Hun Sen: New government in September
After winning what is said to be a landslide victory in sunday’s polls, caretaker Prime Minister Hun sen announced on Thursday that new members to the National Assembly would be confirmed, and a new government created by the third week of september. However, a leader ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-new-government-september
Hun Sen defends new Consultation Forum
Prime Minister-designate Hun sen on Thursday defended his establishment of the Consultation Forum, saying it gives opposition parties an opportunity to contribute to nation-building. speaking to over 17,000 garment workers in Kandal province, the Cambodian People’s Party leader was responding to criticisms from some members ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-defends-new-consultation-forum
Cambodia to probe election boycott call
Cambodia’s election organizers said on Monday they will investigate a complaint against about 30 former opposition party members for calling for a boycott of sunday’s general election. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Thul Prak
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-election/cambodia-to-probe-election-boycott-call-idUSKBN1KD0OH
CPP sweeps National Assembly as figures from elections come in
Even before the National Election Committee (NEC) had announced the official results of sunday’s national polls, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on Monday that it had managed to secure more than 77 per cent of the popular vote. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-sweeps-national-assembly-figures-elections-come
Hun Sen: New government will serve with ‘double work’
Cambodian People Party (CPP) president Hun sen on Tuesday promised that his new government would serve the people by doing “double work” for Cambodia’s development. Meanwhile, Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM) president sam Rainsy hinted at accepting the caretaker prime minister’s challenge to swear on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-new-government-will-serve-double-work
PM: Leaders age like wine
Defending the fact that the leadership has remained largely the same in the sixth mandate of the government, Prime Minister Hun sen said reforms were more about improving job efficiencies. several analysts have begged to differ, however, saying reforms won’t make much progress under an ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-leaders-age-wine
Ministry rejects Vietnam request to export pigs into Kingdom
The Minister of Agriculture has rejected a request from a Vietnamese company for Cambodia to allow it to export pigs into the Kingdom, while Vietnam continues to suffer a serious outbreak of African swine fever. General Directorate of Animal Health and Production director-general Tan Phannara ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-rejects-vietnam-request-export-pigs-kingdom
Officials dismiss HRW report
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the National Police have dismissed complaints by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that high-ranking members of the armed forces campaigned for it before and during the election period – a violation of the Cambodian constitution. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-dismiss-hrw-report
CPP hails parliament sweep
After winning all 125 seats in the National Assembly, senior officers of the Cambodian People’s Party on Thursday defended their victory by taking to international and local media to call out countries that condemned the election. They also criticised members of a former opposition party. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-hails-parliament-sweep
Briton’s trial raised in EU parliament, delayed
The high-profile trial of a British entrepreneur charged with fraud was postponed Wednesday after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and withdrew from the long-running case, two days after a member of the European Parliament used the case to highlight “systematic problems” in Cambodia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/britons-trial-raised-in-eu-parliament-delayed-98653/
One dead, 1 injured after thwarted gun sale
Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-1-injured-after-thwarted-gun-sale-100355/
Firetruck fleet set to double with China deal
The Interior Ministry has struck a deal with China to buy 200 fire­trucks this year, nearly doubling Cam­bodia’s current fleet in a bid to bet­ter serve the country’s rural reach­es, officials said on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firetruck-fleet-set-to-double-with-china-deal-108838/
Institution-based sex crimes raise concerns
Institution-based sex crimes against children and the threat of online pedophiles are a “growing concern” in Cambodia, child protection organisation APLE said in its annual report yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/institution-based-sex-crimes-raise-concerns
Disabled khmers struggle for voting rights
Despite having enough members to make a significant difference in the next elections, disability rights groups are struggling to get the National Election Committee (NEC) to take their needs seriously ahead of the 2017 commune elections and the 2018 national elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17877/disabled-khmers-struggle-for-voting-rights/
Fumes from toilets lead to mass faintings at factory
More than 30 workers fainted at a garment factory in Kandal prov­ince over the past two days after inhaling noxious fumes circulated by a ventilation fan located near the facility’s toilets, an official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fumes-from-toilets-lead-to-mass-faintings-at-factory-107996/
Testing for HIV begins in Kandal village
Testing on anxious villagers began in earnest yesterday as Health Ministry officials arrived in Peam, the Kandal province village recently discovered to have 14 confirmed HIV diagnoses. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/testing-hiv-begins-kandal-village
Cambodia sees gains from Obama’s Sunnylands summit
It has now been some time since the special summit between the leaders of the Association of southeast Asian Nations (AsEAN) and U.s. President Barack Obama at sunnylands, California, on Feb. 15-16. The meeting was the first of its kind to be held on American ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kimseng Men
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-sees-gains-from-obama-sunnylands-summit/3268490.html
Protecting fishing cats’ habitat is vital
The release last week of camera-trap photos showing fishing cats prowling wetlands in Koh Kong and Preah sihanouk provinces drew cheers from environmentalists as well as a note of caution – ensuring their survival will require plenty of work. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15541/protecting-fishing-cats----habitat-is-vital/
North Korea cements ties with Siem Reap museum
After five years of building and delays, the $24 million Angkor Panorama Museum in siem Reap was opened on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister sok An, cementing growing ties between the Kingdom and North Korea, especially in siem Reap. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ek Madra
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18406/north-korea-cements-ties-with-siem-reap-museum/
Tutor arrested for molesting young students
A private English tutor in Battambang province has confessed to repeatedly molesting multiple female students as young as 6, following his arrest at the home of one of the girls on Tuesday, an official said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tutor-arrested-for-molesting-young-students-103248/