PM Inaugurates a new international school in Phnom Penh
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over here on Saturday the inauguration ceremony of the International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP), an international school in Cambodia, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm-inaugurates-a-new-international-school-in-phnom-penh-8972
US continues program for young leaders in Southeast Asia
The US has steadily been increasing its engagement with Southeast Asia, launching in recent years a wide range of programs. Among them is the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which launched under President Barack Obama in 2013 and aims to develop leaders in the region ...
Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-continues-program-for--young-leaders-in-southeast-asia/2975503.html
Kem Sokha says there’s no racism in Cambodia
Two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen told the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia to focus her efforts on tackling racial discrimination, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Thursday used a Cham Muslim religious ceremony to argue that there is no ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-says-theres-no-racism-in-cambodia-95426/
HLH Group to develop public housing projects in Cambodia
HLH Group has become the first Singaporean company to develop public housing projects in Cambodia, with the launch of a residential development in the port city of Sihanoukville. ...
Channel News Asia News Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore/hlh-group-to-develop/2156286.html
Exports up 20% in H1 on Europe purchases
Cambodian exports saw a nearly 20 per cent increase for the first half of the year, as garment shipments to the European Union led the way in making up for a decrease in exports to the United States, according to a new Ministry of Commerce ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-20-h1-europe-purchases
NEC to start computerized-voter registration in 41 villages
The National Election Committee (NEC) has chosen 41 villages across the country with more than 32,500 people at voting ages for starting its pilot project for biometric voter registration. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/nec-to-start-computerized-voter-registration-in-41-villages-9016
Refugees resettled in Cambodia reportedly move into private accommodation
Refugees resettled in Cambodia as part of a multi-million-dollar deal with Australia have reportedly moved into private accommodation, five months after arriving in the Asian nation. ...
Stephanie Anderson
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/refugees-resettled-in-cambodia-moved-into-private-accomodation/6870970
National assembly votes in two new measures; CNRP absent
Lawmakers at a CPP-only session of the National Assembly voted yesterday to approve a new law on commune elections and an updated set of internal rules for the Assembly. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-assembly-votes-in-two-new-measures-cnrp-absent-98917/
Cambodian authorities question six people in deadly forest attack
Authorities in a northern Cambodian province on Monday rounded up six suspects for questioning in the killing of two officials and wounding of another who were on patrol in a preserved forest area, in the latest apparent confrontation between illegal loggers and officials, provincial police ...
Hang Savyouth, Khe Sonorng
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodian-authorities-question-six-people-in-deadly-forest-attack-11092015162216.html
Soldier in murder case starts serving 2001 robbery sentence
A soldier arrested last week as a suspect in the recent murder of a police officer and a forest ranger in Preah Vihear province has started serving a 10-year prison sentence for a years-old armed robbery conviction. ...
Cintri in contract negotiations with all Phnom Penh districts
Phnom Penh’s beleaguered trash-collection company, Cintri, is in the process of creating new contracts with each of the city’s 12 districts, an official from the firm said on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cintri-in-contract-negotiations-with-all-phnom-penh-districts-100982/
Star Vegas casino turns profit as VIPs chip in
A new VIP gambling room at the Star Vegas Resort and Club casino in Poipet raked in nearly $700,000 in revenue during its first full month of operation, its management announced yesterday.Joey Lim, managing director of Australian casino operator Donaco International Ltd, said the new ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/star-vegas-casino-turns-profit-vips-chip
Timber seizure nabs 30-plus cubic metres in Ratanakkiri
An estimated 30 to 40 cubic metres of protected luxury timber was intercepted in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday night while being hauled to Vietnam, according to local officials. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seizure-nabs-30-plus-cubic-metres-ratanakkiri
Court spats, violence underscore rising political strife in Cambodia
Political tensions increased in Cambodia this week, with opposition lawmakers boycotting a session of the country’s National Assembly on Monday and ASEAN parliamentarians voicing concerns over the country’s “deteriorating political climate” as the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) asserts ever-tighter control over the Southeast Asian ...
Morm Moniroth, Yang Chandara, and Khe Sonorng
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/working-12012015152652.html
Priest’s aid effort provide eduction in rural Cambodia
A Japanese nonprofit organization committed to helping disadvantaged Cambodian children receive an education celebrated the completion of its 19th school there in February.AMATAK, which means “eternity” in Khmer, has been building schools for children in rural Cambodia since 1995. ...
Masaaki Kameda
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/03/national/priests-aid-effort-provide-eduction-rural-cambodia/#.VmE9ur_-SB0
Steel poles used in attack on Tonle sap river
Authorities in Siem Reap province are searching for dozens of ethnic Vietnamese fishermen accused of attacking a group of their Khmer counterparts with steel poles while they were working on the Tonle Sap river on Monday night. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/steel-poles-used-in-attack-on-tonle-sap-river-103156/
Major labor protest underway in industrial zone near Vietnam
Thousands of protesters in Svay Rieng province clashed with police Monday, as they continued a prolonged demonstration over the minimum wage in a special economic zone near the Vietnam border.Riot police dispersed protesters with water canons. Protesters threw stones at police. At least a 50 ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/major-labor-protest-under-way-in-industrial-zone-near-vietnam/3112380.html
Cambodia, Singapore ratify ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons
Cambodia and Singapore have deposited their respective instruments of ratification for the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) with ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, it was learned. ...
InterAksyon.com
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/123256/cambodia-singapore-ratify-asean-convention-against-trafficking-in-persons
Kratie sees surge in visitors as tourists rush northeast
Cambodia’s tourism industry is expanding beyond the iconic temples of Siem Reap and its white-sand beaches to the country’s little-explored northeast, with domestic tourists leading the surge, provincial data showed yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20534/kratie-sees-surge-in-visitors-as-tourists-rush-northeast/
Analysts urge caution in trans-pacific partnership with US
Cambodian officials say they are considering joining the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, but analysts say the country is a long way from being a part of the regional trade pact. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/analysts-urge-caution-in-trans-pacific-partnership-with-us/3174872.html