Post-Obama, Hun Sen faces uncertain US policy
If it wasn’t already clear, Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday let an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos know how he really felt about former U.s. President Barack Obama and his administration’s “pivot” to Asia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/post-obama-hun-sen-faces-uncertain-us-policy-123860/
Spinning the poll results
Already looking ahead to 2018, Prime Minister Hun sen has told his Cambodian People’s Party that had sunday’s commune elections been a national election, they would have won even more National Assembly seats than they did in 2013. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/spinning-poll-results
Pig farmers ditch task force to monitor smuggling
A private sector task force set up by Cambodia’s pig farmers to monitor live swine imports and investigate reports of illicit smuggling has been disbanded after receiving a cold reception from government officials, the initiative’s leader said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pig-farmers-ditch-task-force-monitor-smuggling
Canada praises progress in factory labour conditions
Donica Pattie, Canada’s Ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, on Friday lauded Cambodia’s recent advancements in factory labour conditions, which she said might prompt Canada to increase purchases from Cambodian textile manufacturers, according to a high-ranking Cambodian official. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114733/canada-praises-progress-in-factory-labour-conditions/
Third arrest from alleged robbery gang
Another alleged member of the gang suspected of being responsible for last month’s shootings of a Japanese tourist and an American expatriate was arrested following a shoot-out on saturday. sok Hok, 28, was apprehended in the capital’s Prampi Makara district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/third-arrest-alleged-robbery-gang
Official summoned over gross misspending
The National Assembly’s banking and finance commission has called parliament’s chief administrator for questioning on Tuesday over alleged spending irregularities in a 2015 budget that included buying 30 new cars at $200,000 each and spending $25,000 on a flagpole. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-summoned-over-gross-misspending-79259/
Angkor scrutiny: Commission to investigate park figures
The National Assembly’s Anti-Corruption Commission will visit siem Reap this month to further probe claims Angkor Archaeological Park’s manager, the Apsara Authority, underreported ticket sales, as new figures show a drop in visitors to the World Heritage site last month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/angkor-scrutiny-commission-investigate-park-figures-0
OCIC pitch ‘disappoints’ Chroy Changvar disputants
Residents on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula embroiled in a land dispute with tycoon Pung Khieu se’s Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation were to submit a petition to City Hall today following a new compensation offer from the authorities last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Daniel Pye
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ocic-pitch-%E2%80%98disappoints%E2%80%99-chroy-changvar-disputants
Factory to reopen after mass faintings
A garment factory in Svay Rieng province where more than 100 workerS fainted in recent dayS invited Six monkS to drive out the building&rSquo;S “bad SpiritS” on TueSday and will reopen on WedneSday after agreeing to improve the facility&rSquo;S ventilation. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-to-reopen-after-mass-faintings-78169/
Opposition TV station to launch this year
Cambodia’s first opposition-aligned television station will begin broadcasting around the country by the year’s end, with a group of investors close to the CNRP now raising the $3 million needed to launch operations, opposition leader sam Rainsy said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-tv-station-to-launch-this-year-82116/
Traffic accidents, fatalities down this new year
Thirty-seven people died in 112 road accidents during last week’s Khmer New Year holiday, typically the busiest time of year on the country’s roads as people make their way to and from their home provinces to be with family. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Amid slow sales, some Aeon tenants leave mall
Less than 10 months after the $200-million Aeon Mall opened its doors to Phnom Penh’s consumers, at least seven tenants at Cambodia’s largest shopping center have shuttered their businesses, complaining of disappointing foot traffic, construction disturbances and overly thrifty patrons. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anthony Jensen and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/amid-slow-sales-some-aeon-tenants-leave-mall-82423/
Sihanoukville international airport prepares for take off
Long overlooked, Cambodia’s third international airport is undergoing a major upgrade, big enough to firmly place it on southeast Asia’s tourism map. By the end of next year, it is be ready to handle 10,000 air passengers a week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12592/sihanoukville-international-airport-prepares-for-take-off/
At awards ceremony, chief of ACU discusses role of media
A new award honoring the media’s role in combating corruption was on Wednesday presented to five local journalists, whose stories uncovering various corrupt activities show how investigative reporting can help break the shackles holding back Cambodia’s development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-awards-ceremony-chief-of-acu-discusses-role-of-media-89262/
Officials meet to discuss HIV outbreak strategy
The first meeting to discuss a long-term strategy for dealing with last year’s freak outbreak of HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune was held at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh on Thursday, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-meet-to-discuss-hiv-outbreak-strategy-91112/
Leaders of CPP and CNRP to held talk on Monday evening
Sar Kheng, vice preSident of the ruling Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party and Kem Sokha, acting preSident of the main oppoSition Cambodia National ReScue Party to held talkS early next week at the National ASSembly&rSquo;S Secretariat. SS='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/leaders-of-cpp-and-cnrp-to-held-talk-on-monday-evening-8807
Schooled on penalties
Despite unprecedentedly strict anti-cheating measures being implemented in last year’s grade 12 examinations, the Kingdom’s Anti-Corruption Unit pledged yesterday that punishments will be tougher still for proctors caught selling answers and accepting bribes this time around. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schooled-penalties
Demining dogs arrive from Bosnia; more to come
A pack of 10 Belgian shepherds arrived in Cambodia from Bosnia on Friday to bolster the country’s aging team of explosives-sniffing canines, courtesy of Norwegian People’s Aid, which is covering the roughly $36,000 cost, an official said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/demining-dogs-arrive-from-bosnia-more-to-come-92350/
UN rights envoy to make first official visit
More than five months after being appointed as the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Rhona smith will make her first official visit to the country later this month, according to the government’s Human Rights Committee. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-to-make-first-official-visit-93512/
Residents tell tycoon to back off
Families protesting encroachment onto their land by a tycoon who is expanding a road in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district filed a complaint to the Prime Minister’s cabinet and the Municipal Court on Tuesday. On Friday, employees working for tycoon Thong sarath demolished fences on eight ss='cambodia-color'>...