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
Koh Kong sand-dredging protests heat up
Concerned Koh Kong residents, joined by environmental activists from the campaign group Mother Nature, began an ambitious protest last weekend in the province’s Andong Teuk commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Laurenson and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13808//
Research team: CNRP, CPP maps identical
The Royal Academy of Cambodia border research team said yesterday the maps showing the country’s borders being used by the government and the opposition were identical. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Takihiro and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14303//
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Cambodia, China to boost cooperation on mine clearing
Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China have agreed to further boost cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501014776/cambodia-china-to-boost-cooperation-on-mine-clearing/
Overloaded vehicles at issue
Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioriation of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday The ADB has funded an axle-load control programme as part of a Us$1 million technical package to support government rehabilitation of about 150 kilometers of the Kingdom’s roads. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550177/Business/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue.html
Petroleum engineers to provide support to Cambodia
At a Sept 11 meeting between Deputy Prime MiniSter Sok An and GaneSh C. Thakur, PreSident of the U.S.-baSed Society of Petroleum EngineerS (SPE), planS were diScuSSed about the SPE providing training and expertiSe for the Kingdom&rSquo;S oil and gaS Sector, according to a Statement SS='cambodia-color'>...