Governments target trafficking
Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are joining forces to boost their fight against human trafficking in the region, the kingdom’s National Police chief said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35519/governments-target-trafficking/
Audit backs airport improvements
International Civil Aviation Organisation experts have wrapped up a five-day review of Cambodia’s airports after an audit last year recommended areas for improvement. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39021/audit-backs-airport-improvements/
Gov’t to continue drug crackdown with nearly $1m budget
Prime Minister Hun sen has authorized a six-month extension of the government’s anti-drug campaign, an anti-drug authority official said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phan Soumy and Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-continue-drug-crackdown-with-nearly-1m-budget-132497/
Malaysia to establish a US$250 million Islamic trade centre in Cambodia
Malaysia is investing some Us$250 million to establish a Cambodia Islamic Trade Centre (CITC) seen as positive contribution to the country’s economic development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lim Nary
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106992
Metfone branch found with lumber in Kandal
Authorities in Kandal province arrested 19 people in a timber raid at a Metfone shop, but released 15 after questioning, including the branch’s director. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/metfone-branch-found-lumber-kandal
CPP official called up as witness in Kem Sokha case
Cambodian People’s Party spokesman Chhim Phal Virun has been called as a witness in the controversial “treason” case against jailed opposition leader Kem sokha. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-official-called-witness-kem-sokha-case
National health survey ready
International donors along with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Planning kick-started the Kingdom’s fourth Demographic and Health survey in the capital yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-health-survey-ready
Lon Nol-era explosives found
An unscheduled bathroom break led to the discovery of 27 pieces of unexploded ordnance in Kampong speu’s samrong Tong district on Monday, military police said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lon-nol-era-explosives-found
Officials to meet about census findings
The Interior Ministry’s immigration department will on Wednesday report the findings of a nationwide census of foreigners that began in August, an immigration official said Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-meet-about-census-findings-76415/
Illegal homemade fishing bomb injures five
Five people were injured Monday when a homemade bomb destined for illegal fishing exploded as it was being assembled in Battambang province’s Kamrieng district, police said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-homemade-fishing-bomb-injures-five-77670/
Two busted over illegal reptiles
Twenty-eight hard-shell turtles and eight snakes – weighing more than 50 kilograms – were seized from a minivan in Kampong Thom’s Kampong svay district on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/two-busted-over-illegal-reptiles
Armed robbers at large after Pursat market heist
Five robbers stole more than 4 kg of gold and platinum jewelry from a market in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district on saturday, police said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-robbers-at-large-after-pursat-market-heist-80533/
Cambodia ranks poorly in rule of law index
Cambodia received one of the lowest scores in the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2015, released Tuesday, ranking 99 out of 102 countries surveyed. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-ranks-poorly-in-rule-of-law-index-84889/
Thirty-six Vietnamese to be deported after shop raids
Immigration police arrested 36 illegal Vietnamese immigrants Thursday morning during coordinated raids of 18 furniture shops in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district, an immigration official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thirty-six-vietnamese-to-be-deported-after-shop-raids-85442/
Cambodia-Vietnam border spat reveals shifting alliances
As tension rises along an undemarcated border section with Vietnam in Ratanakkiri province, analysts say the government’s newfound toughness against Hanoi reflects rising Chinese influence here. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Va Sonyka and Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12349/cambodia-vietnam-border-spat-reveals-shifting-alliances/
Germany's finance firm lends 15 mln USD to Cambodian rice miller
The German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG) signed to lend 15 million U.s. dollars to Cambodian rice milling company Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung (AKR) here on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12367/germany-s-finance-firm-lends-15-mln-usd-to-cambodian-rice-miller/
Evicted villagers running out of options
After having her home burnt down, being arrested and driven from land she says is her family’s, Yoa sa-aim is clinging to her last option. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12749/evicted-villagers-running-out-of-options/
Japan foundation office to open in Cambodia
The Japan Foundation, Japan’s cultural exchange institution, will open an office in Cambodia, according to Kao Kim Hourn, a minister attached to Prime Minister Hun sen. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-foundation-office-to-open-in-cambodia-87451/
Cambodian fishermen hope for crackdown on illegal Thai fishing
Thailand’s fishing industry has received a “yellow card” warning from the European Union for failing to address illegal fishing operations. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-fishermen-hope-for-crackdown-on-illegal-thai-fishing/2850813.html
Wild gaur poached in protected forest
An endangered gaur – a species of wild bovine – was reportedly shot dead near a protected forest last Wednesday in stung Treng’s siem Pang district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wild-gaur-poached-protected-forest