First submarine cable launched
Cambodia’s first submarine telecoms cable, costing $100 million, that will strengthen existing internet capacity and greatly increase connectivity speed at lower cost, was officially launched yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36511/first-submarine-cable-launched/
Thais eye Keo Romeat mangoes
A Thai company has expressed an interest in exporting Kampong speu’s Keo Romeat mangoes to Europe, America and Australia, according to a senior Agriculture Ministry official. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39681/thais-eye-keo-romeat-mangoes/
Kampong Thom gets community forests
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday announced the establishment of two community forest areas over 4,500 hectares in Kampong Thom province’s santuk district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084730/kampong-thom-gets-community-forests/
Dredging protest in Kandal
Over 200 people held a protest yesterday morning in Kandal province’s sa’ang district, demanding that provincial authorities halt sand-dredging operations on the Bassac River. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dredging-protest-kandal
Unofficial crossings into Thailand closed
The Cambodian government closed all unofficial border checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang in an apparent response to Thailand’s laws imposing stricter punishments on migrant workers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yon Sineat and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unofficial-crossings-thailand-closed
Rural development director implicated in clearing
The director of Mondulkiri’s rural development department stands accused of clearing about 50 hectares of state-owned forest for his own farming purposes, authorities said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rural-development-director-implicated-clearing
Palm oil exports expected to rise
The Kingdom’s leading palm oil producer has projected revenues of $20 million this year as it targets another record-setting year for crude palm oil exports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/palm-oil-exports-expected-rise
Rice farmers dig canals to fight floods
Farmer in Prey Veng’s svay Antor and Pea Reang and Kanh Chriech districts began digging canals this week to save their rice fields from heavy rains. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-farmers-dig-canals-fight-floods
Monuments to Vietnam revamped
A total of 17 Cambodia-Vietnam friendship monuments across Cambodia will be renovated by March next year with nearly $8 million provided by Vietnam’s Defence Ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094728/monuments-vietnam-revamped/
Cambodia PM berates media at correspondents' dinner
Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun sen berated journalists on sunday at a dinner his government hosted for correspondents and accused some of spreading fabricated stories. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-media/cambodia-pm-berates-media-at-correspondents-dinner-idUSKBN1FA0ZB
Activist monk summoned over alleged attack
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned activist monk Keo somaly, for questioning over an alleged attack on a fellow monk at the city’s Wat Neakavorn last month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-monk-summoned-over-alleged-attack-74357/
Passport pickiness: Nine nations screened at airport: CIA
Travellers from nine south Asian, African and Middle Eastern nations are likely to face increased scrutiny at Phnom Penh’s airport security, according to a new release from Wikileaks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/passport-pickiness-nine-nations-screened-airport-cia
Cambodia jails 3 foreigners for terror
Cambodia’s supreme Court has upheld eight-year prison sentences for three foreigners convicted more than four years ago of threatening to bomb the Us, UK and Australian embassies. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/467241/cambodia-jails-3-foreigners-for-terror
Villagers speak up as reservoir plan digs into their rice fields
Villagers in Banteay Meanchey province on saturday protested against a local military official’s plan to build a reservoir on their land, then sell the dirt at a profit. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-speak-up-as-reservoir-plan-digs-into-their-rice-fields-78502/
Journo in court: Cameraman now facing gun charges
A Cameraman for the Ministry of Information’s TVK news channel was charged by the Kandal Provincial Court yesterday with possessing an illegal firearm, among other allegations, police said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/journo-court-cameraman-now-facing-gun-charges
Government set to pardon more pregnant women
Following last month’s release of 16 incarcerated women, the government has assembled a team of experts to continue releasing women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-set-to-pardon-more-pregnant-women-79988/
Khun Sear disputants to see court
Land dispute activist Ly seav Minh will remain in custody ahead of her family’s trial on Wednesday after a judge at the supreme Court postponed her bail hearing. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/khun-sear-disputants-see-court
KOICA aid program under way
After a kickoff ceremony last Wednesday, a five-year development project in 30 villages, funded and supervised by south Korea’s International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) begins work this week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/koica-aid-program-under-way
Chinese bank an opportunity for aid reform, Fulbright scholar says
China’s newly proposed, yet controversial, regional investment bank could be an opportunity for Cambodia to prove it can use foreign aid more effectively, a Cambodian Fulbright scholar says. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sophat Soeung
http://bit.ly/1EFcuyk
58 Cambodians among slaves rescued in Indonesia
At least 58 Cambodians were among the more than 300 enslaved fishermen recently rescued from a remote island in Indonesia’s Maluku province, an intergovernmental migration body said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/58-cambodians-among-slaves-rescued-in-indonesia-81595/