At least two killed in storm; hundreds of houses destroyed
At least two people were killed in a violent tempest that battered the country on Thursday evening, tearing roofs off buildings and damaging hundreds of homes. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-least-two-killed-in-storm-hundreds-of-houses-destroyed-112291/
Driver error leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia
Human error is the leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia and young people on motorcycles make up the largest number of deaths on the nation’s roads, where 1,108 fatalities were recorded in the first six months of 2016. ...
Dy Khamboly
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/driver-error-leading-cause-of-road-traffic-accidents-in-cambodia/3395621.html
Japan to donate 140 new buses in $10 million deal
Phnom Penh’s fledgling public transportation system received a welcome boost on Thursday as Japan agreed to donate 140 new buses to the city over the next four years, according to City Hall. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-donate-140-new-buses-in-10-million-deal-115756/
Nike aims for traction in Cambodia with first retail store
American sporting goods giant Nike has opened its first dedicated retail store in Cambodia in what observers have described as another sign the Kingdom’s strong economy and rising incomes had not gone unnoticed by international retail giants. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nike-aims-traction-cambodia-first-retail-store
As garment minimum wage talks begin, other sectors want in
As unions, employers and government officials met for the first time in the run-up to the annual battle over the garment industry’s minimum wage yesterday, another group of labour and advocacy groups were asking when they would be part of those discussions. ...
Sen David and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-minimum-wage-talks-begin-other-sectors-want
Cabinet approves MoU with Cambodia for cooperation in tourism
The Union Cabinet today approved an agreement signed between India and Cambodia for bilateral cooperation in the tourism sector that aims at enhancing investment and promoting exchange of experience in marketing, destination development and management in this field. ...
The Economic Times News Staff
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/travel/cabinet-approves-mou-with-cambodia-for-cooperation-in-tourism/articleshow/49059030.cms
Cambodian troops bulldoze villagers' crops in bid to seize land
Troops assigned to a light infantry unit destroyed village fields in southern Cambodia’s Kampot province on Monday in a bid to expand the property used by a commune set up for retired army soldiers, sources said. ...
Yang Chandara and Samean Yun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/bulldoze-09292015162150.html
Central bank takes breather as it reins in rural lenders
Cambodia’s central bank will temporarily suspend its eight-month campaign to bring informal moneylenders into its fold as it lacks the resources to review the mountain of registration applications it has received and needs time to tweak the licensing requirements, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) ...
Sor Chandara and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-takes-breather-it-reins-rural-lenders
Medic in HIV outbreak case to be tried next week
The trial of an unlicensed medic who was charged with murder after allegedly infecting more than 270 people with HIV will begin on Tuesday, a court official said on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/medic-in-hiv-outbreak-case-to-be-tried-next-week-97461/
In bid to increase helmet use, campaign focuses on fines
With a new traffic law set to come into force next year, officials and NGOs Thursday announced an aggressive campaign to tell people that failing to wear a helmet while riding a motorbike will threaten their lives and their wallets. ...
Meghan Tribe and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-bid-to-increase-helmet-use-campaign-focuses-on-fines-98073/
First families get land titles in criticized world bank project
The government has handed out the first 250 land titles to the more than 3,000 families in a World Bank-funded project for poor Cambodians that has been criticized by a local rights group for sticking many of those families with unusable land. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-families-get-land-titles-in-criticized-world-bank-project-99698/
Professor puts Khmer Rouge in context of the Cold War
Benny Widyono, a former UN official in Cambodia during its transition period in the 1990s, says the country’s mass killings were in part a result of the Cold War. ...
North Korea-funded museum set to open in Siem Reap
An Angkor-themed museum funded and operated by North Korea, but located in Siem Reap, is finally set to open after years of delays.The vast Grand Panorama museum, set on a 4-hectare site just 3 kilometres from the temple complex, is due to open on December ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/north-korea-funded-museum-set-open-siem-reap
Ly Yong Phat in talks to supply power to Thailand
Tycoon Ly Yong Phat’s L.Y.P. Group is talking with the Thai government’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) to supply Thailand with 2,000 megawatts from his planned Koh Kong coal-fired power plant, and hopes to sign a deal early next year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18243/ly-yong-phat-in-talks-to-supply-power-to-thailand/
Hun Sen calls for ASEAN cooperation in times of disaster
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on Asean member states to work together on cross-border rescues of citizens in the wake of natural or man-made disasters. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-for-asean-cooperation-in-times-of-disaster/3105429.html
Workers sent to court over strikes in Bavet economic zones
Four workers were questioned at the Svay Rieng Provincial Court on Sunday for allegedly participating in violent protests that effectively shut down factory operations in two special economic zones (SEZs) in Bavet City last week, according to officials. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-sent-to-court-over-strikes-in-bavet-economic-zones-103532/
Bridging the gap between investment and accessibility in Chroy Changvar
Develop in the West, but do not forget the beautiful East that is Chroy Changvar with its beautifully boastful appearance. This is the claim that Prime Minister Hun Sen has used for the last decade to encourage investment and development on the dormant peninsula flanked ...
Five more arrested over SEZs’s riot in Bavet city
At least five men were respectively arrested by police on Wednesday and Thursday for involvement in violence protest in two special economic zones (SEZs) in Svay Rieng province, Bavet city. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/five-more-arrested-over-sezs%E2%80%99s-riot-in-bavet-city-9123
No warrant yet for pedo thought to be in country
Siem Reap police say they are waiting on an arrest warrant from the National Police before taking steps to locate and apprehend convicted Dutch pedophile Pieter Ceulen, who Siem Reap residents placed in town 11 days ago, the very day he was sentenced in Belgium. ...
Mech Dara and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-warrant-yet-pedo-thought-be-country
No reply to request for help for addicts in jail
The Health Ministry has yet to respond to a request from the Interior Ministry last week seeking assistance in dealing with drug abuse in the country’s prisons and rehabilitation centers, Interior Ministry secretary of state Nuth Sa An said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22807/no-reply-to-request-for-help-for-addicts-in-jail/