Police have no leads in fatal armed robbery at Wing Kiosk
Police in Svay Rieng province said Wednesday that they had yet to identify any suspects in the armed robbery of a mobile-payment kiosk and currency exchange business in Romeas Hek district that left one man dead. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-have-no-leads-in-fatal-armed-robbery-at-wing-kiosk-82435/
Cambodia releases over 1 mln fry, shrimps on National Fish day
More than one million baby fish and 100,000 young shrimps were freed into a reservoir in northeast Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province on Wednesday to mark the 13th National Fish Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12756/cambodia-releases-over-1-mln-fry--shrimps-on-national-fish-day/
Plenty of paychecks for ghosts haunting Cambodia’s lax bureaucracy
Borith has been on the payroll of Cambodia’s parliament for 15 years but rarely shows up for work. He is busy with his other job at a non-governmental organization, and no one notices his absence. ...
Reuters team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13721/cnrp-lawmaker-capitulates--apologizes-to-assembly-president/
Amid drought, farmers scuffle over water
Dozens of drought-hit farmers from two districts in Banteay Meanchey province scuffled on Saturday night after one group blocked a canal leading from a shared reservoir, preventing water from flowing to the other community. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-drought-farmers-scuffle-over-water-89476/
Gov’t revises trade union law
Several of the more contentious points from Cambodia’s draft trade union law have been dropped, a pro-government union leader said yesterday, although at least one major union remains unsatisfied with the pending legislation. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-revises-trade-union-law
New Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes
If you’ve applied for a mortgage recently, you know how hard it can be. The bank demands all kinds of obscure documents and wants proof of almost every asset you own. But an innovative mortgage program halfway around the world will evaluate your application without ...
http://www.wbur.org/npr/176121367/new-mortgage-program-helps-cambodias-poor-find-better-homes
Apsara Authority closes illegal logging case
Apsara Authority officials and local police yesterday completed a three-day investigation into illegal logging on Angkor Archaeological Park grounds, noting that one man was detained and released after signing a contract to stop cutting trees. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483726/apsara-authority-closes-illegal-logging-case/
To court students, vocational programs get a makeover
One slickly produced television ad tells students “to join the community of minds that craves to learn,” as three teenagers assemble an electrical circuit board. “Better Skills! Better income!” a group of students shout in unison, fists raised. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16768/to-court-students--vocational-programs-get-a-makeover/
Schoolroom slap gets three months
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a father who slapped a high school student across the face in a fit of rage to one year in prison, reduced to three months, with the rest suspended. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schoolroom-slap-gets-three-months
Nearly 150 garment, footwear factories in Cambodia close down in 2015
Nearly 150 garment and footwear factories in Cambodia have shut down this year, while more than 50 new ones opened, local media reported on Monday, citing a report of the Commerce Ministry. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6711677/2015/12/27/nearly-150-garment-footwear-factories-cambodia-close-down-2015
Transgender Cambodians at higher risk for HIV infection
The rate of HIV infection among Cambodia’s transgender women is nearly six times higher than the national average, according to the results of a 2012 survey published in the online journal PLOS ONE this month. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transgender-cambodians-at-higher-risk-for-hiv-infection-111517/
Cart pullers force Thai fee backdown
About 30 cart pullers at the Poipet International Border Checkpoint staged an hour-long protest yesterday demanding that Thai customs officials remove transit fees that have been in effect for about one month. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37043/cart-pullers-force-thai-fee-backdown/
US examines food standards
The United States, one of the Cambodia’s key trading partners, is going to assess sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards in Cambodia, opening up the opportunity for Cambodian agricultural products to be exported to the US. ...
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077840/us-examines-food-standards/
Tycoon defends claim to Kandal land near planned new airport after US visa cancelled
A tycoon implicated in a land dispute involving a massive new airport in Kandal province defended her claims to the land yesterday, one week after the US Embassy cancelled her visa in connection with the dispute. ...
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-defends-claim-kandal-land-near-planned-new-airport-after-us-visa-cancelled
Twelve parties register for commune election
Twelve parties had registered for the June commune elections as of Saturday evening – one day before the deadline – with a National Election Committee spokesman yesterday saying no further parties were believed added on the last day. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/twelve-parties-register-commune-election
More villagers evacuated as floods continue
Authorities yesterday evacuated 190 households in four communes within Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district due to severe flooding, one day after 100 families were ferried to safety in Preah Vihear province, where two people died. ...
Sen David and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075386/villagers-evacuated-floods-continue/
Cambodia-Thai rail link delayed again
The train service between Cambodia and Thailand, which was expected to begin operations early this year, may be delayed due to compensation issues with people living along a one-kilometer stretch of track in Poipet City. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34411/cambodia-thai-rail-link-delayed-again/
Unions plan for thousands to join banned Labor Day march
Thousands of workers will once again defy government orders and march through central Phnom Penh this morning to mark International Labor Day, the president of one of Cambodia’s largest independent labor unions said on Monday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-plan-for-thousands-to-join-banned-labor-day-march-128928/
Monks demand apology from CPP lawmaker after pagoda visit
A group of activist monks say they will force CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun to apologize for a heated discussion he had with a monk on Monday if he tries to enter one of their pagodas in the future. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monks-demand-apology-from-cpp-lawmaker-after-pagoda-visit-71805/
Project to connect 150,000 to grid
Thirty-one thousand new households, with 150,000 people, across three western provinces will soon have access to reliable and affordable electricity, after a $23.9 million investment project, launched Thursday, will connect them to the national grid. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/project-connect-150000-grid