Professor studies impact of Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Patrick Heuveline sat among villagers in Cambodia, showing them photos of his daughter to establish common ground with a group of people whose culture he had yet to fully understand.Heuveline, a UCLA sociology professor since 2007, has now spent about 15 years studying the effects ...
Miriam Bribiesca
http://dailybruin.com/2016/01/22/professor-studies-impact-of-khmer-rouge-regime-in-cambodia/
Hun Sen foresees rise in demand for Cambodian rice
Prime Minister Hun Sen is pushing government institutions and businesses to improve the country’s rice production. investment is required in machinery and warehouses to dry and store rice for export, something Cambodia is discussing with China, Hun Sen said. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-foresees-rise-in-demand-for-cambodian-rice/3163238.html
Land grab in cambodia's Pailin province stokes villagers' ire
Villagers in Cambodia’s Pailin province are accusing authorities of allowing a powerful local police officer to grab nearly two hectares of mountainous public land for his own use. ...
Hour Hum
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodain-land-grab-02022016132516.html
Prey Lang network calls for protections in logging crackdown
The Prey Lang Community Network has called on the government to include the protection of the sprawling Prey Lang forest in the remit of the recently established committee to crack down on illegal logging. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-network-calls-protections-logging-crackdown
Access to clean water in rural areas hits 50%
Cambodia passed a key Millennium Development Goal milestone last year with half of rural areas now having access to clean drinking water, according to a Ministry of Rural Development annual report released yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/access-clean-water-rural-areas-hits-50
Police burn 45,000 marijuana plants in public forest
Police burned nearly 45,000 marijuana plants growing on public forest land in Takeo province on Tuesday and Wednesday after they were tipped off by local villagers, police said Thursday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109415-109415/
Contested trade union law slated for vote in assembly
The CPP appears set to pass a controversial trade union law next month despite conceding it is “not 100 percent perfect” and failing to address a litany of objections from unions, employers and the opposition party. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national?page=1
Japan’s vital role in Cambodia’s strategic reconfiguration
Since early this year, commentators and the public alike have spent a great deal of time and effort to analyze Cambodia-US relations against the backdrop of the recent US-ASEAN Summit. Less focus has been made on one of the most important bilateral relationships of Cambodia ...
Cheunboran Chanborey
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22736/japan---s-vital-role-in-cambodia---s-strategic-reconfiguration/
City police chief announces measures to rein in weapons
Phnom Penh’s police chief on Thursday blasted his subordinates for doing an inadequate job of controlling weapons issued to officers, and announced that police had begun a “weapons census” in an effort to deal with the problem. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-police-chief-announces-measures-to-rein-in-weapons-110730/
Mangoes exported to Europe in a first for kingdom
Mong Reththy, known as the king of agriculture in Cambodia for his role running the large Mong Reththy Group, aims to expand the Kingdom’s mango market to Europe. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23468/mangoes-exported-to-europe-in-a-first-for-kingdom/
Chinese-invested giant sugar mill starts operations in Cambodia
Chinese agro firm Rui Feng (Cambodia) international Company began operations at its 360-million-U.S.-dollar sugar production factory here on Tuesday after spending nearly two years for construction. ...
Xinhua Team
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/19/c_135293103.htm
Severe storms destroy homes, injure children in 2 provinces
Four children were injured and 136 homes were damaged in tempestuous weather conditions that thrashed villages on opposite sides of the country on Sunday, officials said on Monday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/severe-storms-destroy-homes-injure-children-in-2-provinces-111468/
Cambodian immigrants in US grapple with mental health issues
From the 1970s to the 1990s, as many as 100,000 Cambodian refugees resettled in the United States. But far from finding a sanctuary, many Cambodians in America have grappled with poverty, mental health problems and social isolation. ...
Soksreinith Ten
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-immigrants-us-grapple-mental-health-issues/3304404.html
Timber smuggling on the rise in Cambodia's Ratanakiri province
The smuggling of illegally cut timber from northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province to Vietnam has dramatically increased since around April 17, with smugglers traveling the roads between the two countries day and night, sources in the region say. ...
RFA Team
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/timber-04262016170028.html
Government expands sanctuary in Prey Lang, adds Preah Vihear
The government has reversed course on a controversial decision to downsize the proposed boundaries of a long-awaited protected area for the beleaguered Prey Lang Forest, the largest lowland evergreen forest left in Southeast Asia. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-expands-sanctuary-in-prey-lang-adds-preah-vihear-112723/
United Nations concerned about rising political tensions in Cambodia
The United Nations on Sunday voiced alarm at the escalating political tensions in Cambodia, including attempted arrests of politicians, amid allegations from the opposition that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party is persecuting it. ...
Straits Times Team
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/united-nations-concerned-about-rising-political-tensions-in-cambodia
Laos dam, poison blamed in Stung Treng fish deaths
Hundreds of kilograms of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Mekong in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district in the past month, and while environmental activists blame construction of the controversial Don Sahong dam upstream, officials yesterday said the fish are being ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/laos-dam-poison-blamed-stung-treng-fish-deaths
Measures in works amid low child’s rights ranking
A new report has ranked Cambodia 125 out of 163 countries in terms of its protection of children’s rights, even as the government works to finalise a sub-decree and code of conduct to better shield children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/measures-works-amid-low-childs-rights-ranking
FA seizes 12 trucks with illegal wood in Kratie
Kratie Forestry Administration forces in cooperation with provincial armed forces seized 12 trucks laden with illegal timber yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fa-seizes-12-trucks-illegal-wood-kratie
Border police official arrested over fatal shooting in Vietnam
A police official from Takeo province was arrested in Vietnam on Saturday night after fatally shooting one man and injuring a second at a restaurant just across the border, officials said on Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/border-police-official-arrested-over-fatal-shooting-in-vietnam-115562/