Thailand repatriates more than 1,000
A surge in the number of Cambodian migrant workers sent back from Thailand through the Daung International Checkpoint in Battambang province has puzzled authorities. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36129/thailand-repatriates-more-than-1-000/
Hydropower dam to open early
The Lower Sesan II Dam hydropower plant will start generating 50 megawatts of power by October this year, according to a senior government official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40152/hydropower-dam-to-open-early/
Flights boost tourism to Cambodia’s seaside
Increased flight connections to Sihanoukville helped boost tourism figures in the seaside province during the first five months of the year, tourism officials said yesterday. ...
Kem Sokha denies trying to topple the government
Kem Sokha, Deputy President of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has denied that he tried to topple the Cambodian government after election dispute in 2013. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/kem-sokha-denies-trying-to-topple-the-government-8323
CNRP activists arrested over Siem Reap protest
Two opposition activists in Siem Reap’s Bakong district were arrested yesterday on accusations of inciting villagers to protest a new committee to support boating tourism. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-activists-arrested-over-siem-reap-protest
Japanese experts question thumbprint voting
The Japanese technical group helping the National Election Committee (NEC) with its new list of voters has suggested that the NEC not use thumbprints for registration. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12995/japanese-experts-question-thumbprint-voting/
Ex-CNRP official to form new political party
Former Cambodia National Rescue Party senior official Lak Sopheap announced her return to politics last week with the founding of the Khmer Solidarity Party. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-cnrp-official-form-new-political-party
Cambodia will chair LDC bureau at WTO
Cambodia has been selected to chair the Global Coordination Bureau of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) next year, state-owned media outlet AKP reported yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-will-chair-ldc-bureau-wto
China's top political advisor pledges closer exchanges with Cambodia
China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met in Beijing on Tuesday with Tep Ngorn, Second Vice President of the Cambodian Senate. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/13/c_134710160.htm
Rice Ecosystems
This vector dataset provides the locations of rice ecosystem types in Cambodia, as given by the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) Cambodia-IRRI Rice Project. ...
Row over illegal livestock trade
The Agriculture Ministry has said it can’t control illegal imports of livestock from neighbouring countries, arguing customs officials must take responsibility for the issue. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39216/row-over-illegal-livestock-trade/
Chinese top Angkor Wat
Most of the foreign tourists who visited the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Angkor Archaeological Park last year hailed from China, the Angkor Institute said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34172/chinese-top-angkor-wat/
CNRP Meach Sovannara’s accident
Meach Sovannara, the CNRP lawmaker who was let out of jail on bail in May, was involved in a car accident on National Road 5 on Thursday. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12221/cnrp-meach-sovannara---s-accident/
KDC locals hold curse ceremony
A hundred members of the Lor Peang community performed a cursing rite yesterday over a 10-year running land dispute with the KDC International Company. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kdc-locals-hold-curse-ceremony
Exports to Japan reach $296M
Cambodia exported $296 million of goods to Japan in the first two months of this year, up 2.4 per cent compared to the same period last year, data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) shows. Both countries committed to boosting bilateral trade to more ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-japan-reach-296m
Revision to Law on Political Parties could trigger NEC resignation
An opposition-appointed member of the National Election Committee yesterday threatened to resign if Prime Minister Hun Sen succeeds in his controversial proposal to amend the law to dissolve parties whose members are convicted of wrongdoing. ...
Lay Samean and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/revision-law-political-parties-could-trigger-nec-resignation
Cambodia sees slight improvements on corruption index
Cambodia’s global corruption core has slightly improved with it receiving 24 out of 100 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released today by Transparency International (TI), placing it 150th out of the 180 countries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-corruption-index
21 opposition activists overseas fined, banned from running for office for 20 years
Twenty-one opposition members and activists were banned from holding elected office for at least 20 years after being convicted in absentia of inciting voters to spoil their national election ballots by the Phnom Penh Municipal Election Committee (PEC) on Tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/21-opposition-activists-overseas-fined-banned-from-running-for-office-for-20-years/
Cambodia inaugurates 6th Chinese-built hydropower plant
Cambodia has inaugurated its sixth Chinese-built hydropower plant, bringing the country’s total power supplies by dams of up to 927 megawatts. ...
Kyodo News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/805444/cambodia-inaugurates-6th-chinese-built-hydropower-plant
Bad coffee spoils local ceremony
Dozens of people are expected to recover after getting sick from instant coffee at a pagoda ceremony in Siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng district on Saturday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bad-coffee-spoils-local-ceremony