-over-alleged-attack-74357/
Fourteen sentenced in bribery case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced 14 people, including district officials, over a bribery scandal involving illegal water reservoirs built in protected areas near The Tonle Sap lake. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/14-sentenced-bribery-case
Senate unanimously supports for legal action against senator Hong Sok Hour
Forty-Seven senators supported this afternoon the authorities’ legal action against senator Hong Sok Hour, the senate’s spokesperson Mam Bunneang, told reporters. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/senate-unanimously-supports-for-legal-action-against-senator-hong-sok-hour-8846
Industrial policy to be released next week
The government will next week release its Industrial Development Policy (IDP) that aims to keep The economy on its high-growth trajectory, a senior official confirmed yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industrial-policy-be-released-next-week
Hu to Visit Cambodia Just Before Asean Summit
Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay an official state visit to Cambodia between March 30 and April 2, a trip that will coincide with the Asean-European Union Business Summit and will finish just one day before the annual Asean summit commences in Phnom Penh, an ...
Thai-Cambodian retreat seals trade and labor deals
Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday signed five bilateral agreements to wrap up the two-day official visit by Cambodian leader Hun Sen, although no deal was reached on energy development and cooperation between the countries. According to Hun Sen, Gen Prayut has agreed in principle to ...
Patsara Jikkham
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/799968/thai-cambodian-retreat-seals-trade-and-labour-deals
Hun Sen thinks we can win: Sokha
Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha on Saturday drew a positive message from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent warnings that an opposition election victory could lead to civil war, trumpeting it as acceptance from the premier that he could be defeated. Among the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-thinks-we-can-win-sokha
Shifting economy feeds nation’s uncertain politics
The country is set to embark on local elections that promise to highlight The economic hardships faced by many Cambodians despite a sustained annual growth rate and continued poverty reduction, economic and political observers said this week. A report from Future Forum released on Tuesday ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shifting-economy-feeds-nations-uncertain-politics-129465/
CRF: $200M in emergency loans needed for rice sector
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has asked The state-owned Rural Development Bank (RDB) to provide $200 million in emergency loans to buy paddy from farmers during The ongoing post-monsoon harvest season as falling prices threaten Their livelihoods. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-200m-emergency-loans-needed-rice-sector