Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy ring in new year together
The last time opposition leader Sam Rainsy joined such a crowd in this town, he chided Prime Minister Hun Sen for being “weaker than a female” for not calling a snap election amid mass anti-government protests, as Thailand’s Yingluck Shinawatra had done days earlier. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-sam-rainsy-ring-in-new-year-together-82010/
Police officer arrested, later released after shooting in air
A police officer was arrested on Tuesday night for firing his state-issued K-59 pistol into the air after getting into a fight at a Khmer New Year party in Phnom Penh, but he was released without charge the same night, police said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-officer-arrested-later-released-after-shooting-in-air-82050/
In old enemy Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy sees hope
After years of bitter rhetoric and violence, a freshly pardoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned from exile in France to announce the end of Cambodia’s zero-sum political culture and a new start in his relationship with Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-old-enemy-hun-sen-sam-rainsy-sees-hope-82211/
Elderly villager dies of HIV/AIDS in western Cambodia
An 89-year-old woman infected with HIV/AIDS has become the eighth person to die of the deadly virus in a village in remote western Cambodia, after being infected by an unauthorized medical worker who reused syringes. ...
Hum Chamroeun
http://bit.ly/1HTw1jL
Vietnam to build market in T Khmum, says report
Vietnam is planning to build a market in Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum province, aimed at strengthening trade between the neighbouring countries and improving living standards for those whose homes lie along the border, according to local media reports. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-build-market-t-khmum-says-report
Court to continue general’s questioning in murder case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will on Wednesday resume questioning Major General Thong Sarath, who stands accused of orchestrating the murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue and was apprehended last week after more than four months on the run. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-to-continue-generals-questioning-in-murder-case-82323/
Two more test positive for HIV in Roka commune
Two more people have tested positive for HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune this month, bringing the total number infected to 272 since an outbreak of the virus was first detected in December, a health official said Wednesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-more-test-positive-for-hiv-in-roka-commune-82447/
Mam Sonando to form party to stand in election
Mam Sonando, the owner of Beehive Radio, said Wednesday that he would revive his long-dormant political party, the Beehive Democratic Society Party, to stand in the next national election after becoming disenchanted with the opposition CNRP. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mam-sonando-to-form-party-to-stand-in-election-82445/
Fake diamond leads to market sting in S’ville
A couple was arrested and sent to court yesterday after attempting to sell $38,000 in fake diamond jewellery to a gold vendor in Preah Sihanouk province, according to provincial military police. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-diamond-leads-market-sting-sville
City hall pushes to reduce smoking in Phnom Penh
In anticipation of World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, Phnom Penh’s City Hall called upon tobacco companies to stop the illegal advertisement of cigarettes and for district officials to start enforcIng non-smokIng zones, In an event at Wat Phnom on Friday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-pushes-to-reduce-smoking-in-phnom-penh-84632/
Amnesty calls for reform of law enforcement in Cambodia
The Cambodian government has been taken to task in a lengthy report by Amnesty international for two years of “violent repression.” Researchers for the human rights organisation found that between Nov. 2013 and May of this year, people’s basic rights to assemble were stifled, excessive and ...
Lauren Crothers
http://bit.ly/1ANKXiG
Cambodia's rice export up 64 pct in 5 months
Cambodia exported 243,025 tons of milled rice in the first five months of 2015, a 64 percent rise from the 148,262 tons over the same period last year, according to an official report on Sunday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1KPnihX
Cambodian officials encourage illegal fishing in exchange for bribes
Corrupt local officials who patrol the area around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap are encouraging illegal fishing in Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, according to a nongovernmental organization worker. ...
Chin Chetha
http://bit.ly/1JIs1TX
Guns go up in flames after B’bang amnesty
Nearly 600 guns – most of them crude homemade rifles – were burned in Battambang province on Monday after a campaign to encourage locals to hand their weapons over to the proper officials. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guns-go-flames-after-bbang-amnesty
Ministries to push vocational training, starting in Svay Rieng
Starting next month, the ministries of education and labor will offer job counseling to students in Svay Rieng province as the first step in an effort to better match employment opportunities in the country with the skills of youth entering the workforce, the education minister ...
Maria Paula Brito and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-to-push-vocational-training-starting-in-svay-rieng-85638/
Thai entrepreneurs enjoy high street-food sales in Cambodia
This month numerous Thai entrepreneurs came to Sihanoukville, in Cambodia to privately organize a week long Street Food Fair. They were invited to set up along the Sopheak Mongkol road or Happiness Road in the seaside city. The event started on 12th June and ends ...
NNT News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/CenterWeb/NewsEN/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNFOR5806170010001
Bushmeat vendors let off with a warning in Ratanakkiri
Military police in Ratanakkiri province working with the NGO Wildlife Alliance confiscated 40 kg of bushmeat from two vendors at a Banlung City market Thursday morning but let the women go with a warning. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bushmeat-vendors-let-off-with-a-warning-in-ratanakkiri-85903/
Sar Kheng acting CPP president in absence of PM
Interior MInister Sar Kheng, who was on Saturday named one of two vice presidents of the CPP, will serve as actIng president of the rulIng party and actIng premier when Prime MInister Hun Sen is absent from the country, CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said Monday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-acting-cpp-president-in-absence-of-pm-86216/
Cambodian PM to attend Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit, to be held from July 2 to 6 in Tokyo, Japan, said a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. ...
Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12652/cambodian-pm-to-attend-mekong-japan-summit-in-tokyo/
S. Korean-funded roads opens to traffic in Cambodia
Roads built with low-interest policy loans from South Korea have opened to traffic in Cambodia, the finance ministry said Monday. The roads near the Vietnamese border in the Southern part of Cambodia, are part of a broader infrastructure project undertaken by Phnom Penh to meet ...
Yonhap News Agency Staff
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/06/29/0503000000AEN20150629005200320.html