Trade with US normal, says ministry
Despite a diplomatic row with the United states, the trade relationship between Cambodia and the Us remains normal, said the Ministry of Commerce’s spokesperson yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082797/trade-us-normal-says-ministry/
Juvenile elephant found dead in hole in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
A young male elephant was found dead after getting stuck in a hole on Monday afternoon in Mondulkiri’s Keo seima Wildlife sanctuary, according to officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/juvenile-elephant-found-dead-hole-keo-seima-wildlife-sanctuary
Optimism as Cashew Season Gets Under Way
As the cashew-harvesting season in Cambodia’s northeastern provinces begins, farmers are expecting a good crop due to favorable weather conditions last year, an official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia, Laos speeds up border demarcation
The 6th Cambodia-Laos Joint Border Committee’s meeting kicked off Wednesday to speed up border demarcation between the two countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MjY2ZWJmZWM0OWF
Military police arrest 20 for crystal meth
Military police arrested 20 people at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh’s Pur senchey district late sunday night for allegedly using and dealing crystal methamphetamine, officials said Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-arrest-20-for-crystal-meth-70403/
IFAD to pledge $52M for program
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) yesterday unveiled a $52 million plan to help Cambodia’s government develop policies to assist poor farmers to improve agricultural productivity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ifad-pledge-52m-program
EU launches 11 mln USD education capacity development project in Cambodia
The European Union on Monday launched the second phase education capacity development project worth 11 million U.s. dollars in Cambodia, aiming at strengthening the skills of educators. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1L9DgCj
Domestic workers say ILO pact progress slow
The government was yesterday accused of dragging its feet after claiming it needed more time to ratify the International Labour Organization’s convention on protecting domestic worker rights. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/domestic-workers-say-ilo-pact-progress-slow
Minister reiterates call for regulation of clinics
The minister of health once again urged his subordinates and local authorities yesterday to shut down the country’s unlicensed clinics and doctors to prevent another HIV outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/minister-reiterates-call-regulation-clinics
Deminer dies after mine explosion in Pailin province
A deminer was killed instantly when an anti-personnel mine exploded on Tuesday while he was clearing a field in Pailin province’s sala Krao district, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deminer-dies-after-mine-explosion-in-pailin-province-79984/
Monitors accused of complicity in logging
Officials charged with protecting Cambodia’s samkos Wildlife sanctuary are colluding with loggers responsible for felling at least 300 trees each day, according to activists in the area. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitors-accused-complicity-logging
Natural disaster deaths decline
Last year saw a 70 per cent drop in fatalities caused by natural disasters compared with 2013, the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-disaster-deaths-decline
Phnom Penh municipality plans city expansion
Authorities are planning to further enlarge Phnom Penh by incorporating another chunk of Kandal province’s Lvea Em district into the municipality, a City Hall spokesman said Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-municipality-plans-city-expansion-80500/
Hun Sen meets with Nancy Pelosi, US delegation
Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday met with a visiting delegation of U.s. Congress members, including House of Representatives minority leader Nancy Pelosi, a government spokesman said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-meets-with-nancy-pelosi-us-delegation-81080/
Garment workers again target $177 minimum wage
Cambodia’s garment workers will renew their campaign for a monthly wage of $177 next month, when talks start for a new minimum wage, labor leaders said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12352/garment-workers-again-target--177-minimum-wage/
Rangers in Seima report three busts
Rangers in eastern Cambodia’s seima Protected Forest have reported seizing 32 animals in three separate busts over the past week, including more than a dozen endangered tortoises. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-seima-report-three-busts
Suspect accused of instigating squatting
A man was arrested in Kampong Cham’s Batheay district on Tuesday by police who allege that he was the ringleader of an illegal land grab in Mondulkiri. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suspect-accused-instigating-squatting
More Vietnamese rounded up for deportation
Cambodia’s campaign against illegal Vietnamese workers continues with 26 Vietnamese arrested in two days of raids on furniture factories in central and southern Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13297/more-vietnamese-rounded-up-for-deportation/
Over 50 illegal vietnamese workers arrested in capital
More than 50 illegal Vietnamese migrant workers were arrested Wednesday while working on the construction site of luxury estates in Phnom Penh’s sen sok district, police said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-50-illegal-vietnamese-workers-arrested-in-capital-90035/
Malaysia and Cambodia pledge to strengthen military ties
Defense Minister Tea Banh met Malaysia’s army chief, Raja Mohamed Affandi bin Raja Mohamed Noor, yesterday to discuss ways to improve military ties between the two countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14302/malaysia-and-cambodia-pledge-to-strengthen-military-ties/