Fifty-five young judges and prosecutors sworn in
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana on Monday presided over the swearing-in of 55 recent graduates of the Royal Academy for Judicial Professions as judges and prosecutors at the Royal Palace’s throne hall in Phnom Penh. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fifty-five-young-judges-and-prosecutors-sworn-in-91359/
Port at Sihanoukville sees growth in imports, exports
The number of cargo and cruise ships moving in and out of the port at Sihanoukville continues to increase. More than 2.2 million tons of cargo moved through the port in the first seven months of this year, officials say, an increase of some 200,000 ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/port-at-sihanoukville-sees-growth-in-imports-exports/2915138.html
Three men arrested in Mondolkiri with deer meat
Authorities in Mondolkiri province arrested three men Wednesday morning after discovering nearly 150 kg of illegal bushmeat in the vehicle they were driving, a forestry official said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-men-arrested-in-mondolkiri-with-deer-meat-91536/
World's smallest deminers to start work in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the first group of rats is traInIng to help their human counterparts clear land still contamInated with mInes and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) after decades of war.It might seem odd to use rats as demIners, but Apopo, an organization that traIns Giant African ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/575039--worlds-smallest-deminers-to-start-work-in-cambodia
A fishy situation in Cambodia’s biggest lake
“Turn the lights off soon, or people will see us,” the young fisherman said in a muted voice that was barely audible, even in the pre-dawn quiet. The fact that fishermen are resorting to sneaking into the lake’s protected areas speaks of an alarming ...
News24 Staff
http://www.news24.com/Green/News/A-fishy-situation-in-Cambodias-biggest-lake-20150817
Three environmental activists arrested in Koh Kong province
Three activists from Mother Nature Cambodia have been detained by the provincial court of Koh Kong, after launching a campaign to stop sand dredging along a river there. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/three-environmental-activists-arrrested-in-koh-kong-province/2922442.html
Groups urge UN to address situation in Cambodia
A group of 12 international and local human rights organizations sent a letter to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday urging it to support a resolution addressing “the deteriorating human rights situation in Cambodia.” ...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-urge-un-to-address-situation-in-cambodia-92325/
Drug users arrested in raid sent to rehab
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged just 11 of the 88 people arrested on Friday during a sweeping raid of a drug-riddled ghetto in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune, sending the remaining 77 to the city’s Orkas Knhom drug rehabilitation center, police ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-users-arrested-in-raid-sent-to-rehab-92534/
Arsenic in well water poisoning the most vulnerable
Villagers in Preak Russey have learned that red means arsenic. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15002//
Almost 100 investment projects recorded in first semester
During the first six months of this year, Cambodia has received a total of 94 investment projects worth some $3.4 billion, the state’s news agency-AKP quoted deputy prime minister Keat Chhon. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/almost-100-investment-projects-recorded-in-first-semester-8901
22 Chinese arrested in Cambodia over telephone scams
Cambodian police arrested 22 Chinese, who were suspected of transnational telephone fraud, in southeast Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province on Saturday, August 29. ...
CRI English News Staff
http://english.cri.cn/12394/2015/08/30/2281s893775.htm
Four maids return after fleeing bosses in Malaysia
Four male maids will return to Cambodia today after escaping from their employers and seeking assistance from the Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia, where they say they were forced to work overtime and were not paid, an official said Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-maids-return-after-fleeing-bosses-in-malaysia-93042/
Red cross opens luxury hotel in Preah Vihear
Pa Socheatvong, the Phnom Penh governor and head of the Phnom Penh branch of the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), oversaw the opening of a luxury six-story hotel in Preah Vihear City on Monday, officials said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/red-cross-opens-luxury-hotel-in-preah-vihear-93050/
Education minister predicts an improvement in exam results
After thousands of teachers completed grading the grade 12 national exam on Wednesday, the education minister on Thursday predicted improved results compared to last year, when less than 25 percent of students passed the first round of the test. ...
Janelle Retka and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-minister-predicts-an-improvement-in-exam-results-93393/
Police find truck, illegal wood abandoned in Kratie
Police and forestry officials in Kratie province have seized a truck and the illegally logged luxury-grade wood it had been ferrying through Snuol district after finding the vehicle overturned and abandoned on Saturday, officials said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-find-truck-illegal-wood-abandoned-in-kratie-93554/
Cambodia Home to Frenchman in Bo Xilai Drama
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Throughout the drama this spring revolving around the dismissal of the ambitious Chinese official Bo Xilai and the investigation of his wife as a murder suspect, the most mysterious figure has been a French architect named Patrick Henri Devillers. When Mr. Bo ...
Officials worry over tiny rise in rice exports
Cambodian milled rice exports grew by only 0.52 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the government. Officials have expressed concern over Cambodia’s ability to reach its export target of ...
Dam collapse in Cambodia leaves four workers missing
Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay ...
Chut Wutty slaying puts Timbergreen logging in spotlight
Community activists and conservationists commemorating slain environment activist Chut Wutty on the weekend used the occasion to shed light on what they allege are the shadowy practices of a logging company in the southwestern Cardamom forests. Activists amongst the hundreds of people who travelled to Koh ...
Possible benefits for Cambodia in Mekong Region trade
Cambodia could benefit more from trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by implementing time and cost, cutting measures and removing constraints on exports, according to a new book by the Asian Development Bank. During a media briefing yesterday, Brimble [senior country economist and author of ...