Three injured in clash between rival Labor Unions
Three members of the Free Trade Union were hospitalized after being beaten by members of a rival union during a protest Wednesday morning at the SH International garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, union and police officials said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-injured-in-clash-between-rival-labor-unions-85350/
Customs chief names firm in record ivory haul
Thirteen months after Cambodia’s largest ever haul of ivory was seized at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the chief of customs on Wednesday appeared before the provincial court to answer questions about the case for the first time. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-chief-names-firm-in-record-ivory-haul-85454/
Youths gather in effort to make migration safer
A gathering of some 50 youths from five different provinces met in Phnom Penh last week to discuss the problems of forced migration and its dangers. The Community Youth Network leaders came from provinces where migrant work is common, to discuss how to make it ...
Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/youths-gather-in-effort-to-make-migration-safer/2824704.html
EU to raise climate change awareness in Kingdom
The European Union in Cambodia held a panel discussion about climate change on Wednesday in coordination with a United Nations-led global climate change conference to be held in Paris at the end of the year. ...
Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12369/eu-to-raise-climate-change-awareness-in-kingdom/
Over 3,000 illegal doctors in country: Ministry
A Health Ministry official said Thursday that an investigation in the wake of a devastating HIV outbreak in Battambang province’s Roka commune late last year had revealed more than 3,000 unlicensed doctors operating across the country. ...
Khy Sovuthy and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-3000-illegal-doctors-in-country-ministry-85893/
Cambodia on alert after MERS found in Thailand
Cambodian health authorities are on high alert, following the first confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in Thailand, Thursday. Diagnosis systems have been installed at major border checkpoints and at the airports of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-on-alert-after-mers-found-in-thailand/2829181.html
CPP, CNRP groups in ‘lightning oath’ swearing competition
Some 200 members of a CPP-aligned youth group knelt down at a riverside shrine in Phnom Penh on Sunday and swore an oath of loyalty to the ruling party, the Cambodian Red Cross and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-cnrp-groups-in-lightning-oath-swearing-competition-86077/
Tiny frog in Virachey added to red list
A tiny species of frog that may be found only in Virachey National Park in Cambodia’s remote northeast was yesterday officially classified as endangered by a major international conservation group. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tiny-frog-virachey-added-red-list
Japan contributes to ASEAN, India in retail, railway
AEON Mall, a subsidiary of Japan’s largest retailer AEON Group, recently launched its first shopping mall in Indonesia. The Japanese government has also decided to provide Overseas Development Assistance to the country. It includes renovation of aging signal equipments for the Myanmar railways. ...
The Financial Express News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IgT4FZ
Why are India's warships in Thailand and Cambodia?
This week, Indian warships visited Cambodia and Thailand as part of a two-month long operational deployment in surrounding waters in pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/why-are-indias-warships-in-thailand-and-cambodia/
US report details human rights abuses in 2014
The U.S. State Department released its 39th annual human rights report on Friday, reviewing abuses against the citizens of 199 countries and painting a forensic picture of the shortcomings of the Cambodian government’s efforts to protect the rights of its population. Under the heading “Arbitrary or ...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-report-details-human-rights-abuses-in-2014-86716/
Bail granted for woman accused in mother's death
A Koh Kong woman, who a representative of the rights group Adhoc says was falsely accused of killing her mother in order to steal nearly 400 grams of gold, was released on bail on Friday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bail-granted-woman-accused-mothers-death
Sawmill discovered in Oddar Meanchey forest; wood seized
Forestry officials in Oddar Meanchey province on Wednesday discovered a timber processing plant and thousands of lengths of luxury-grade wood in a remote forested area populated only by soldiers, officials said Thursday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sawmill-discovered-in-oddar-meanchey-forest-wood-seized-87247/
Question time Village rep arrested in B Meanchey
A village representative was arrested on Saturday and sent for questioning yesterday at Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court over allegations of private property destruction in a long-running land dispute with the sister-in-law of Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim Yan and Chhay Chhay Investment, according to a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/question-time-village-rep-arrested-b-meanchey
Slight dip in half-year revenues at temples
Despite a small increase in the number of foreign visitors to Angkor Wat in the first half of the year, revenues from ticket sales at the historical site dropped slightly compared to the same period in 2014, according to official figures released by Apsara Authority ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slight-dip-half-year-revenues-temples
Japan becomes China’s business rival in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen returned Monday from a weekend in Japan that included a day-trip 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo to Yamaguchi Prefecture, home base of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ...
James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12948/japan-becomes-china---s-business-rival-in-cambodia/
Land disputant freed on bail in B Meanchey
A community representative was released on bail by Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on Tuesday, after he was arrested and charged with disturbing private property. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-disputant-freed-bail-b-meanchey
Vietnam agrees to halt construction in border areas
The Vietnamese government has agreed to halt construction of roads, a police station and ponds near Cambodian border areas, following three days of border talks in Phnom Penh. Many people are concerned that the map currently in use for border talks was made by Vietnam ...
Neou Vannarin and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/vietnam-agrees-to-halt-construction-in-border-areas/2857578.html
Severe drought takes toll on women in Cambodia
A severe drought is affecting many people in provinces across Cambodia and has prompted the government to warn that it will deepen poverty in the developing country. The government has not released any figures on the extent to which the drought has affected the populace. ...
Vietnam, Cambodia to increase cooperation in border control
Vietnamese and Cambodian officials have pledged to resolve border issues between their two countries on the basis of friendship and respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. ...
Tuoitrenews News Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/29238/vietnam-cambodia-to-increase-cooperation-in-border-control